The Greek search for wisdom / Michael K. Kellogg
2012, Second Edition. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #445987
Physical description: 341 p. ; 24 cm. Contents: Homer and the heroic ideal -- Hesiod, poet of everyday life -- Aeschylus and the institution of justice -- Sophocles, the Theban plays -- Euripides and the twilight of the gods -- The inquiries of Herodotus of Halicarnassus -- Thucydides, power and pathos -- Aristophanes and the serious business of comedy -- Plato, philosophy, and poetry -- Aristotle and the invention of political science. Subjects: Conduct of life. Wisdom. Philosophy, Ancient.
Price: €30.00