The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent, and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective.

List of Figures vii List of Plates viii Prologue ix Acknowledgements xiii Part I Overview 1 § 1 The Classical Tradition and the Scope of Our Book 3 § 2 Mapping the Field 10 § 3 Eras 15 § 4 Sustaining the Tradition: Classics and Education 32 § 5 Authority and Authorities 52 § 6 Masters of Knowledge 61 § 7 Models of Style 69 § 8 Beacons of Morality 79 § 9 Love Guides 87 § 10 Special Relationships 98 § 11 The Visual Arts: Contexts and Connections 102 § 12 Popular Culture and Its Problematics 119 § 13 Languages and Language 137 § 14 Modes of Engagement 166 § 15 Translation 173 § 16 Science and Sensibility 199 § 17 Looking at the Past 224 § 18 The Classical Tradition – and the Rest 241 Part II Archetypes 249 § 19 Preface 251 § 20 The Dome 253 § 21 The Hero 263 § 22 Word-Genres 276 Part III The Imaginary 287 § 23 Preface 289 § 24 Myth 292 § 25 The City: Rome 306 § 26 Forms of Government 322 § 27 The Order of Things 331 Part IV Making a Difference 341 § 28 Preface 343 § 29 Originators 346 § 30 Points of Departure 358 § 31 Ideas and Action 375 Part V Contrasts and Comparisons 391 § 32 Preface 393 § 33 Painting 394 § 34 Political Thought 402 § 35 Poetry 411 Epilogue 428 Bibliography 432 Index 475

"Reorganizes the field and challenges our preconceptions in both familiar areas and in disciplines that are not usually treated in studies on the classical tradition. A must read.” —Craig Kallendorf, Texas A&M University “An exciting read: energetic, considered, sparklingly written. One gets the feeling that all angles have been properly covered. An ambitious project brilliantly realized.” —Matthew Bell, King's College London “The authors have pulled off the seemingly impossible task of fusing their three voices into a single, urgently argued discourse, and for that reason among many others, this will be a wonderful book to read and to use, for all kinds of readers.” —Terence Cave, St John's College, Oxford “I found the text very readable and I particularly enjoyed the post-post-modernist take on many issues.  It is hugely stimulating and intriguing throughout.” —Deborah Howard, University of Cambridge “I think this is an absolutely splendid text, unique in conception, elegant and ingenious in design, and extremely 'user-friendly' in styling and presentation.” —David Hopkins, Bristol University