Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, by Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath (Free Press, 320 pp., $25)
WHO killed Homer and brought about, as the subtitle of this book puts it, “the demise of classical education”? We did, according to Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath. “We” in this case is the profession of classical scholars like themselves, and me. How did we do it? By becoming professional scholars in the manner of other humanities professors: instead of concentrating on the education of our students, we are more
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