Rooted in the Classics but ranging over the whole of Western literary culture, this book addresses many of the major issues that face us at the turn of the millennium: What is our shared cultural currency? What use do we make of it? Why should anyone involve themselves with the Classics?

A progressive study of the identity of the Classics & the idea of culture in a post-modern age Maurizio Bettini is one of the most original thinkers currently working in the field of Classics. Reading Classical Indiscretions is an unsettling experience --Bettini tickles the intellectual fancy but at the same time raises profound questions about the study of Classics at this millennial moment. This book will intrigue and provoke anyone concerned with the intersection of antiquity and modernity.