Was Greek Thought Religious? On the Use and Abuse of Hellenism, from Rome to Romanticism
Description
The Greeks are on trial. They have been for generations, if not millennia, from Rome in the First century, to Romanticism in the Nineteenth. 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 U.S. Supreme Court to the Modern Olympic Games - and in doing so makes an important new contribution to a very old debate.
Keywords
PhilosophyReligiousReligionHistoryHistory & SurveysComparative ReligionAncient & Classical
2002Book
Author(s)Louis A. Ruprecht
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780312295622
LanguageEnglish
