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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 938 EAN: 9780393310771 ISBN: 0393310779 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 212 Publication Date: 1993-08 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Editorial Review: Product Description: The aim of this work is not a history of events but an account of the achievement and spirit of Greece. Edith Hamilton is also the author of "The Roman Way". Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Best Introduction into Ancient Greek History You Ever Will FindSuperb for all students, no matter if you're in high school or college. Goes hand-in-hand with her Mythology. Rating: - Thought-Provoking Tribute to Classical Greek Culture"The exercise of vital powers along lines of excellence in a life affording them scope, an old Greek definition of happiness." Edith Hamilton provides a wonderfully enthusiastic look into that relatively short period, Classical Greece, when love of reason and knowledge stood side-by-side with unabashed lust for life, and intellectual pursuits were matched with physical vigor. The main focus of the book--the Classical Greeks' approach to life--makes for a thought-provoking challenge to the modern ... Read More Rating: - Superb Overview of Greece in Classical TimesEdith Hamilton, graecophile supreme, published this summary of life and culture in fifth- and sixth-century (B.C.) Greece (most importantly, Athens) in 1930. It remains a superb introduction to classical Greek life and culture. Hamilton's forte was not detailed scholarship; it was insight at a more general level. In this book, she delineates the differing ways in which Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides excelled at tragedy, drawing illuminating parallels with Shakespeare to make her ... Read More Rating: - $2.59 for an affordable dabble into Ancient Greek historyNot even Mary Renault could get me interested in digging into Greek history. What finally did it for me was the PS2 game God of War. Now I want to know everything I can about Spartans but I don't want to pay too much money in the process. Rating: - THE GREEK WAYWE GAVE THIS BOOK TO OUR BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO WAS BORN IN GREECE. HE LOVES IT AND WANTS TO READ OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR,EDITH HAMILTON. WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN ALL OF HER BOOKS. |
