Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea : Why the Greeks Matter

from Diwanna

Book 4 of the Hinges in History series. I like the way this book is laid out; not so much in a chronological order, but categorized in what the Greeks brought to Western Culture. My favorite chapter was "How to See" in where he talks about Greek art and language and how they inspired future artis...

from Chatterbox

This is a so-so book, drawing on a limited array of sources, and it tries too hard to make the material seem jazzy and relevant. A far more appealing book, both from a scholarly perspective and from a reader's point of view, is Frederic Raphael's wonderful [Some Talk of Alexander]. Recommend that...

from DonSiano

Cahill's object in this book is not to present a scholarly screed on the merits and demerits of the Ancient Greeks, but to transmit to the reader their humanity and personality in a way that veers from lyricism to a selective recitation of how they lived to influence the rise of the West. Not for...

from tuckerresearch

A decent general introduction to Greek history and culture. It is populated with interesting insights and nifty stories that help elucidate the culture of the Greeks, how it evolved, and how modern Western society inherited it. The book suffers, though, from Cahill's every-now-and-then intruding ...

from TerriBooks

A quick overview of some of the highlights of ancient Greek literature, art and history. Cahill's breezy style gets a bit grating in this book, as he tries too hard to be casual and, I suppose, intellectually non-threatening. However, it does expose you to a bit of the most obvious parts of the G...