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020			_a9780061804007 (hardback)
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100	1		_aHiggins, Charlotte, _d1972-
245	1	0	_aIt's all Greek to me : _bfrom Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, how ancient Greece has shaped our world / _cby Charlotte Higgins.
260			_aLondon : _b Short, _c2008.
300			_a254 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe alpha and the omega: why a life without Homer is a life half lived -- The living, the dead and the deathless: mortality in Hesiod, Homer and Sophocles -- Man is a political animal: democracy and the polis -- Pandora's daughters: the silent majority -- Swords and sandals: war in Homer, Herodotus and Thucydides -- Beyond the borders: Greeks and barbarians -- The twilight of the gods: the beginnings of science from Thales to Aristotle -- The death of Socrates and the birth of philosophy: the challenge of Plato's Republic -- Love and loss: desire in Homer, Sappho and Plato.
520			_a"An informative, smart, and very amusing narrative about how influential Greeks and Greek culture have been on the rest of the world, from art to architecture to literature to politics to love"-- Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aCivilization _xGreek influences.
651		0	_aGreece _xCivilization _yTo 146 B.C.
651		0	_aGreece _xIntellectual life _yTo 146 B.C.
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