Classical Studies

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The Limits of Heroism

Homer and the Ethics of Reading

By Mark Buchan
Subjects: Classical Studies, Literary Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory, Psychology
Series: The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism

Explores the relationship of desire to heroic ideology in both the Iliad and the Odyssey

Philodemus in Italy

The Books from Herculaneum

By Marcello Gigante
Translated by Dirk Obbink
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman
Series: The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism

Power and Knowledge

Astrology, Physiognomics, and Medicine under the Roman Empire

By Tamsyn Barton
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Literary Studies, Literature and Science, Cultural Studies
Series: The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism

Offers insight into the relationship between knowledge and power in ancient times--and science and politics in our own

Staging Masculinity

The Rhetoric of Performance in the Roman World

By Erik Gunderson
Subjects: Classical Studies, Roman, Cultural Studies, Theater and Performance, Gender Studies
Series: The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism

Examines ancient notions of what constitutes a "good man"

The Pedagogical Contract

The Economies of Teaching and Learning in the Ancient World

By Yun Lee Too
Subjects: Classical Studies, Education, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory
Series: The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism

Rethinks the teacher-student relationship from its ancient roots to the present

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