''Classical World'' is a quarterly
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published by
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on behalf of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. The journal focuses on scholarly works pertaining to Greek and Roman literature, history, traditions, as well as the history of classical scholarship. The
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are Robin Mitchell-Boyask (
Temple University
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) and Lee T. Pearcy (
Bryn Mawr College
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)
In 1978, ''The Classical World'' published five books compilating past bibliographical articles which had appeared in past volumes. These books were on:
Greek drama and
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; Greek and Roman history; philosophy, religion, and rhetoric;
Vergil
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; and
Roman drama and poetry and ancient fiction. ''The Classical World'' had published many such
review articles.
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