By Joseph Roisman
Roisman makes a speciality of subject matters resembling the nexus among manhood and age; on Athenian males of their roles as kinfolk, pals, and enthusiasts; at the proposal of masculine disgrace; on family members among social and financial prestige and manhood; on manhood within the army and politics; at the manly advantage of self-discipline; and on what males feared.
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