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The proposed textbook (the first edition entitled «Essays on the History of Classical Philology») describes the history of classical philology, understood as a complex of scientific disciplines, the content of which is the culture of ancient society (Greco-Roman civilisation) in all its manifestations, in the interconnection of ’in connection with the changes of cultural and historical epochs - the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Classicism, the Enlightenment and the modern era of the XIX-XXI centuries.

A separate section on the history of the reception and study of antiquity in the East Slavic world and the development of classical philology in Ukraine. In the second edition, the theoretical material has been corrected and supplemented, and the literature has been updated.

For students of the speciality «Classical Philology» and other philological specialities of higher education institutions, all those interested in the history of the study of ancient society, the reception of classical languages and ancient culture by European civilisation.