The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
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The Ancient Guide to Modern Life by Natalie Haynes
In this thoroughly engaging book, Natalie Haynes brings her scholarship and wit to the most fascinating true stories of the ancient world. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life not only reveals the origins of our culture in areas including philosophy, politics, language, and art, it also draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time, to demonstrate that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from ourselves: is Bart Simpson the successor to Aristophanes? Do the Beckhams have parallel lives with The Satiricon's Trimalchio? Along the way Haynes debunks myths (gladiators didn't salute the emperor before their deaths, and the last words of Julius Caesar weren't "et tu, brute?") from Athens to Zeno's paradox, this irresistible guide shows how the history and wisdom of the ancient world can inform and enrich our lives today.
Praise for "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life: "
"As wise as Socrates, as witty as Aristophanes, as modern as tomorrow--a classic for our times" --Gyles Brandreth, author of "The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries"
""The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" does two things at once: it reminds us (or tells us) about people, events and practices in the Greek and Roman world, and at the same time explores their contemporary echoes and parallels. A classic double-whammy, in fact--and delivered with wonderful energy, wit, zeal and expertise. Irresistible." --Andrew Motion, former UK Poet Laureate
"A fascinating book which offers fresh insights into the classical realm along with an incisive commentary on the modern world drawing on the experience of the ancients, all laced with Haynes's trademark wit." --Martha Kearney, BBC presenter
"Wonderfully whimsical yet instructional view of Greco-Roman history. The author fuses educational narrative and jocular commentary to guide th
"A constantly amusing but quite serious book!"----Associated Press
"Delivered with wonderful energy, wit, zeal, expertise. Irresistible!"----Andrew Motion, former UK Poet Laureate
"A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the more obscure, writers, thought, and stories of Greece and Rome." "Times Literary Supplement"
"As wise as Socrates, as witty as Aristophanes, as modern as tomorrow--a classic for our times" --Gyles Brandreth, author of "The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries"
""The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" does two things at once: it reminds us (or tells us) about people, events and practices in the Greek and Roman world, and at the same time explores their contemporary echoes and parallels. A classic double-whammy, in fact--and delivered with wonderful energy, wit, zeal and expertise. Irresistible." --Andrew Motion, former UK Poet Laureate
"A fascinating book which offers fresh insights into the classical realm along with an incisive commentary on the modern world drawing on the experience of the ancients, all laced with Haynes's trademark wit." --Martha Kearney, BBC presenter
"Wonderfully whimsical yet instructional view of Greco-Roman history. The author fuses educational narrative and jocular commentary to guide th
"A constantly amusing but quite serious book!"----Associated Press
"Delivered with wonderful energy, wit, zeal, expertise. Irresistible!"----Andrew Motion, former UK Poet Laureate
"A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the more obscure, writers, thought, and stories of Greece and Rome." "Times Literary Supplement"
"Delivered with wonderful energy, wit, zeal, expertise. Irresistible!" Andrew Motion, former UK Poet Laureate
"A constantly amusing but quite serious book!" Associated Press
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Natalie Haynes appears regularly on BBC Television's "Newsnight Review" and BBC Radio 4's "Saturday Review" and "Front Row." she writes for the "Sunday Telegraph," the "Mail on Sunday," "The New Humanist," and the "Times." she earned her degree in classics at Cambridge and has worked as an award-winning stand-up comedian. she lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590208502 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590208501 |
| Title | The Ancient Guide to Modern Life |
| Author | Natalie Haynes |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Overlook Press |
| Year published | 2012-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 275 |
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