The Muses at work : arts, crafts, and professions in ancient Greece and Rome / edited by Carl Roebuck.

Title: 
The Muses at work : arts, crafts, and professions in ancient Greece and Rome / edited by Carl Roebuck.

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Publisher: 
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1969.
Description: 
vii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Other Authors: 
Roebuck, Carl, 1914- ed.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Greece Civilization To 146 B.C.
Bib ID: 
128908
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
DF78.M84z
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Notes: 
Outgrowth of a series of lectures given by members of the Archaeological Society of Chicago.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-289) and index.
Contents: 
Greek building / Robert Scranton --
Roman imperial building (31 B.C-A.D. 138) / James E. Packer --
Bronze working: sculpture and other objects / Dorothy Kent Hill --
Stone carving: sculpture / Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway --
Pottery manufacture / Joseph Veach Noble --
Farming / Grundy Steiner --
Sailing / Lionel Casson --
Trading / Carl Roebuck --
Musicians and music / Ann Knudsen Khalil --
Actors and acting / Elizabeth R. Gebhard.
ISBN: 
0262180340
9780262180344