It's All Greek to Me by Charlotte Higgins
Featuring things from Achilles' heel to Pythagoras' theorem, from Oedipus and his complex to Margaret Thatcher and Thucydides, this book aims to unlock the richness of the Greek world and show just how profoundly it has informed our own.
A highly entertaining bluffer's guide to Greek culture, philosophy and politics* The Sunday Times *
Higgins delivers digestible precis and peppy plot summaries... the appendices would make fine stocking-fillers in their own right - A love letter to ancient Greece * The Telegraph *
With a marvellous display of knowledgeable enthusiasm and a keen talent for compression, (Higgins) shows just precisely why the Greeks matter * The Guardian *
Higgins takes on classical Greek, covering politics, barbarians, love, epic and ethics, all done with panache and sly wit. * Scotland on Sunday *
It's All Greek to Me is so readable, with a directness and clarity that's enormously engaging. Every generation needs to rediscover the Greeks...
Higgins delivers digestible precis and peppy plot summaries... the appendices would make fine stocking-fillers in their own right - A love letter to ancient Greece * The Telegraph *
With a marvellous display of knowledgeable enthusiasm and a keen talent for compression, (Higgins) shows just precisely why the Greeks matter * The Guardian *
Higgins takes on classical Greek, covering politics, barbarians, love, epic and ethics, all done with panache and sly wit. * Scotland on Sunday *
It's All Greek to Me is so readable, with a directness and clarity that's enormously engaging. Every generation needs to rediscover the Greeks...
Charlotte Higgins has worked for the Guardian in various guises for over a decade, latterly as chief arts writer. She was born in Stoke-on-Trent and studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford. She is also the author of Latin Love Lessons: Put a Little Ovid in Your Life (Short Books).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906021597 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906021597 |
| Title | It's All Greek to Me |
| Author | Charlotte Higgins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2009-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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