Compiled by Beekes (emeritus, comparative Indo-European linguistics, Leiden U., the Netherlands), this impressive 2-volume work presents the first English version of an etymological dictionary of Gree
J.O. Urmson's The Greek Philosophical Vocabulary contains some five hundred alphabetically arranged entries, each aiming to provide useful information on a particular word used by Greek philosophers.
This volume examines issues of courage and manliness in the ancient world. Taking the Greek concept of Andreia as its starting-point, it sheds new light on the contruction of cultural identity, and th
