The Greeks and Us: Essays in Honor of Arthur W. H. Adkins.

263 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Very good and clean. - Sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Memorial Note vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Robert B. Louden -- Justice and Farming in the Works and Days 17 Stephanie Nelson -- RESPONSE David Grene 36 -- The Women of Trachis: Fictions. Pessimism, Ethics 43 Bernard Williams -- RESPONSE Robert B. Louden 53 -- Heroic Virtue in America: Aristotle, Aquinas, and Melville’s Billy Budd 66 -- Lee H. Yearley -- RESPONSE Wendy Doniger 92 -- Plato’s Crito-. The Authority of Law and Philosophy 97 -- James Boyd White -- RESPONSE Charles M. Gray 133 -- Kantian Imperatives and Greek Values 145 Paul Schollmeier -- RESPONSE Candace Vogler 160 -- Platonic Love and Colorado Love: -- The Relevance of Ancient Greek Norms to Modern Sexual Controversies 168 -- Martha C. Nussbaum RESPONSE Richard Posner 218 -- The "Speech of Lysias” in Plato’s Phaedrus 224 Arthur W. H. Adkins -- A Toast to Arthur Adkins 241 David Grene -- The Published Works of Arthur W. H. Adkins 245 -- Notes on Contributors 251 -- Index 253. ISBN 9780226493954