Twelve Voices From Greece And Rome: Ancient Ideas For Modern Times Maria Wyke Oxford University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays Literary Reference

Twelve Voices From Greece And Rome Is A Book For All Readers Who Want To Know More About The Literature That Underpins Western Civilization Chistopher Pelling Maria Wyke Provide Vibrant Distinctive Introduction Of Greatest Authors Ancient Writers Whose Still Resonate Strongly Across Centuries: Homer Sappho Herodotus Euripides Thucydides Plato Caesar Cicero Virgil Horace Juvenal Tacitus What Vital Ideas Do These Give Voice? Why Are We So Often Drawn They Say Even In Modern Times? Investigates Tantalizing Questions Showing How Great Figures Classical Antiquity Address Some Our Most Fundamental Concerns World Today (Of War Courage Dictatorship Democracy Empire Immigration City Life Art Madness Irrationality Religious Commitment) Express Personal Sentiments (About Family Friendship Desire Separation Grief Happiness) Can Sound Both Compellingly Familiar Startlingly Alien Twenty-First Century Reader Yet Remain Suggestive Inspiring Despite Being Rooted Their Own Times Places Have Profoundly Affected Lives Those Prepared Listen Them Right Up Present Day Σελίδες: 288 Διαστάσεις: 13 3X13 3Cm