The Greek Way

De: Edith Hamilton

Narrado por: Nadia May

"What the Greeks discovered, how they brought a new world to birth out of the dark confusions of an old world that had crumbled away, is full of meaning for us today who have seen an old world swept away."

Based on a thorough study of Greek life and civilization, of Greek literature, philosophy, and art, The Greek Way interprets their meaning and brings a realization of the refuge and strength the past can be to us in the troubled present. Miss Hamilton's book must take its place with the few interpretative volumes which are permanently rooted and profoundly alive in our literature.

©1958 Edith Hamilton (P)1994 Blackstone Audiobooks

Good reader

It was a fine book with a good reader. She does talk a little slow for my taste. I just had to put the speed up to 2.5

A great sampler of Hellenic thought

This work stands together with “Greek as a Treat” by Peter French as sampler boxes of Hellenic thought. Both serve as a broad overview of the wellspring of western thought. From here you can deepen and broaden your appreciation of Greek authors beginning with the introduction that sparks your interest and moving outward with more and varied reading. This can start you along a lifetime of enrichment that has been eclipsed and neglected in modern college education. Either or both of these books will be the first among many others in a growing library of entertaining, enlightening and enriching books. Bon voyage!

Greatest and Most Important Book in my life

Like Robert Kennedy after the death of JFK, I found this book in a time of suffering and was introduced to the Classical Athens. This book has soul.

Awesome

Wonderful exploration of classical Greek culture, mindset, art and literature compared to modern European/ British culture, art and literature. I thought it was excellent and very entertaining

Engaging Narration & Fantastic Content

The narrator, Nadia May, did a fantastic job speaking clearly and poignantly to engage the listener in this audiobook, which could otherwise be a difficult listen.

May’s talent as a narrator shines forth most clearly when she must read poetry or theatrical dialog. These passages would entangle most readers of the printed book. With May’s narration, however, these passages come to life with vigor.

This classic work published in 1930 by Edith Hamilton is still worth reading. The only parts that aged, I feel, are the first chapters which contrast Greek civilization with Eastern and Egyptian civilization, and Hamilton puts down the foreigners so as to build up the Greeks. That didn’t hold up for me in the 21st century. But after those passages, once she gets into the historians and tragedians of classical Greece, this book delivers a lyrical and profound synthesis of this civilization. The result of reading this is that it makes you reflect on yourself, your own heroism, tragedy and pursuit of arete. This book of history is, in the end, a book of philosophy and self-improvement. It’s a classic that still delivers a punch!