Michael Alexander, Helen North, and Josiah Ober discuss society, politics, and rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome, and talk about connections between those societies and the modern day.
At the time of this interview, Alexander, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1983-84), was professor of classics at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. North, a distinguished visitor at the Center (1982), was professor of classics at Swarthmore College. Ober, a Fellow at the Center (1983-84), was professor of history at Montana State University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
