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by Edith Hamilton
About 59 pages (17,626 words)
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The Greek Way Study Guide consists of approx. 59 pages of summaries and analysis on The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton. Browse the literature study guide below:

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In this critical chapter, the author establishes her assessment of the unique and eternal achievements of fifth Century BCE Athenian culture. In this chapter, she also introduces several basic dichotomies that will prevail and define her understanding of the various writers and events of the period in the ensuing chapters. (read more)
      Chapter 1, East and West
      Chapter 2, Mind and Spirit
      Chapter 3, The Way of the East and the Way of the West in Art
      Chapter 4, The Greek Way of Writing
      Chapter 5, Pindar: The Last Greek Aristocrat
      Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them
      Chapter 7, Aristophanes and the Old Comedy
      Chapter 8, Herodotus: The First Sight-Seer
      Chapter 9, Thucydides: The Thing That Hath Been Is That Which Shall Be
      Chapter 10, Xenophon: The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman
      Chapter 11, The Idea of Tragedy
      Chapter 12, Aeschylus: The First Dramatist
      Chapter 13, Sophocles: Quintessence of the Greek
      Chapter 14, Euripides: The Modern Mind
      Chapter 15, The Religion of the Greeks
      Chapter 16, The Way of the Greeks
      Chapter 17, The Way of the Modern World

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