<p>Words of Wisdom from Ancient Greece gathers the best of a thousand years of philosophy, history and literature, in a compilation of writing spanning from 800 BC to 200 AD. With selections from the five major schools of Greek thought—the Platonists, the Aristotelians, the Stoics, the Epicureans, and the Skeptics—this survey of ancient wisdom offers guidance for a life well lived from luminaries of Greece’s legendary past. AESCHYLUS - AESOP ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANAXAGORAS - ANTISTHENES ARISTOTLE - ARISTOPHANES BIAS OF PRIENE CHILON OF SPARTA CLEOBULUS OF LINDOS DEMOCRITUS - DEMOSTHENES DIOGENES - EPICURUS EPICTETUS - EURIPIDES HERACLITUS - HESIOD HIPPOCRATES - HOMER ISOCRATES - MENANDER PERIANDER - PINDAR PITTACUS OF MYTILENE PLATO - PLUTARCH PROTAGORAS - PYTHAGORAS SOCRATES - SOLON - SOPHOCLES THALES OF MILETUS THEOCRITUS - THUCYDIDES XENOPHON - ZENO OF CITIUM</p>

Words of Wisdom from Ancient Greece

Politics & Social Sciences

Alexander Zaphiriou

Philosophy

Aiora Books

<p>Like the constellations in the sky, words such as 'aphrodisiac', 'hubris', 'museum', 'galaxy' and 'mentor' each contain within them a story, if only you knew to look closely. This collection retells the myths behind common words and expressions in English, bringing to life the heroes, monsters and gods whose deeds and battles have left a hidden mark on our language. Compiling more than seventy-five myths, the stories in this book feature well-known figures such as Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Hercules, Achilles, the Amazons, Medusa and the Minotaur. The entries are supplemented with original illustration reproductions of scenes from ancient pottery, and include translations from Ancient Greek epics such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Argonautica and Theogony.</p>

Myths Behind Words: Greek Mythology In English Words and Expressions (Pocket Greek Library)

Literature & Fiction

Classics

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