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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Tony Spawforth, "What the Greeks Did for Us" (Yale UP, 2023)
Description: Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like âpandemic,â a Freudian state of mind like the âOedipus complex,â or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese theme park, ancient Greek culture shapes the contours of our lives. Ever since the first Roman imitators, we have been continually falling under the Greeksâ spell.But how did ancient Greece spread its influence so far and wide? And how has this influence changed us?In What the Greeks Did for Us (Yale UP, 2023), Tony Spawforth explores our classical heritage, wherever itâs to be found. He revea...