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It's All Greek to Me
It's All Greek to Me
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2 October, 2008
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Consider the way we think: about right and wrong, about the nature of beauty, goodness, and truth. What, in the end, it is to be a human being amid the immensity of the universe. What it is to be mortal, to live for a brief while, and die. All this, and more, we have learned from the ancient Greeks. They moulded the basic disciplines and genres in which we still organise thought: from poetry to drama, from politics to philosophy, from history to medicine, and even ethnography. Packed with useful cribs - history timelines; a who's who; a guide to the Greek gods; a map for those who struggle to know their Lemnos from their Lesbos - It's All Greek to Me is a bluffer's guide in one sense, a primer that will give you a helping hand around Greek democracy, or the Persian Wars, or the Parthenon. But it is much more than that; it is a book of enthusiasms and pleasures, which aims to bring ancient Greece back into the mainstream of life - where it belongs.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781906021436 |
| ISBN10 | 1906021430 |
| Number Of Pages | 256 |
| Item Weight | 458 g |
| Product Dimensions | 134 x 30 x 220 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Short Books Ltd |
| Format | hardback |
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Author's Bio
Charlotte Higgins began her career in journalism on Vogue magazine. She has worked for the Guardian for 10 years and since 2004 she has been the newspaper's arts correspondent. She is the author of Latin Love Lessons (Short Books, 2007). Charlotte studied classics at Oxford, and lives in London.