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The Classics: All You Need To Know, From Zeus's Throne To The Fall Of Rome (2010)

by Caroline Taggart(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1606521322 (ISBN13: 9781606521328)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Reader's Digest

review 1: Caroline Taggart has written another fun and fascinating book, "The Classics". The author of "I used to Know That", has pulled together "All you need to know from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome".Gods and Goddesses, architecture, law, math, literature are all explained, in an easy to understand format. The Mythology section was so interesting as well as the section on the section on words given us by he ancients. I am such a sucker for words!The Iliad and The Odyssey, classical theater in a semi circle for better acoustics, logic, and so many IDEAS, came from the the people of Rome and Greece. Ideas we are still using today.The Hippocratic Oath, even our calender,, Democracy, and Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns can be attributed to the wise thinkers of ancient times... more.A refresher for us older folks, and a wonderful taste for students, this book is for anyone who has an interest in our past, and where things/ideas come from!I received this book from Julie at FSB Associates for review. Thanks so much!
review 2: Both amusing and extremely informative, this is a sort of Reader's Digest Condensed Version of classical history (that is, Greek and Roman, with a bit of Persian and Egyptian thrown in). You learn about the philosophers, the language, religion, math and architecture in addition to straight-up history. Fans of Vicki Leon's books on ancient history will enjoy this as well, as it's written in broadly the same style. I only with the bibliography had been a little more extensive. less

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