The Epicurean Life Revealed: Politics and Security
Even though Epicurus lived more than 2,000 years ago (from 341 to 270 BCE), the philosophy he founded in still misunderstood. Much of this unfortunate state of affairs can be…
Orpheus in Macedonia
Can a mythical figure have a real grave? That is the provocative question posed by Tomasz Mojsik in this book about Orpheus. Mojsik is associate professor at the University of…
Xenophon’s Irony
Xenophon (430-354 BCE) is best remembered as a great military leader, but he was also a prolific author. Fortunately, many of his works still survive. A fresh look at these…
Was Homer a Fraud?
You will never appreciate Homer the same way again after reading this book. It deals with alternative readings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, as penned by Sophists some 2,000…
Is Aristotle an Embarrassment?
As we have heard countless times in the current attempt to make sense of verbal diarrhea emanating from the White House, WORDS MATTER. As part of the Distinguished Visiting Lecture…