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The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Natalie Haynes
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Description for The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Paperback. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book shows how we are living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedian and broadcaster who has made television and radio documentaries about humour, education and Dorothy Parker. This is a book for us all. Whether political, cultural or social, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's the murder of Caesar or the political assassination of Thatcher; the narrative arc of the hit HBO series The Wire or that of Oedipus; the popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Obama - over and over again we can be seen to be living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago.
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846683244
SKU
V9781846683244
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes took her Cambridge degree in Classics which she also once taught in public schools. She is an award-winning comic, and a regular panellist on the BBC's Newsnight Review, Saturday Review and Front Row. She has been a guest columnist for The Times since 2006. Profile published the hardback in 2010 [9781846683237].
Reviews for The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
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 As wise as Socrates, as witty as Aristophanes, as modern as tomorrow - a classic for our times
Gyles Brandreth An entertaining romp through the politics and society of the ancient Romans and Greeks ... overflowing with lively, pertinent little nuggets
Claire Allfree
Metro
A passionate authority on the classics
The List
Witty ... for a curious-minded someone who likes to get their teeth into some intelligent non-fiction and 'mmmm' appreciatively
Bea Hodgkin
Easy Living
A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the most obscure, writers, thoughts and stories of Greece and Rome. Haynes does a good job in debunking myths perpetuated by popular culture ... and also manages to give intelligent overviews of some of the knottier problems that academic scholarship has grappled with ... a passionate defence of Classics
Jerry Toner
TLS
Haynes debunks plenty of myths about the ancient world and delivers her history lessons in a light-hearted tone
Christopher Silvester
Daily Express
Brilliant
Charlotte Higgins
Guardian
Andrew Motion As wise as Socrates, as witty as Aristophanes, as modern as tomorrow - a classic for our times
Gyles Brandreth An entertaining romp through the politics and society of the ancient Romans and Greeks ... overflowing with lively, pertinent little nuggets
Claire Allfree
Metro
A passionate authority on the classics
The List
Witty ... for a curious-minded someone who likes to get their teeth into some intelligent non-fiction and 'mmmm' appreciatively
Bea Hodgkin
Easy Living
A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the most obscure, writers, thoughts and stories of Greece and Rome. Haynes does a good job in debunking myths perpetuated by popular culture ... and also manages to give intelligent overviews of some of the knottier problems that academic scholarship has grappled with ... a passionate defence of Classics
Jerry Toner
TLS
Haynes debunks plenty of myths about the ancient world and delivers her history lessons in a light-hearted tone
Christopher Silvester
Daily Express
Brilliant
Charlotte Higgins
Guardian