Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. Introduction. Disturbing Acropolis 1
5. Part I. Collision and Collusion in the Archives
6. 1. Compulsive Situation 11
7. 2. Compulsive Anatomy 33
8. 3. The Theban Paradigm 47
9. 4. Leonardo’s Gay Science 63
10. 5. The Cunning of Tradition 84
11. 6. Conquest and Interpretation 102
12. Part II. Memory and History
13. 7. Memory, Biography, History, Myth 129
14. 8. Critique and Divination 159
15. 9. The Archaeology of Freedom 183
16. 10. Uncanny Understanding and a Grave Philosophy 201
17. CONCLUSION
18. 11. The Myth of Ur 219
19. Notes 253
20. Works Cited 283
21. Index 301