Fact File

by William Allan

This is a quick-reference general knowledge guide offering answers to questions such as: do you know who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?; what is the capital of the Netherlands Antilles?; when was the telescope invented?; what is ablutophobia?; which countries are members of OPEC?; and whose saint's day is 11 February?

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2003

About the author

William R. Allan is a Scottish classicist specializing in Greek epic and tragedy, particularly the plays of Euripides. He is currently McConnell Laing Fellow and Tutor in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at University College, Oxford and Professor of Greek, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford. He was formerly Assistant Professor of Classics at Harvard University.