The Classical Greek Reader

Kenneth J Atchity [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0805039473 / ISBN 13: 9780805039474

Published by Henry Holt and Company Inc., New York, 1996

About this Item

Fine book in fresh clean black board covers with black cloth strip carrying bright gilt titles to spine. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; well illustrated. The dust jacket is mint and not price clipped. A most attractive copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Classical Greek Reader
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805039473
• ISBN 13: 9780805039474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

An anthology of well-known and less familiar ancient Greek texts, poems, art, plays, and historical and political documents, offering perspectives from women, doctors, storytellers, and herbalists of the period as well as philosophers. Selections include introductions on authors' lives and the social and political contexts of the works. Includes a glossary and b&w photos. For students and others. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Reviews

Former Occidental College professor Atchity attempts to make ancient Greek literature attractive to a Nineties' audience. He succeeds in being more inclusive than traditional in terms of women, scientists, and philosophers, but the relatively equal (short) length given each entry diminishes the major historical figures and creates the effect of a sampler rather than an anthology. Introductions provide factoid information about each writer and his or her significance, but too often there is no explanation for the choice of a selection fragment or an analysis of its relationship to the whole work. Also references to current pop culture icons (e.g., Galen as an ancient version of Deepak Chopra) may make this book seem dated in a few years. Although this reader is suitable for all libraries, it should not be viewed as a replacement for more traditional texts such as The Norton Book of Classical Literature (Norton, 1993) or MacKendrick and Howe's venerable Classics in Translation (1959).?Rose Cichy, Osterhout Free Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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