The Way of the Greeks, [In his preface the author explains that the title is not intended as an allusion to popular fiction but refers to the Greek belief that there is a Right Way of doing all things. It covers The Power of Tradition in Greek Life, Sources of Evidence, The Tribal Nature of Greek Morality, its Contents, Religion, Sin, Future Life, Religion and Institutions, The Relations of Greece to the Savage, The Gods in Homer, The Dramatists, The Guilt of Oedipus, Language, Emotion in Art and Literature, etc.], With small extracts in Greek,
Published by Oxford at the University Press, 1930,
- Hardcover
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Seller: Crouch Rare Books, Godalming, United KingdomCrouch Rare Books
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8vo, vi,224pp, original cloth, title and Oxford escutcheon gilt on spine, the owl of Athene gilt on upper board, nice to see books are still read and absorbed, on about five pages there are pencil lines in the margins drawing attention to certain paragraphs, on a few some sentences neatly have been underlined, on one page pencil notes on superstitions, secret forms of worship and doctrines revealed only to the initiated, otherwise text clean and very good, rubbing top and bottom of spine and a small hole in the cloth at the bottom, vg.
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- Title
- The Way of the Greeks, [In his preface the author explains that the title is not intended as an allusion to popular fiction but refers to the Greek belief that there is a Right Way of doing all things. It covers The Power of Tradition in Greek Life, Sources of Evidence, The Tribal Nature of Greek Morality, its Contents, Religion, Sin, Future Life, Religion and Institutions, The Relations of Greece to the Savage, The Gods in Homer, The Dramatists, The Guilt of Oedipus, Language, Emotion in Art and Literature, etc.], With small extracts in Greek,
- Author
- Earp, F. R.,
- Publisher
- Oxford at the University Press, 1930,
- Condition
- see description
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Classical Greek and Roman Literature, Classical Civilisation, Latin
Crouch Rare Books
Godalming, United Kingdom
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