The Greeks and Us: Essays in Honor of Arthur W. H. Adkins

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The Greeks and Us: Essays in Honor of Arthur W. H. AdkinsArthur W. H. Adkins's writings have sparked debates among a wide range of scholars over the nature of ancient Greek ethics and its relevance to modern times. The essays in this volume show how leading classicists, philosophers, legal theorists, and scholars of religion have incorporated Adkins' thought into their own diverse research. The subjects addressed by the contributors include the relation between literature and moral understanding, moral and

and drama of his political career

His innovative analytical division of the whole text

an eerie cry of anguish and pain can be heard from the room of the elderly Simeon Lee

It's also great for grandparents who wish to read books about Greece with their grandchildren

Το μυθιστορηματικό ταλέντο του Ουέλμπεκ δεν κοιτάζει απλά τον κόσμο

tragic pleasure

and to the relationship between the style and the kind of history being written

They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery

Book I of the Iliad marks the beginning of the first surviving work of Greek literature

που βγαίνει στη σκηνή

interpretation and (mis)appropriation of words from Antiquity to today

ερωτευμένη Θέκλα