Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life.” She is also a winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize.

[A] provocative biography… Among the many questions which Mary Beard asks is why Harrison was singled out for celebrity… [Beard] has filled a gap, and in vivacious style.

• Foreword Preface Illustrations 1. Prolegomena 2. Mrs. Arthur Strong: Apotheosis and After Life 3. Unanimism 4. Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature 5. Introductory Studies in Greek Art 6. Alpha and Omega 7. Ancient Art and Ritual 8. Hellas at Cambridge 9. Pandora's Box 10. Epilegomena Lifelines Notes Major Archival Sources Bibliography Index

Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life.” She is also a winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize.

[A] provocative biography… Among the many questions which Mary Beard asks is why Harrison was singled out for celebrity… [Beard] has filled a gap, and in vivacious style.

• Foreword Preface Illustrations 1. Prolegomena 2. Mrs. Arthur Strong: Apotheosis and After Life 3. Unanimism 4. Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature 5. Introductory Studies in Greek Art 6. Alpha and Omega 7. Ancient Art and Ritual 8. Hellas at Cambridge 9. Pandora's Box 10. Epilegomena Lifelines Notes Major Archival Sources Bibliography Index

Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life.” She is also a winner of the 2008 Wolfson History Prize.

[A] provocative biography… Among the many questions which Mary Beard asks is why Harrison was singled out for celebrity… [Beard] has filled a gap, and in vivacious style.

• Foreword Preface Illustrations 1. Prolegomena 2. Mrs. Arthur Strong: Apotheosis and After Life 3. Unanimism 4. Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature 5. Introductory Studies in Greek Art 6. Alpha and Omega 7. Ancient Art and Ritual 8. Hellas at Cambridge 9. Pandora's Box 10. Epilegomena Lifelines Notes Major Archival Sources Bibliography Index