James H. S. McGregor
Auteur de Rome from the Ground Up
A propos de l'auteur
James H. S. McGregor is Professor and Co-Head of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia.
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Œuvres de James H. S. McGregor
Back to the Garden: Nature and the Mediterranean World from Prehistory to the Present (2015) 24 exemplaires
Approaches to Teaching Boccaccio's Decameron (Approaches to Teaching World Literature) (2000) 7 exemplaires
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Here are some of the things I gleaned from reading Rome from the Ground Up: the Mouth of Truth may have been an ancient manhole and sewer cover. There were two palaces of power, the Vatican and the Quirinal. Julius Caesar was assassinated and his body burnt on a pyre in the Forum. Later, a temple was built on the spot and dedicated to him. Laurel trees were sacred to Apollo. Read Rome from the Ground Up if you are into minute details descriptions of architecture, including details on the art within every museum, church, or chapel.… (plus d'informations)