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The Portable Greek Reader

Paperback • 1977 • English

The Portable Greek Reader

By W. H. Auden

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About the book

It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden s splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy. Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itself, Included are excerpts from the mythologies of Hesiod; the...Show more

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9780140150391

Publisher

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published year

1977

Language

English

Original title

The Portable Greek Reader

Format

Paperback

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