Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr. has been a Professor of Classics at University of Massachusetts Amherst for 15 years. Prior to this he was Professor of Classics at Louisiana State University and a high school Latin teacher. For years his research has focused on animals and animal lore of antiquity and from the Middle Ages, especially the works of Albertus Magnus. His other main area of interest is in Latin and Greek pedagogy and its history.

The ancient Greeks and Romans lived in a world teeming with animals. In entries ranging from short to long, Kenneth Kitchell offers insight into this commonly overlooked world, covering representative and intriguing examples of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Of use to Classics students and scholars, but written in a style designed to engage anyone interested in Greco-Roman antiquity, Animals in the Ancient World from A to Z reveals the extent and importance of the animal world to the ancient Greeks and Romans. It answers many questions, asks several more, and seeks to stimulate further research in this important field.

Preface Animals from A-Z Index