{"product_id":"the-portable-greek-reader-9780140150391","title":"The Portable Greek Reader","description":"It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden's splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy.\u003cp\u003eEvery page in \u003cb\u003eThe Portable Greek Reader\u003c\/b\u003e contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itself, Included are excerpts from the mythologies of Hesiod; the martial epics of Homer; the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclitus; Aesop's fables; poems by Pindar and Sappho; the scientific writings of Euclid, Galen, and Hippocrates; and the history of Thucydides. Presented in their most elegant and authoritative translations, and accompanied by Auden's brilliant introduction, these selections recreate the Greek world in all its splendor, strangeness, and sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engaging and full and intelligent ... a command performance, brought off with considerable aplomb.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140150391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.12w x 1.34d","brand":"W. H. Auden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378208833717,"sku":"9780140150391","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c093a1ce-dbd1-40f5-b4fb-ebbe097c6642.jpg?v=1701751352","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-portable-greek-reader-9780140150391","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}