G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of more than 300 articles and books on Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history, as well as the classical tradition in western literature.

The best scholards communicate intellectual and aesthetic pleasure as well as ensuring the concentrated engagement of their readers, and [Bowerstock] is a master in both respects ... argued with great precision, elegance and economy. There is not only a palpable intelligence and sensibility at work throughout the collection, but one that both cumulatively and disctinctly develops across the essays a genuinely informing thesis

• THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ; THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of more than 300 articles and books on Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history, as well as the classical tradition in western literature.

The best scholards communicate intellectual and aesthetic pleasure as well as ensuring the concentrated engagement of their readers, and [Bowerstock] is a master in both respects ... argued with great precision, elegance and economy. There is not only a palpable intelligence and sensibility at work throughout the collection, but one that both cumulatively and disctinctly develops across the essays a genuinely informing thesis

• THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ; THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of more than 300 articles and books on Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern history, as well as the classical tradition in western literature.

The best scholards communicate intellectual and aesthetic pleasure as well as ensuring the concentrated engagement of their readers, and [Bowerstock] is a master in both respects ... argued with great precision, elegance and economy. There is not only a palpable intelligence and sensibility at work throughout the collection, but one that both cumulatively and disctinctly develops across the essays a genuinely informing thesis

• THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ; THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY