History in Dispute, Volume 20 - Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies

Cover Page......Page 1
ADVISORY BOARD......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 1558624961......Page 5
CONTENTS (with page links)......Page 6
ABOUT THE SERIES......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 13
PERMISSIONS......Page 14
PREFACE......Page 15
CHRONOLOGY......Page 19
Classical Studies: Black Athena: Does Martin Bernal's Black Athena make an important contribution  to our understanding of the ancient world?......Page 25
Classical Studies: German Philological Tradition: Does the German philological tradition offer a superior knowledge of antiquity to that of British amateurism?......Page 35
Classical Studies: Homosexuality: Did the concept of homosexuality exist in the ancient world?......Page 43
Classical Studies: The Marxist Approach: Does Marxism remain a valid historical approach to the ancient world?......Page 53
Classical Studies: Modern Critical Theory: Is modern critical theory a useful tool for understanding the ancient Mediterranean world?......Page 62
Classical Studies: Translation: Does translation inevitably distort our engagement with the ancient world?......Page 71
Greece: Aeschylus: Does democracy ensure the triumph of right over might as Aeschylus maintains in the Eumenides?......Page 80
Greece: Alcibiades: Was Alcibiades self-absorbed and irresponsible, caring little for the interests of Athens?......Page 89
Greece: Aristophanes: Was Aristophanes a reactionary?......Page 96
Greece: Aristotle versus Plato: Did Aristotle make a more lasting contribution to philosophy than Plato?......Page 105
Greece: Demosthenes: Was Demosthenes' call to Athenian resistance against Philip II of Macedon doomed from the start?......Page 113
Greece: Elgin Marbles: Should the Elgin Marbles be returned to Greece?......Page 121
Greece: Euripides: Was Euripides a misogynist?......Page 130
Greece: Herodotus: Was Herodotus the father of history?......Page 138
Greece: Hesiod: Was Hesiod an oral poet?......Page 147
Greece: Homer: Was Homer an oral poet?......Page 154
Greece: Library at Alexandria: Were there repositories other than the Ptolemies' Library at Alexandria of equal value in preserving Greek culture?......Page 162
Greece: Literacy: Was literacy a sufficient force for producing the cultural revolution in Greece?......Page 169
Greece: Plato as an Aristocrat: Was Plato an aristocratic sympathizer with the oligarchic factions within the Athenian state?......Page 178
Greece: Sappho: Does Sappho's poetry represent a departure from the traditional masculine view of love?......Page 188
Greece: Sophists: Did the sophists exercise a pernicious influence on Greek culture?......Page 196
Greece: Sports: Were ancient Greek sports amateur athletics?......Page 205
Roman Period: the Aeneid: Was the Aeneid Augustan propaganda?......Page 213
Roman Period: Cato: Were Cato's attacks on Hellenism pure political opportunism?......Page 221
Roman Period: Christian Neoplatonism: Did Christian Neoplatonism evolve directly from the ancient philosophical tradition?......Page 228
Roman Period: Cicero Versus Caesar: Were Cicero's contributions as a political figure ultimately more responsible and significant than Caesar's?......Page 236
Roman Period: Donatist Controversy: Did Donatist bishops fail to offer a convincing defense of their beliefs at the Conference of 411 c.e. in Carthage?......Page 245
Roman Period: Elegists: Were the Roman elegists protofeminists?......Page 255
Roman Period: Fall of the Republic: Was Roman decline inevitable with the fall of the republic?......Page 262
Roman Period: Gladiatorial Contests: Was the purpose of the gladiatorial contests to satisfy the blood lust of the Roman mob?......Page 273
Roman Period: Ovid: Does Ovid's exilic poetry represent a principled resistance to imperial tyranny?......Page 281
Roman Period: Ovid versus Virgil: Has Ovid's Metamorphoses had a greater influence than Virgil's Aeneid on postclassical literature?......Page 289
Roman Period: Pausanias: Is Pausanias a reliable source for the history of ancient Greece?......Page 297
Roman Period: Plutarch: Is Plutarch the founder of modern biography?......Page 307
Roman Period: Tiberius Gracchus: Was Tiberius Gracchus a honest champion of the Roman underclass?......Page 316
REFERENCES......Page 323
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 335
INDEX......Page 337