Classical Considerations : Useful Wisdom from Greece and Rome

by Bolchazy, Marie Carducci

• ISBN13: 9780865166189
• ISBN10: 0865166188
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-30
• Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction Classical Considerations: Useful Wisdom from Greece and Rome	vii
Fate: Illustration: Fate	2	(221)
``but then the goddess Athena,'' Homer	1	(3)
Truth, Michael W. Twomey	4	(2)
Freedom of Fate, Kurt Muller	6	(2)
I Could Cross the Street, Judy Neri	8	(2)
Vergil, Joe Paterno	10	(4)
``not ignorant of grief,'' Vergil	14	(1)
``because today the fates are stern,'' Horace	15	(1)
In the Spell of Integrity, Anne H. Groton	16	(2)
``anyone who prefers wealth,'' Euripides	18	(1)
``O Turnus, what no god would ever dare,'' Vergil	19	(1)
``happy is he who was able to learn,'' Vergil	20	(1)
``the fates come in mixed order,'' Seneca	21	(202)
Character: Illustration: Character	223
``each person gives himself his character,'' Macrobius	24	(1)
``he preferred being a good man,'' Sallust	25	(1)
Achieving Aristotle: Seem What You Would Be, Benita Kane Jaro	26	(3)
``generosity once enlivened,'' Pliny the Younger	29	(1)
Classical Considerations
Honor and Legacy, Robert Emmet Meagher	30	(3)
``our character will console us for our poverty,'' Cicero	33	(1)
We Are What We Repeatedly Do, Stephen R. Covey	34	(2)
Living Life to the Fullest, Steve Reece	36	(2)
On Aristocracy, Roger Rosenblatt	38	(2)
Art: Illustration: Art	40	(12)
Starry Night, Alexandra Stevenson	42	(2)
The Art of Living, Joann Polito	44	(2)
Safety in Numbers, Margaret A. Brucia	46	(2)
The Other Side, Robert Sonkowsky	48	(3)
``music's a great and never-failing treasure,'' Theophilus	51	(1)
War and Violence: Illustration: War and Violence	52	(20)
How Sweet War Is, William H. Race	54	(2)
Achilles in Vietnam, Jonathan Shay	56	(3)
``for Ares trades the bodies for gold,'' Aeschylus	59	(1)
To Mike Who Knows Who He Is, Margaret Richer Goldberg	60	(2)
Duty, Ellen Hobbs Lyle	62	(2)
The Power of Words, Stephanie Quinn	64	(2)
What Does Homer Have to Do with Softball?, Timothy F. Winters	66	(3)
``war springs from insignificant causes,'' Thucydides	69	(1)
On Heroic Frogs, Neil Steinberg	70	(2)
Redemption After Suffering: Illustration: Redemption After Suffering	72
Pressing On, John Breuker	74	(2)
Grace, Susan Ford Wiltshire	76	(2)
Lamentation, L. Dale Griffith	78	(3)
``those who are suffering even the gods will spare,'' Ovid	81	(1)
Blessings, Keith Fahry	82	(3)
``from suffering learn to sympathize,'' Philemon	85	(1)
How I Came into the World, Michael Coffey	86	(4)
``the thorn which produces pain,'' Anonymous	90	(1)
``perhaps one day it will be pleasant to recall even this hardship,'' Vergil	91
Time: Illustration: Time	92	(2)
A Thirteen-Year-Old Considers Time, Noah Peller	94	(2)
Cypresses and Certainty, A. W. Godfrey	96	(3)
``I haven't time to live today,'' Martial	99	(1)
Feeding the Pigeons, Marie Carducci Bolchazy	100	(2)
Speed Kills---Augustus on Stress, Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.	102	(3)
``time is the touchstone of men's character,'' Menander	105	(1)
Yes, You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover, William Murchison	106	(2)
``time effaces the utterance of opinion,'' Cicero	108	(1)
``you don't know what changes time will bring,'' Menander	109	(1)
Life Lessons, Michelle Wu	110	(3)
About the Contributors	113	(10)
About the Editors	123	(1)
About the Artist	124	(1)
Acknowledgements	125	(2)
Bibliography	127