Bibliograph

Sailing the wine-dark sea, why the Greeks matter, Thomas Cahill

Type

Label

Sailing the wine-dark sea, why the Greeks matter, Thomas Cahill

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sailing the wine-dark sea

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52374121

Responsibility statement

Thomas Cahill

Series statement

Hinges of history, v. 4

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, Grades 9-12, 10.5, 15, SD, Quiz 78456, English non-fiction.Accelerated Reader, UG, 10.5, 15, 15, 78456

Sub title

why the Greeks matter

Summary

"In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his latest bestselling work of popular history, Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining-and historically unassailable-journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. In ancient Greece, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader and encouraged civil discussion--yet they kept slaves. The glorious verses of the Iliad suggest that their "bellicose society of gleaming metals and rattling weapons" is not so very distant from more recent campaigns of "shock and awe." And, centuries before Zorba, Greece was a land where music, dance, and wine were essential to the high life. Granting equal time to the sacred and the profane, Cahill rivets our attention to the legacies of an ancient and enduring worldview."

Table Of Contents

Introduction : the way they came -- I. The warrior : how to fight -- II. The wanderer : how to feel -- III. The poet : how to party -- IV. The politician and the playwright : how to rule -- V. The philosopher : how to think -- VI. The artist : how to see -- VII. The way they went : Greco-Roman meets Judeo-Christian

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