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29 October 2009

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    The Greeks and the Irrational

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    This is one of the books that made me decide that classics was worth spending a lifetime on.

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    The Annals

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    This is the best work of history ever written – that's a big claim.

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    The Last Days of Pompeii

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    But also there is this incredible influence it has on anyone studying Pompeii. It's the classic Pompeii disaster story everybody replays when they write about Pompeii.

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    Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology

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    I think I've chosen these books because all of them made a big difference to me. I wouldn't be the person I am today without them. With Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology by Moses Finley it's all about politics.

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    Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

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    But, for me and still for many of my students, it's a book that really opened my eyes. It showed me that you could theorize about things that you had always taken for granted and thought didn't need explaining.

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