The Greek Way

Name: The Greek Way
Brand: Dover Publications
SKU: SP-9780486855387
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Table of Contents:
Preface

I. East and West
II. Mind and Spirit
III. The Way of the East and the West In Art
IV. The Greek Way of Writing
V. The Athenians as Plato Saw Them
VI. Aristophanes and the Old Comedy
VII. The Idea of Tragedy
VIII. Æschylus, The First Dramatist
IX. Sophocles, Quintessence of the Greek
X. Euripides, The Modern Mind
XI. The Way of the Greeks
XII. The Way of the Modern World

Biographical Note:
Edith Hamilton was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich.

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"With the coming forward of Greece, mankind became the center of the universe, the most important thing in it." -Edith Hamilton, Mythology

Through vivid prose and sharp analysis, Edith Hamilton brings to life the spirit of classical Greece, celebrating its achievements in art, philosophy, and literature and its enduring legacy on modern civilization. Contrasting the Greeks' pursuit of beauty, strength, and intellectual clarity with the values of other ancient societies, Hamilton illustrates how their ideals shaped notions of humanity and freedom. She examines the works of Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides, Homer, Plato, and Sophocles, among others. With the Greek emphasis on reason, critical thinking, and the pursuit of knowledge and understanding; their passion for beauty; and their unique aesthetic emphasizing harmony, balance, and the idealization of the human form, Edith Hamilton reminds us, "The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world."

Author: Hamilton, Edith
Publisher: Dover Publications
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2026-01-13
BISAC: History / Europe / Greece (see also Ancient - Greece)|History / Ancient / Greece|History / Civilization
Weight: 0.3 lbs
ISBN: 9780486855387
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780486855387