While numerous classical dictionaries identify the figures and tales of Greek and Roman mythology, this reference book explains the allegorical significance attached to the myths by Medieval and Renaissance authors.  Meer

‘Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies’ describes the similarities between the autobiographies of warrior tribes and of street gangs. Gangbangers were so alienated from the larger society that they reinvented something very similar to tribal-warrior cultures right in the heart of American cities.  Meer