Greek As a Treat: An Introduction to the Classics

by Peter France

This is a rediscovery of a people who for centuries were thought to have known best how to live. In art, science, medicine, politics, philosophy, sport, drama and history the Greeks invented new ideas and set standards of beauty and excellence which have influenced and inspired the world and which in many cases have never been surpassed. Peter France opens up our eyes and our minds to the best of classical Greece and makes the great writers and thinkers - men like Homer, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato and Heraclitus - human and relevant for us today.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1993

About the author

Peter France lectured in the Departnent of French at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews

[Judy]

What a great book! Short, entertaining, informative. I want to know more about the Ancient Greeks now.