The Ancient Guide to Modern Life |
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| Author:
| Haynes, Natalie |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84668-323-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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'Jolly, lucid and packed full of good yarns' Financial TimesEach generation thinks they invented everything, so the saying goes; but as Natalie Haynes reveals, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's gossiping over Pericles and Aspasia or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; Nero's palace scandals or Partygate; popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Zelenskyy; or how EastEnders picks up where playwright Aeschylus left off - over and over...
More Description'Jolly, lucid and packed full of good yarns' Financial TimesEach generation thinks they invented everything, so the saying goes; but as Natalie Haynes reveals, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's gossiping over Pericles and Aspasia or Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; Nero's palace scandals or Partygate; popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Zelenskyy; or how EastEnders picks up where playwright Aeschylus left off - over and over again, we can be seen to be living just like people did 2,000 years ago.It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us: each time we discuss politics or law, religion or philosophy, art or culture, we're continuing a conversation which began millennia ago. So why not go back to the beginning?