Corrupting luxury in ancient Greek literature /Robert J. Gorman, Vanessa B. Gorman.

Gorman, Robert

Corrupting luxury in ancient Greek literature /Robert J. Gorman, Vanessa B. Gorman. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Traces the principle that luxury corrupts its possessor as seen through a millennium of Greek literature.



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Greek literature--History and criticism.
Luxury in literature.
Literature and morals--Greece.
Literature and society--Greece.
Literature and morals--Rome.
Literature and society--Rome.


Electronic Books.

PA3009 / .C677 2014