Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
4. Time Line xv
5. Prologue. They Contain Multitudes 1
6. Chapter 1 A World of the Imagination 8
7. Chapter 2 The Heroic Past 51
8. Chapter 3 Meeting the Greeks 87
9. Chapter 4 The Polis—City and State 140
10. Chapter 5 Foreigners, Slaves, and Sex[ism] 180
11. Chapter 6 Giving the Gods Their Due 216
12. Chapter 7 The Thrill of Victory 247
13. Chapter 8 The Search for Meaning 290
14. Chapter 9 Life after Life 330
15. Epilogue. The Greeks among Us 357
16. Notes 383
17. Index 399