The Greek Way [The Norton Library Edition N230]

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1964. First published 1930. First Published in this Norton Library Edition, January 1964. Includes the five additional chapters (added to second edition in 1943) in addition to the original dozen from the first edition. E.g. specific chapters on Pindar and Herodotus were added following the first edition. Classic cover art in mustard with sepia portrait of the Greek Acropolis. At back of cover is ummary description and photo of Edith Hamilton lecturing in Greece at foot of the Acropolis in 1957 where she was made an honorary citizen of Athens at the age of 90. Moderate cover, corner, edge wear. Pages very good, clean; no writing. Bind good, square. Near very good first edition thus. Edith Hamilton, the noted classicist interprets Greek life through the eyes of their great writers and literature. Presented here is an overview of the great age of Greek literature and its high impact on western civilization and the world. A brilliant and accessible interpretation of the legacy and influence of ancient Greek literature and art, and the glory that was Greece. Hamilton was fluent in both ancient Greek and Latin and read both in the original languages for her study, enjoyment and writing. Hamilton examines how the consciousness of Greece was expanded from the rudimentary necessities of existance most prevelant for most or all in prior civilizations, to the elevated and exploratory thought of greater ways, ideas, perspectives and forms of living. Contents: "Preface; I. East and West; II. Mind and Spirit; III. The Way of the East and West in Art; IV. The Greek Way of Writing; V. Pindar, The Last Greek Aristocrat; VI. The Athenians as Plato Saw Them; VII. Aristophenes and the Old Comedy; VIII. Herodotus, The First Sight-seer; IX. Thucydides, The Thing that Hath Been is That Which Shall Be; X. Xenophon, The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman; XI. The Idea of Tragedy; XII. Aeschylus, The First Dramatist; XIII. Sophocles, Quintesssence of the Greek; XIV. Euripedes, The Modern Mind; XV. The Religion of the Greeks; XVI. The Way of the Greeks; XVII. The Way of the Modern World; and, References." Five pages at back with other available Norton Library titles. 212 pages. Insured post.. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.