Was Greek Thought Religious?: On the Use and Abuse of Hellenism, from Rome to RomanticismThe 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. |
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Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions ..., Volume 1 Gary Laderman,Luis D. León No preview available - 2003 |