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  • Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter | [Thomas Cahill]
    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
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    Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 24 mins)
    • By Thomas Cahill
    • Narrated By John Lee
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    Best selling history writer Thomas Cahill continues his series on the roots of Western civilization with this volume about the contributions of ancient Greece to the development of contemporary culture. Tracing the origin of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European horsemen into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, he follows their progress into the creation of the Greek city-states, the refinement of their machinery of war, and the flowering of intellectual and artistic culture.

    Mike says: "Really enjoyed this Audiobook; a good model"
    "Really enjoyed this Audiobook; a good model"
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    I have read the other Cahill books (the Jews, the Irish) and I've been very pleased with this one as an audiobook. The audiobook alternates between recitations from Homer and other epic Greek poets (Sapho, Euripedes), and Cahill's explanatory and contexual material. For an audiobook, this is excellent, since the poetry of Homer really deserves to be heard. As an audiobook format, this is nearly perfect material. This is not a hard core academic treatment; Cahill is very eclectic and undiscplined, sort of the Stephen Ambrose of the ancient world. I'm looking forward to the film 'Troy' in a few months, and this book is good background for the film.

    14 of 14 people found this review helpful

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