Description: Linked by the events of Bernard Knox's remarkable life, the twenty-five chapters of this book cover subjects ranging from Hesiod, Homer, and Thucydides to Auden, Forster, and the Spanish Civil War.
Brief description: Bernard Knox is past director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He fough against Franco in Spain and with the Resistance in France. His awards include the George Jean Nathan Prize for dramatic criticism and the Ctoix de Guerre.
Review Quotes: This collection of essays is the work of a man whom one would like to have as a friend. It deserves to have a great success.
--Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books