The Greek Way

Edith Hamilton

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Norton
25 August 2017

History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and civilizaed world, a strange new power was at work... Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius which so molded the world of mind and of spirit that our mind and spirit today are different... What was then produced of art and of thought has never been surpasses and very rarely equalled, and the stamp of it is upon all the art and all the thought of the Western world. A perennial favorite in many different editions, Edith Hamilton's best-selling The Greek Way captures the spirit and achievements of Greece in the fifth century B.C. A retired headmistress when she began her writing career in the 1930s, Hamilton immediately demonstrated a remarkable ability to bring the world of ancient Greece to life, introducing that world to the twentieth century. The New York Times called The Greek Way a book of both cultural and critical importance.

By: Edith Hamilton
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 248g
ISBN: 9780393354447
ISBN 10: 039335444X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 August 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Edith Hamilton won the National Achievement Award in 1950, received honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters from Yale University, the University of Rochester, and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1957 she was many an honorary citizen of Athens and was decorated with the Golden Cross of the Order of Benefaction by King Paul of Greece.

Reviews for The Greek Way

... 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