Whatever subject the Ancient Greeks dealt with - from happiness to love and death, from justice to power, friendship and nostalgia - they did it with such breadth of spirit that still amazes us today.

Without fear of mixing great and humble subjects (what are the former and what are the latter?), determined not to fall into the mannerism of classicism, Mauro Bonazzi shows that if we turn our gaze to that distant era, we will be able to gain a reliable compass capable of helping us find a way out of the complex problems of our time.

A series of intelligent essays that, combining depth and lightness of style, accompany us in our most difficult and crucial concern: life.