Overview

The Greeks are on trial. They have been for generations, if not millennia, from Rome in the first century, to Romanticism in the 19th. We debate the place of the Greeks in the university curriculum; in New World culture, we even debate the place of the Greeks in the European Union. This book notices the lingering and half-hidden presence of the Greeks in some strange places everywhere from the US Supreme Court to the Modern Olympic Games and in doing so makes a useful contribution to a very old debate.

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'Was Greek Thought Religious? will raise eyebrows, and even hackles, in some quarters, but it represents an unprecedented contribution to the public debate, still simmering, about why the Greeks, or Hellenes, matter, whether in law courts or in sporting arenas...' - Bruce B. Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Professor of Religion and Chair, Duke University 'An enjoyable read, sure to inform readers seeking specific context and example for the impact of Hellenic ideals...' - P.B. Harvey, Choice

Author Information

LOUIS A. RUPRECHT is Visiting Assistant Professor of General Humanities in the Tift School of Education, Mercer University. He is also the author of Symposia: Plato. the Erotic and Moral Value (SUNY 1999); Afterwords: Hellenism, Modernism and the Myth of Decadence (SUNY 1996); Tragic Posture and Tragic Vision: Against the Modern Failure of Nerve (Continuum 1994).

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