The Facts on File Companion to Classical Drama
- ISBN-10
- 0816074984
- ISBN-13
- 9780816074983
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 689
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Publisher
- Infobase Publishing
- Author
- John E. Thorburn
Description
Surveys important Greek and Roman authors, plays, characters, genres, historical figures and more.
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