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The Greek way / Edith Hamilton.

by Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963, author.

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New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.

Greek literature -- History and criticism.

Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.

9780393354447 (paperback) :

039335444X (paperback)

266 pages ; 21 cm

East and West -- Mind and spirit -- The way of the East and the West in Art -- The Greek way of writing -- Pindar, the last Greek aristocrat -- The Athenians as Plato saw them -- Aristophanes and the old comedy -- Herodotus, the first sight-seer -- Thucydides, the thing that hath been is that which shall be -- Xenophon, the ordinary Athenian gentleman -- The idea of tragedy -- Aeschylus, the first dramatist -- Sophocles, quintessence of the Greek -- Euripides, the modern mind -- The religion of the Greeks -- The way of the Greeks -- The way of the modern world.

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--Publisher's description.

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