The Spirit of the Classical World

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Wade C. Stephens
Putnam, 1967 - Civilization, Classical - 383 pages
Forty-eight selections by leading contemporary figures on dominant social and intellectual ideas of Greek and Roman culture.

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Contents

The Heroic Response
22
Achilles Learns Compassion
42
The Just and the Wicked
49
Copyright

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Achaeans Achilles Aeneas AGAUË ANTIGONE Anytus Athenians Athens Augustus Bacchus battle blood body born bring CADMUS Caesar called century B.C. chariot CHORUS Cicero citizens civilization CREON Croesus Cronus danger dead death deeds DIONYSUS divine dreadful earth empire enemies evil eyes fate father fear fortune friends gave give glory gods Greece Greek GUARD HAEMON hand happen happy hear heart heaven Hector Hesiod honor horses human ISMENE justice king land live look Maenads man's mean Meletus Melians Menoetius mighty mind mortal mother mountains move nature never noble oracle pain Patroclus Peleus PENTHEUS Persian Plato pleasure Pompey Priam reason Roman Rome Senate shame ships slave Socrates soul speak spear speech suffer TEIRESIAS tell Thebes things thou thought trans Trojans true truth turn Turnus virtue whole wise women words wrong Zeus

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TitleThe Spirit of the Classical World
Volume 1 of Spirit of Western civilization
EditorWade C. Stephens
Compiled byWade C. Stephens
PublisherPutnam, 1967
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMay 14, 2008
Length383 pages
  
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