Ancient Guide to Modern Life

Name: Ancient Guide to Modern Life
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ISBN: 9781590208502

ISBN-10: 1590208501

ISBN-13: 9781590208502

Edition: N/A

Authors: Natalie Haynes

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This revelatory book explores modern society while journeying back to the Greeks and Romans -- "will have readers grabbing for the classics" (Kirkus).In this thoroughly engaging book, Natalie Haynes brings her scholarship and wit to the most fascinating true stories of the ancient world. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life not only reveals the origins of our culture in areas including philosophy, politics, language, and art, it also draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time, to demonstrate that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from ourselves: is Bart Simpson the successor to Aristophanes? Do the Beckhams have parallel lives with The Satiricon's…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 4/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English