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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Sophocles the Athenian. Placing his plays within their historical context, and expla
Wonderful and timely Hugely recommended STEPHEN FRY What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to be happy.
They gave us democracy, philosophy, poetry, rational science, the joke. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidass three hundred Spartans and Alexander the
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed a single unified social or political identity. In Introducing the Ancient G
An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves Remarkable, brave and compassionate.Rowan Williams, New Statesman In Sophocles tragedy
From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives Two thousand years ago, Aristotle wrote the most important book on happ
An urgent study of Homers Iliad , exposing the beginnings of the ecological disaster we now face and facilitating our understanding of its history Exhilarating.Emma Greensmith, Times Literary Supplement The roots of todays environmental catastrophe run
Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst th