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Eros the Bittersweet : An EssayNamed one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern Library Anne Carsons remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic love. Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carsons lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favourite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers. Beginning with the poet

Eidinow follows the anthropologist Mary Douglas in defining `risk' as socially constructed

The Seven Against Thebes

and Euripides' Bacchae) and three works of classical political theory (Thucydides' History and Plato's Apology of Socrates and Republic) on the issues of justice

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” was born to a distinguished family with close ties to Lesbos in the later second century

praise Her for revealing the light of the world

All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English

Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life’s challeng

It was a massive

slayer of Medusa the gorgon

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This unprecedented study describes the historical emergence of these

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