Old Saws and Modern Instances (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Illustrating modern questions with ancient examples, Courtney, a distinguished man of letters, considers in this 1918 collection, “Mr. Thomas Hardy and Æschylus,” “Aristophanes the Pacifist,” “Demosthenes and the Principles of Patriotism,” “Patriotism and Oratory,” “Sappho and Aspasia,” “A Philosophic Emperor,” “The Idea of Comedy,” “Realistic Drama,” and “‘Our Euripides, the Human.’”