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Tag Archives: Greece
The Wisdom of the Myths
Wisdom from the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life© 2014 Luc Ferry416 pages Well over a year or so ago, in a mood to read about the classical tradition, I happened upon Wisdom from the Myths: How Greek … Continue reading
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Tagged Classics and Literary, Greece, literature, mythology, philosophy, wisdom literature
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Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations© 2013 Jules Evans320 pages For most, philosophy is a subject that screams impotent academic prattle, the practice of strange individuals who are clearly paid too much to gaze into their navels and pontificate … Continue reading
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae© 1998 Steven Pressfield442 pages When Xerxes, Ruler of Asia, god-king of men, finally stood over the bodies of the few Greeks who had withstood his hordes drawn from half … Continue reading
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Tagged classical world, Greece, historical fiction, military, Persia, Persia-Iran
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The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad© 2006 Margaret Atwood224 pages Which is worse, waiting twenty years for a rascal of a husband to return home while simultaneously managing his kingdom, raising his son, and fending off scores of … Continue reading
Who Killed Homer?
Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom© 1998 Victor Davis Hanson290 pages For hundreds of years, the study of the classics was at the heart of a liberal education, thought essential to the … Continue reading
This week at the library: Jesus, bikes, and Greeks
In recent weeks I’ve finished up an unplanned series of readings on first-century Judeo-Christianity. Shortly after checking out The Origin of Satan for some historical research, two seperate people happened to reccommend Misquoting Jesus and Zealot at the same time, … Continue reading
A History of the World in Six Glasses
A History of the World in Six Glasses© 2006 Tom Standage311 pages A toast to human enterprise! Pick your poison — beer, wine, rum, tea, coffee, or Coca-Cola. Three are alcoholic, three are caffienated: all were the stuff of empires, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Revolution, ancient world, Britain, China, classical world, Egypt, food, food and drink, goods/services, Greece, history, Rome, social history
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The Lost Hero
The Lost Hero© 2010 Rick Riordian557 pages Rick Riordian’s debut novels introduced us to Percy Jackson, a half-mortal half-divine Demigod destined to save the world. Now the hero of heroes has vanished — and three new demigods have come into … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Greece, mythology, Rick Riordian, Rome, The Heroes of Olympus
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The Illiad
The Illiad© 1960 Barbara Leonie Picard208 pagesIllustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe The Illiad is one of the oldest and most celebrated works of literature of western civilization: a classic among classics, no world literature class would be complete without it. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", classical world, Classics and Literary, Greece, humanities, world-turner
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