The Greek Way

by Edith Hamilton

Overview

This book is a revised edition of the author's first book which was published in 1930, but now with 5 additional chapters of material. From a 1942 advertisement: Based on a thorough study of Greek life and civilization, of Greek literature, philosophy and art, The Greek Way interprets their meaning and brings a realization of the refuge and strength the past can be to us in the present

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393354447
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/25/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	57,703
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

I East and West 13

II Mind and Spirit 24

III The Way of the East and the West in Art 40

IV The Greek Way of Writing 52

V Pindar, The Last Greek Aristocrat 64

VI The Athenians as Plato Saw Them 78

VII Aristophanes and the Old Comedy 94

VIII Herodotus, The First Sight-seer 122

IX Thucydides, The Thing That Hath Been Is That Which Shall Be 139

X Xenophon, The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman 153

XI The Idea of Tragedy 171

XII Æschylus, The First Dramatist 179

XIII Sophocles, Quintessence of the Greek 195

XIV Euripides, The Modern Mind 205

XV The Religion of the Greeks 215

XVI The Way of the Greeks 229

XVII The Way of the Modern World 253

References 259