Ancient Greek athletics offer us a clear window on many important aspects of ancient culture. Ancient athletics were closely connected with religion, the formation of young men and women in their gender roles, and the construction of sexuality. Greek agnostic culture was not so much a field of dreams as a field of desire, where fervent competition for honor was balanced by coop...(展开全部)

路德维希（Paul W. Ludwig），任教于英国圣约翰大学，古典学研究领域的权威专家，已出版The Erotic Theme in Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War(《伯罗奔尼撒战争中的爱欲主题》)、What is Agape? (《何谓神对世人的爱？》)等多部学术专著。

Paul Ludwig examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemporary theory and ideology could conceive of entire communities based on desire. A recurrent aspiration was to transform the polity into one great household that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this ...(展开全部)

Paul Ludwig examines how and why Greek theorists treated political passions as erotic. Because of the tiny size of ancient Greek cities, contemporary theory and ideology could conceive of entire communities based on desire. A recurrent aspiration was to transform the polity into one great household that would bind the citizens together through ties of mutual affection. In this ...(展开全部)

路德维希（Paul W. Ludwig），任教于英国圣约翰大学，古典学研究领域的权威专家，已出版The Erotic Theme in Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War(《伯罗奔尼撒战争中的爱欲主题》)、What is Agape? (《何谓神对世人的爱？》)等多部学术专著。

It is a widespread prejudice of modern, scientific society that "magic" is merely a ludicrous amalgam of recipes and methods derived from primitive and erroneous notions about nature. "Eros and Magic in the Renaissance" challenges this view, providing an in-depth scholarly explanation of the workings of magic and showing that magic continues to exist in an altered form even tod...(展开全部)

Greek Art and Architecture explores the development of Greek art across three centuries. This extensively illustrated and clearly written text is accessible to introductory-level students. The major categories of Greek Art andarchitecture- includingsculpture, vase painting, wall painting, and metal work in a historical, social, and archaeological context, are explored.

This is the text that set a new standard in its field with striking visuals, fascinating reconstructions, accessible prose, and coverage of the wider Greek world. The Second Edition extends student understanding of Greek art in history through richer archaeological context and expanded coverage of both the earliest Bronze Age and latest Hellenistic periods.

A book about love as seen by the ancients, Eros is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with: "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her. What does the word mean?", Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view and styles, transcending the constraint...(展开全部)