Tom Sienkewicz Capron Professor of Classics

MONMOUTH, Ill. — Tom Sienkewicz, Capron Professor of Classics at Monmouth College, is the editor of “Ancient Greece,” a new three-volume encyclopedia recently published by Salem Press, Inc.

The encyclopedia is an A-Z survey of Greek history and culture from its earliest archaeological remains until the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.E., when Greek civilization merged with Roman to become Greco-Roman civilization. Greece’s ancient history serves as the touchstone for much of Western history that followed.

Encompassing heroic tales of Homer and the philosophical musings of Plato, the bloody Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta and the vast empire of Alexander the Great, “Ancient Greece” is written for students and general readers of all ages.

The encyclopedia’s 315 essays range in length from one to eight pages. They include general overviews of such topics as art and architecture, daily life and customs, education and training, government and law, language and dialects, literature, medicine and health, mythology, the performing arts, philosophy, religion and ritual, science, sports and entertainment, warfare, and women’s life. Biographical entries cover statesmen, military leaders, artists, writers, scientists and philosophers. Descriptive entries examine types of literature, battles and philosophical movements.

In addition to previously published essays, the encyclopedia includes 29 specially-commissioned essays, making it the only comprehensive source on this subject matter from Salem Press. One of the new essays, “Women’s Life,” was written by one of Sienkewicz’s former students, Joe O’Neill. The 2001 MC graduate is currently a doctoral student in classics at the University of Toronto.

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