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Since reading Nietzsche, I've become more interested in the classical world.
I'm already reading the only two classical epics which are still a part of a modern culture (the Ramayana and the Mahabharat), and I know much more than the layman (and much less than the specialist) about the shape of the history of my own civilisation and its nature in classical times.
However, I know very little about the two other important classical civilisations which I consider equal to my own in worth - Greece and Rome. All that I have read them inspires my curiosity. However, what I know of them I consider pathetically inadequate given how much interest I have.
So I'm asking for some book recommendations which will give me an idea of the classical Grecian and Roman civilisations. How they worked, what they thought, what beliefs informed their worldview, and so on. I'm looking for a book which will allow me to see the world through their eyes.
Note that till now I've never really read anything formally on this subject, so I'm a newbie.
I'm already reading the only two classical epics which are still a part of a modern culture (the Ramayana and the Mahabharat), and I know much more than the layman (and much less than the specialist) about the shape of the history of my own civilisation and its nature in classical times.
However, I know very little about the two other important classical civilisations which I consider equal to my own in worth - Greece and Rome. All that I have read them inspires my curiosity. However, what I know of them I consider pathetically inadequate given how much interest I have.
So I'm asking for some book recommendations which will give me an idea of the classical Grecian and Roman civilisations. How they worked, what they thought, what beliefs informed their worldview, and so on. I'm looking for a book which will allow me to see the world through their eyes.
Note that till now I've never really read anything formally on this subject, so I'm a newbie.
/LS
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