Victor Davis Hanson

The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a comprehensive modern …

Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom is a book by Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath.