It's All Greek to Me - From Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, How Ancient Greece Has Shaped

Zusatztext "A completely excellent guide to Greek poetry! drama! philosophy! history and culture. Philip Pullman has said that he would put it into every school and every teacher-training course and I'd echo that. . . . Highly entertaining as well as informative." Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Higgins read classics at Balliol College! Oxford. She has worked for the Guardian newspaper for over a decade in various guises! from 2001 as classical music editor and from 2008 as chief arts writer. She began her career in journalism at Vogue . She is also the author of Latin Love Lessons . She lives in London. Klappentext Why is ancient Greece important? Because! quite simply! if we want to understand the modern Western world! we need to look back to the Greeks. Consider the way we think about ethics! about the nature of beauty and truth! about our place in the universe! about our mortality. All this we have learned from the ancient Greeks. They molded the basic disciplines and genres in which we still organize thought! from poetry to drama! from medicine to philosophy! from history to ethnography. Packed with useful facts! including a timeline! a "mythology for dummies!" a who's who! a guide to Homer's epics! and a handy map for those struggling to know their Lemnos from their Lesbos! It's All Greek to Me is an entertaining and insightful tour through the world of the ancient Greeks. Why are some laws Draconian? What is an Achilles' heel? Why were the Spartans spartan? Charlotte Higgins provides these answers and more! arming average readers with the knowledge they need to understand the Greeks and their tremendous contributions to our lives. This book aims to unlock the richness of a fascinating culture and place it where it should be—in the mainstream of life. Zusammenfassung “ It’s All Greek to Me is so readable! with a directness and clarity that’s enormously engaging. . . . What an excellent book.” — Phillip Pullman An informative! smart! and very amusing narrative about the enormous influence Greeks and Greek culture have had on the rest of the world! from art to architecture to literature to politics to love. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charlotte Higgins
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.03.2010
• EAN: 9780061804007
• ISBN: 978-0-06-180400-7
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; European History, Ancient Greece, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, General and world history, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Ancient warfare, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Civilization, HISTORY: Women, HISTORY: Ancient / Rome, HISTORY: Modern / General, HISTORY: Jewish, HISTORY: Ancient / Greece, HISTORY: Essays, HISTORY: Military / Ancient *, HISTORY: Indigenous / General