The Portable Greek Reader

by W.H. Auden and Edited And Interpreted By W.H. Auden

Book Overview

It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden's splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140150390
• ISBN13: 9780140150391
• Release Date: August 1977
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Our Hallowed Past

If for no other reason, buy this book for W. H. Auden's remarkably learned 40 page introduction--a survey of the great Greek gift passed down to us. The Portable Greek Reader is a manual on how to think and more importantly, why to think.Andrew D Martin, Docent, The Parthenon, Nashville, Tn