Though in many respects similar to us moderns, the Greeks and Romans often conceived things differently than we do.
The cultural inheritance we have received from them can therefore open our eyes to many manners of life we might otherwise overlook.
The ancients told fascinating-but different-stories; they elaborated profound-but different-symbols.
Above all, they confronted many of the problems we still face today-memory and forgetfulness; identity and its strategies; absolutist moralism and b.
Ohio State University Press The ears of hermes: communication, images, and identity in the classical world, paperback/maurizio bettini
