The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion

Among the many merits I enumerated of the Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) (RR 2003/352) I did not mention its suitability as a source for “spin‐off” more specialist dictionaries. But this attractive, fascinating and invaluable new dictionary makes the possibilities very clear. In case, as you read this, you assume that if your library already has the OCD there is no point in considering this new title, let me hasten to disabuse you. This is not just a download of entries from the source book with little or no further work done to them, but a new dictionary...