The Greek Way (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 320)

347, [2] pp. "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. 'This is a book of both cultural and critical importance,' says The New York Times. 'In the masterly exposition and deep understanding of the contrast between the Greek and the modern conception of life, we are brought to fresh appraisals of our own intellectual activities. Her pages are a pleasure to follow. Altogether a notable book.'" Includes: Preface; East and West; Mind and Spirit; The Way of the East and the West in Art; The Greek Way of Writing; Pindar, the Last Greek Aristocrat; The Athenians as Plato Saw Them; Aristophanes and the Old Comedy; Herodotus, the First Sight-Seer; Thucydides, the Thing That Hath Been Is That Which Shall Be; Xenophon, the Ordinary Athenian Gentleman; The Idea of Tragedy; Aeschylus, the First Dramatist; Sophocles, Quintessence of the Greek; Euripides, the Modern Mind; The Religion of the Greeks; The Way of the Greeks; The Way of the Modern World; References.