The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton

The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton

Published: 1930

Rating: 4

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I came across this excellent reference book via my daughter, who had taken a class in Greek tragedies while in college.  I have read Hamilton's classic book, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes and reference both books while working my way through the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.  A list of chapters will give a feel of all the information contained in this rather short but meaty book.  She has also written The Roman Way which I may have to get.

• East and West
• Mind and Spirit
• The Way of the East and the West in Art
• The Greek Way of Writing
• Pindar, The Last Greek Aristocrat
• The Athenians as Plato Saw Them
• Aristophanes and the Old Comedy
• Herodotus, The First Sight-seer
• Thucydides, The Thing That Hath Been is That Which Shall Be
• Xenophon, The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman
• The Idea of Tragedy
• Aeschylus, The First Dramatist
• Sophocles, Quintessence of the Greek
• Euripides, The Modern Mind
• The Religion of the Greeks
• The Way of the Greeks
• The Way of the Modern World