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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter
by Thomas Cahill
- HISTORY
- 2004
- PAPER
- 320 PAGES
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A marvelous writer, Cahill sketches the civilization of ancient Greece through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist. He gives pride of place to Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Euripides and Sappho. A third book in Cahill's popular, eloquent Hinges of History series -- and a superb introduction to the Greeks. The third book in the Hinges of History series.
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