Pensare come Ulisse. Che cosa gli antichi possono insegnarci sulla nostra vita

What can the Trojan War tell us about women’s empowerment and immigration? What can the myth of Ulysses tell us about human agency when it is pitted against seemingly unsurmountable circumstances? And what about Orpheus? What can his figure teach us about humanity and its relationship with death? We tend to look at the Classics as dusty, as
things from the past, something to study at university, but the truth is that they are far more modern than we think, and they can shed a marvellous light on what it means to be human in the 21st century. Written with a charming levity that cleverly masks years of research, How to Think Like Ulysses is a heartfelt plea to rediscover the literary wonders of the ancient world and to heed their lesson: life in our contemporary world may be very different from Athens in the 5th century B.C., but perhaps we humans haven’t changed much at all.