Oswyn Murray

How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. The study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation in the last three centuries, in which each generation has reinterpreted the Greeks in the light of...

How the modern world has understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. The study of ancient Greek history has been central to the western conception of history since the Renaissance. The Muse of History traces the shifting patterns of this preoccupation over the last three centuries, during which each generation has reinterpreted the Greeks in light of their...