The Roman Way

Hamilton, Edith

ISBN 10: 0393041735 / ISBN 13: 9780393041736

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 1932

About this Item

first edition, fourth printing. minor wear to the dust jacket which has a plastic sleeve over it. otherwise clean, sturdy, and unmarked -rw.

Seller Inventory # Sq45418

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Roman Way
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication Date: 1932
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393041735
• ISBN 13: 9780393041736
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 16 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Drawing on the greatest writers of its civilization, Hamilton vividly depicts the life and spirit of Rome.

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.

“No one in modern times has shown us more vividly . . . ‘the grandeur that was Rome.’ Filtering the golden essence from the mass of classical literature, she proved how applicable to our daily lives are the humor and wisdom of more than 2,000 years ago.”— New York Times

About the Author

Edith Hamilton won the National Achievement Award in 1950, received honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters from Yale University, the University of Rochester, and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1957 she was many an honorary citizen of Athens and was decorated with the Golden Cross of the Order of Benefaction by King Paul of Greece.