The Roman Way
In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatest writers of the time.Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters; Catullus, the quintessential poet of love;...
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In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatest writers of the time.Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters; Catullus, the quintessential poet of love; Horace, the chronicler of a cruel and materialistic Rome; and the Romantics Virgil, Livy, and Seneca. The story concludes with the stark contrast between high-minded Stoicism and the collapse of values witnessed by Tacitus and Juvenal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393310788 (0393310787)
Publish date: August 17th 1993
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
I warmed up some on Edith Hamilton knowing what to expect in this one. I had gone into her hoping for a sort of primer on the ancients, to see if I might want to read further and where to start, but she was not the best choice for that. What Hamilton's books are good for is an introduction of sort. ...