Preface and Acknowledgements Part 1: The Idea of Luck Chapter 1: Luck Ancient and Modern Introduction Language, Imagery, and Conceptual History Contemporary Approaches, Ancient Alternatives: The Plan of the Book On Interpretation Chapter 2: Aristotle's Psychological Approach to Luck The Idea of Luck in Physics 2.4-6 Luck and Causal Responsibility in Nicomachean Ethics 3.1 Prudent and Responsible Action Luck, Statesmanship, and Legislation in the Politics Conclusion Part 2: Bad Luck, Good Luck Chapter 3: Bad Luck: The Daimon of Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus Oedipus, Child of Tuche Oedipus' Daimon Conclusion: Sophoclean Riddles and the Question of Intelligibility Chapter 4: Better Lucky than Good? The Aristotelian Eudemian Ethics 8.2 The Argument of EE 8.2 An Aristotelian Critique of EE 8.2 The Audience of the EE: Kaloi K'agathoi Conclusion: The Status of the EE Part 3: Luck and Politics Chapter 5: From Fate to Freedom: Questioning Solon with Herodotus Solon and Croesus Themistocles and the Athenian Democracy Conclusion: Herodotus, Teacher and Storyteller Chapter 6: If It Wasn't for Bad Luck: Thucydides on the Political Significance of Tuche Pericles, Luck, Statesmanship Tuche as Illusion in the Action of the History Two Objections: Pylos and Sparta Conclusion: Thucydides' Historiography Chapter 7: Euripides' Critique of Luck and Courage in Trojan Women The Critique of Luck The Critique of Courage The Resilience of the Trojan Women The Problem of Helen Conclusion Bibliography.