Bernard Knox is past director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He fough against Franco in Spain and with the Resistance in France. His awards include the George Jean Nathan Prize for dramatic criticism and the Ctoix de Guerre.

This collection of essays is the work of a man whom one would like to have as a friend. It deserves to have a great success. -- Jasper Griffin New York Review of Books 1989

• IntroductionPart I. The Ancient WorldChapter 1. Greek Literature & SocietyChapter 2. The Greek PolisPart II. The Modern WorldChapter 3. Survivals & TransformationsChapter 4. On Poets & PoetryChapter 5. From Madrid to the Garden of the Finzi-Contini

Bernard Knox is past director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He fough against Franco in Spain and with the Resistance in France. His awards include the George Jean Nathan Prize for dramatic criticism and the Ctoix de Guerre.

This collection of essays is the work of a man whom one would like to have as a friend. It deserves to have a great success. -- Jasper Griffin New York Review of Books 1989

• IntroductionPart I. The Ancient WorldChapter 1. Greek Literature & SocietyChapter 2. The Greek PolisPart II. The Modern WorldChapter 3. Survivals & TransformationsChapter 4. On Poets & PoetryChapter 5. From Madrid to the Garden of the Finzi-Contini

Bernard Knox is past director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He fough against Franco in Spain and with the Resistance in France. His awards include the George Jean Nathan Prize for dramatic criticism and the Ctoix de Guerre.

This collection of essays is the work of a man whom one would like to have as a friend. It deserves to have a great success. -- Jasper Griffin New York Review of Books 1989

• IntroductionPart I. The Ancient WorldChapter 1. Greek Literature & SocietyChapter 2. The Greek PolisPart II. The Modern WorldChapter 3. Survivals & TransformationsChapter 4. On Poets & PoetryChapter 5. From Madrid to the Garden of the Finzi-Contini