Eleusis and Athens: Documents in Finance, Religion, and Politics in the Fifth Century B.C - Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies (Paperback)

'although it does not completely succeed in its ambitious goal of undermining both meritocracy and equality as criteria for equal opportunity, this is a well-argued, insightful, highly nuanced book, well worth close study by anyone who is concerned to make sense of the concept of equal opportunity. It is a model of close, rigorous, analytic thinking about moral matters. It challenges received orthodoxies at several points, and forces all of us to reevaluate our commitment to meritocracy and equality.' * Louis Pojman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Cavanaugh's text and commentary make available to us a fascinating picture of the financial underpinnings and some of the day-to-day operations of one of Greece's major religious shrines. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *