Classics

Twenty-five essays - some newly published - by one of the leading voices in the study of early Greek theology. Ranging across Homer, Hesiod, and the lyric poets, Jenny Strauss Clay examines how the archaic Greeks thought about their gods, about the place of mortals in a world ordered by Zeus, and about the poet's authority to speak of either.

This study is the first to explore the striking intimacy of the early correspondence between Marcus Aurelius and his tutor Fronto (second century AD) as a literary production. Wytse Keulen presents Fronto's letter collection as a self-edited literary monument that brings his most important friendship to life with an emphasis on public appeal.

How did Plato conceive of the soul, and can his scattered statements be unified into a coherent psychological theory? Thirteen essays by international scholars examine key aspects of Plato's treatment of the soul - from perception and desire to its mathematical constitution - and shed light on his influence on later philosophy and psychology.