The Greek Way
8 September 2017
Description
Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our modern world.
A perennial favourite, Edith Hamilton’s best-selling The Greek Way captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (The 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, amongst 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 civilised living.
Reviews
"... her [Edith Hamilton's] works still have the power to enlighten, particularly as artefacts of a time when what “Europe” meant was in crisis." — Times Literary Supplement
Also By: Edith Hamilton 
A Treasury of Edith Hamilton
Paperback, 1969
The Ever-Present Past
Paperback, 1967
Essays on philosophy and literature, both ancient and modern, by the author of The Greek Way.
The Echo of Greece
Paperback, 1964
Fourth-century Athens has a special claim on our attention, apart from the great men it produced, for it is the prelude to the end of Greece.
The Roman Way
Paperback, 2017
Drawing on the greatest writers of its civilization, Hamilton vividly depicts the life and spirit of Rome.The Roman Way
E Book, 2017
Drawing on the greatest writers of its civilization, Hamilton vividly depicts the life and spirit of Rome.
