The Greeks and us : essays in honor of Arthur W.H. Adkins /

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Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Description:	x, 264 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Ethics, Ancient -- Congresses. Philosophy, Ancient -- Congresses. Greek literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses. Civilization. Ethics, Ancient. Greek literature. Philosophy, Ancient. Greece -- Civilization -- Congresses. Greece. Conference papers and proceedings. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2726494

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Other authors / contributors:	Adkins, A. W. H. (Arthur W. H.) Louden, Robert B., 1953- Schollmeier, Paul.
ISBN:	0226493946 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226493954 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Essays from a conference held Apr. 8-9, 1994, at the University of Chicago. "A bibliography of the published writings of Arthur W.H. Adkins": p. 245-250. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Memorial Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Justice and Farming in the Works and Days Stephanie
2. The Women of Trachis: Fictions, Pessimism, Ethics
3. Heroic Virtue in America: Aristotle, Aquinas, and Melville's Billy Budd Lee
4. Plato's Crito: The Authority of Law and Philosophy
5. Kantian Imperatives and Greek Values Paul Schollmeier Response
6. Platonic Love and Colorado Love: The Relevance of Ancient Greek Norms to Modern Sexual Controversies
7. The "Speech of Lysias" in Plato's Phaedrus Arthur
A Toast to Arthur
The Published Works of Arthur
Notes on Contributors
Index

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