These 16 literary and historical essays cover a wide range of subjects, from Greek attitudes toward death to the mysteries of the Delphic Oracle. The text reveals the author's concern that we are losing the legacy of antiquity through corrosive methodologies of modern academic criticism.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 329
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 23 May 1998
ISBN 10: 0520208110
ISBN 13: 9780520208117