The Greek Way
Edith Hamilton. The Modern Library, NY, 1962 (?) VG: Edges, corners & spine ends worn Minor foxing on inner covers & end pages Dated prev owner signature on rear end pages.This edition was sold in Taiwan for students who were learning English, thus the reason there is Chinese printed on the front cover. An exploration of the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC, the Greek aesthetics of sculpture and writing & the lack of ornamentation in both and an examination of 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.
Edith Hamilton. The Modern Library, NY, 1962 (?) VG: Edges, corners & spine ends worn Minor foxing on inner covers & end pages Dated prev owner signature on rear end pages.This edition was sold in Taiwan for students who were learning English, thus the reason there is Chinese printed on the front cover. An exploration of the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC, the Greek aesthetics of sculpture and writing & the lack of ornamentation in both and an examination of 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.
Edith Hamilton. The Modern Library, NY, 1962 (?) VG: Edges, corners & spine ends worn Minor foxing on inner covers & end pages Dated prev owner signature on rear end pages.This edition was sold in Taiwan for students who were learning English, thus the reason there is Chinese printed on the front cover. An exploration of the spirit of the golden age of Greece in the fifth century BC, the Greek aesthetics of sculpture and writing & the lack of ornamentation in both and an examination of 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.