On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: Selections from The History of the Peloponnesian WarDesigned for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides political theory famous as well as important but lesser known pieces frequently overlooked by non specialists. Newly translated into spare, vigorous English, and situated within a connective narrative framework, Woodruffs selections

aesthetics

In The Mysteries of Purification (Kitab asrar al tahara)

the joys of punning

Astonished and surprised

Palestinian food is winningly fresh and bright

Scholarly attempts to understand Islam in the West over the past several years have failed to take Islamic theology seriously

in Rhetoric

whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian

In this way

This ancient text retains a direct relevance in the modern world

new notebook size 8 1/2" x 11"

and many others