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The Ancient Guide to Modern Life Book

How modern are our lives? Or are we still living the lives our ancestors lived? 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 in politics and law religion and philosophy and education and to learn how people really lived in Athens Rome Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedian and broadcaster who has made television and radio documentaries about humour education and Dorothy Parker. This is a book for us all. Whether political cultural or social there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's the murder of Caesar or the political assassination of Thatcher; the narrative arc of the hit HBO series "The Wire" or that of "Oedipus"; the popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Obama - over and over again we can be seen to be living very much like people did 2 000 or more years ago.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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 in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedian and broadcaster who has made television and radio documentaries about humour, education and Dorothy Parker. This is a book for us all.Whether political, cultural or social, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's the murder of Caesar or the political assassination of Thatcher; the narrative arc of the hit HBO series The Wire or that of Oedipus; the popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Obama - over and over again we can be seen to be living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago.

  • BookDepository

    The Ancient Guide to Modern Life : Paperback : Profile Books Ltd : 9781846683244 : 1846683246 : 03 May 2012 : Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book shows how we are living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago.

  • Waterstones

    Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book

  • 1846683246
  • 9781846683244
  • Natalie Haynes
  • 3 May 2012
  • Profile Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
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