Confronting the classics : traditions, adventures and innovations : <a provocative tour of what is happening now in Classics - learned, trenchant and witty>

Explores our rich classical heritage - from Greek drama to Roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of history, such as Alexander the Great, and Nero. The author invites you into the places where Greeks and Romans lived and died, from the palace at Knossos to Cleopatra's Alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves.