Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Hinges of History)
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Author: Cahill, Thomas
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ISBN: 9780385495530

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In the 4th volume of the Hinges of History series, Cahill brings his characteristic style to a tour of ancient Greece. T...
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In the 4th volume of the Hinges of History series, Cahill brings his characteristic style to a tour of ancient Greece. The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. Many of their achievements, particularly in art & philosophy, are widely celebrated. Other innovations & accomplishments, however, are underappreciated. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea explores the legacy, good & bad, of the ancient Greeks. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica & the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the poleis, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art & architecture, Cahill makes the distant past relevant. Greek society is one of the two primeval influences on the Western world. While Jews gave us a value system, the Greeks set the foundation & framework for our intellectual lives. They're responsible for our vocabulary, logic & categorization system. They provided the

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