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1) Aristotle's way: how ancient wisdom can change your life

Author

Hall, Edith

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives
Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should be...

2) The return of Ulysses: a cultural history of Homer's Odyssey

Author

Hall, Edith

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

3) Introducing the ancient Greeks: from Bronze Age seafarers to navigators of the western mind

Author

Hall, Edith

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

4) The meaning of the library: a cultural history

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

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"Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap.

5) Medea: a new translation, contexts, criticism

Author

Euripides

Series

Norton critical edition

Pub. Date

[2018]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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Sheila Murnaghan's new translation of the great Greek tragedy of betrayal, revenge, and murder, set in Corinth in the fifth century B.C.E. A full introduction and explanatory annotations by Sheila Murnagan. Ancient perspectives on the unforgettable plot from Xenophon, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Seneca. Seminal essays on Medea by P.E. Easterling, Helene P. Foley, and Edith Hall.