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Although most prevalent and obvious during the early decades of the Republic, the influence of classical antiquity on American politics persists even into the 21st century. This study tracks the movement of classicism throughout U.S. history and illustrates how the ancient Greeks and Romans continue to influence political theory and determine policy in the United States, from the education of the Founders to the War in Iraq.

'Classics in the Modern World' explores the features and implications of a 'democratic turn' in modern perceptions of the ancient world. Exploring the relationship between Greek and Roman ways of thinking and modern definitions of democratic practices and approaches, it enables a wider re-evaluation of the role of classics in the modern world

"Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World explores the relationship between the work of the Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci and the study of classical antiquity. The collection of essays engages with Greek and Roman history, literature, society and culture, offering a range of perspectives and approaches building on Gramsci's theoretical insights, especially from his Prison Notebooks. The volume investigates both Gramsci's understanding and reception of the ancient world, including his use of ancient sources and modern historiography, and the viability of applying some of his key theoretical insights to the study of Greek and Roman history and literature. The chapters deal with the ideas of hegemony, passive revolution, Caesarism, and the role of intellectuals in society, offering a complex and diverse exploration of this intersection. With its fascinating mixture of topics, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of classics, ancient history, classical reception studies, Marxism and history, and those studying Antonio Gramsci's works in particular"--

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Note to the Reader -- Part I: The Idea of Hellenism: What the Greeks Created -- 1 The Scheme of Things Entire -- 2 The Idea of Hellenism -- 3 Wine, Sex and the Symposium -- 4 Theatres: Festivals, Entertainments and Meetings -- 5 Temples: Gods, Feasts and Safe Deposits -- Part II: The Ideal of Homer and the Ideas of the Philosophers -- 1 Troy: The Legend and the Book -- 2 Troy: The Book and the Ideals -- 3 Miletus: The Nature of the Universe -- 4 Ionia and Western Greece: Laws, Numbers and Reality -- 5 Athens: Socrates, Plato and Other Worlds -- 6 Aristotle and this World: Nature, Life and Ethics -- 7 Epicurus: The Garden and the Wilderness -- 8 Stoicism: Duty and the Laws of Nature -- 9 Neoplatonism: The Last Protest -- 10 The End of Classical Antiquity -- Part III: Cities and Citizens: A Gazetteer -- Abdera -- Acragas -- Alexandria -- Aphrodisias -- Assos -- Athens -- Chalcedon -- Chios -- Clazomenae -- Cnidus -- Colophon -- Croton -- Cyrene -- Elea -- Ephesus -- Halicarnassus -- Herculaneum -- Kos -- Lesbos (Mytilene) -- Miletus -- Oinoanda -- Pergamon -- Priene -- Rhodes -- Rome -- Samos -- Stageira -- Troy -- Maps -- Copyright.

"Ancient Empires is a relatively brief yet comprehensive and even-handed overview of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity, and the early Muslin period. The book emphasizes the central, if problematic, connection between political and ideological power in both empire-formation and resistance. By defining the ancient world as a period strectching from the Bronze Age into the early Muslim world, it is broader in scope than competing books; yet at the same time its tight thematic concentration keeps the narrative engagingly focused"--

Introduction Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson1. 'Innovation' and revolution in seventeenth-century England Rachel Foxley2. Classicising the American Crisis, 1760-1789 Nicholas Cole3. Virtue, Representation, and the Politics of Ancient Greek History during the 1790s in Britain Sebastian Robins4. The Night of the Statues: revolution and classicism in Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom of this World Adam Lecznar5. Classicising The Woman Question in Nineteenth-Century Greece Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou and Vasiliki Misiou6. 'What's the Roman Republic to me, or I to the Roman Republic?': Victorian Classicism and the Italian Risorgimento Isobel Hurst7. Classics, Crisis and the Soviet Experiment to 1939 Henry Stead and Hanna Paulouskaya8. Seeking New Classics in a Crisis: Modernity as Ancient History in German Thought Benjamin Gray9. Of Minotaurs and Macroeconomics: Greek myth and common currency Michael Simpson.Index

"Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world. Innovative approach organizes Greek and Roman history into a single chronology Combines the traditional historical story with subjects that are central to modern research into the ancient world including a range of social, cultural, and political topics Facilitates an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world as a unity, just as the Mediterranean world is in its turn presented as part of a larger whole Covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world from pre-history through to the rise of Islam in the seventh century A.D. Features a diverse collection of images, maps, diagrams, tables, and a chronological chart to aid comprehension English translation of a well-known Dutch book, De oudheid, now in its third edition "--

General introduction / Ralph Rosen and Ineke Sluiter -- Classical Greek urbanism : a social Darwinian view / John Bintliff -- Shared sanctuaries and the gods of others : on the meaning of 'common' in Herodotus 8.144 / Irene Polinskaya -- Kharis, Kharites, festivals, and social peace in the classical Greek city / Nick Fisher -- Communal values in ancient diplomacy / Sarah Bolmarcich -- Tecmessa's legacy : valuing outsiders in Athens' democracy / Robert W. Wallace -- The instrumental value of others and institutional change : an Athenian case study / Josiah Ober -- Visibility and social evaluation in Athenian litigation / Eveline van't Wout -- Helping and community in the Athenian law courts / Matthew R. Christ -- Are fellow citizens friends? : Aristotle versus Cicero on philia, amicitia, and social solidarity / David Konstan -- Pricing the invaluable : Socrates and the value of friendship / Tazuko van Berkel -- On belonging in Plato's lysis / Albert Joosse -- Not valuing others : reflections of social cohesion in the characters of Theophrastus / Ivo Volt -- Evaluating others and evaluating oneself in Epictetus' discourses / Gerard J. Boter -- Human connections and paternal evocations : two elite Roman women writers and the valuing of others / Judith P. Hallett -- Quid tibi ego videor in epistulis? : Cicero's verecundia / Cynthia Damon -- Citizen as enemy in Sallust's Bellum catilinae / Aislinn Melchior -- Valuing others in the gladiatorial barracks / Kathleen M. Coleman

"The Mycenaean civilization of the Greek Bronze Age was identified 150 years ago, yet its origins remain obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of ongoing excavations at the Palace of Nestor at Pylos takes readers on a tour of the beginnings of Mycenaean civilization through a case study of this important site. In collaboration with Sharon R. Stocker, Davis demonstrates that this ancient place was a major node for the exchange of ideas between the already established Minoan civilization, centered on the island of Crete, and the Greek mainland. Davis and Stocker show how this adoption of Minoan culture created an ideology of power focused on a single individual, one that celebrated his military prowess and invested him with divine authority--a figure instantly recognizable to readers of Homer and students of Greek history. A Greek State in Formation makes the powerful case that a knowledge of the Greek Bronze Age is indispensable to the Classics curriculum"--