Was Greek Thought Religious?: On the Use and Abuse of Hellenism, from Rome to Romanticism

by Louis A. Ruprecht Jr.

The Greeks are on trial. They have been for generations, if not millennia, from Rome in the First century, to Romanticism in the Nineteenth. We debate the place of the Greeks in the university curriculum, in New World culture - we even debate the place of the Greeks in the European Union. This book notices the lingering and half-hidden presence of the Greeks in some strange places - everywhere from the U.S. Supreme Court to the Modern Olympic Games - and in doing so makes an important new contribution to a very old debate.

292 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 2002

About the author

Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr. is a Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Georgia State University. His interests lie in Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Religion and Culture, Comparative Religious Ethics, History of Christianity, and Tragedy.

His work has received funding from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation.