Roman Way - Couverture souple

Hamilton, Edith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0380015331 ISBN 13 : 9780380015337

Editeur : Avon Books, 1973

Synopsis

Book by Hamilton Edith

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Drawing on the greatest writers of its civilization, Hamilton vividly depicts the life and spirit of Rome.

In this informal history of Roman civilization, Edith Hamilton vividly depicts the Roman life and spirit as they are revealed in the greatest writers of the time. Among these literary guides are Cicero, who left an incomparable collection of letters; Catullus, the quintessential poet of love; Horace, the chronicler of a cruel and materialistic Rome; and the Romantics Virgil, Livy and Seneca. The story concludes with the stark contrast between high-minded Stoicism and the collapse of values witnessed by Tacitus and Juvenal.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edith Hamilton won the National Achievement Award in 1950, received honorary degrees of Doctor of Letters from Yale University, the University of Rochester, and the University of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1957 she was many an honorary citizen of Athens and was decorated with the Golden Cross of the Order of Benefaction by King Paul of Greece.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Avon Books
• Date d'édition: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0380015331
• ISBN 13: 9780380015337
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais