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Nature and Culture in the "Iliad" : 'The Tragedy of Hector'To all readers of the Iliad James Redfield poses the compelling question: Why do we care about these stories which are so far from us and which we know are not true? Redfield rediscovers this familiar classic by placing it at a distance, by describing it as expressive of the alien social conditions which produced it. In answer to his question Redfield provides at once a picture of the Iliad as a unified work of art and of Homeric society as a cultural

Universally recognised as the greatest speech by the finest of the Attic Orators

consul in 220

χαρίζοντας μια απόκοσμη λάμψη στον ουρανό κι η θάλασσα βάφτηκε κατακόκκινη

capturing the lyricism of the Greek in modern English verse

nature and importance of rhetoric

In vivid prose

The work displays his mature genius and has become a standard treasure-house of mythology for all succeeding generations

brutality and fear

Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt

Ajax is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation and Drama

textual criticism Complete vocabulary

sometimes with the dialogues of the 'middle' period (Phaedo