The Greek Way

The Greek Way
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9780393081862
ISBN-13 : 0393081869
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Book Synopsis The Greek Way by : Edith Hamilton

Download or read book The Greek Way written by Edith Hamilton and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our modern world. In The Greek Way, Edith Hamilton captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (New York Times) the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC, the time of its highest achievements. She explores the Greek aesthetics of sculpture and writing and the lack of ornamentation in both. She examines the works of Homer, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Euripides, among others; the philosophy of Socrates and Plato’s role in preserving it; the historical accounts by Herodotus and Thucydides on the Greek wars with Persia and Sparta and by Xenophon on civilized living.


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