Was Greek Thought Religious?

LOUIS A. RUPRECHT is Visiting Assistant Professor of General Humanities in the Tift School of Education, Mercer University. He is also the author of Symposia: Plato. the Erotic and Moral Value (SUNY 1999); Afterwords: Hellenism, Modernism and the Myth of Decadence (SUNY 1996); Tragic Posture and Tragic Vision: Against the Modern Failure of Nerve (Continuum 1994).

• Was Greek Thought Religious?: The View From the Courts The Son Supplants the Father: Seduction, Socratic Piety and the Life of Virtue Pausanias at Olympia: The Greece Inside Rome The Short Career of Julian, the Apostate: Hellenism as Culture, not Religion Icons and Incarnation: Hellenism Becomes Heresy 'A Mingle-Mangle of Heathenisme': Renaissance Theater, Renegade Theater Childe Harold's Heyday: Lord Byron and the Levant Lunatics From Greece to Germany, From Aegina to Munich: Charles Cockerell and the Discovery of the Aegina Marbles The Ethos of Olympism: Greek Religion for Modern Times

'Was Greek Thought Religious? will raise eyebrows, and even hackles, in some quarters, but it represents an unprecedented contribution to the public debate, still simmering, about why the Greeks, or Hellenes, matter, whether in law courts or in sporting arenas...' - Bruce B. Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Professor of Religion and Chair, Duke University 'An enjoyable read, sure to inform readers seeking specific context and example for the impact of Hellenic ideals...' - P.B. Harvey, Choice