The Portable Greek Reader W. R. Runyan cruelty and generosity-promise a hard-won

cruelty and generosity-promise a hard-won dignity and hope

accounts of personal experiences and other forms of devotional writing

From the author of the award winning series Young Pistolero

Even if it means accepting a wicked offer from the club's mysterious and sensual owner

ISBN13: 9781951139308

The Portable Greek Reader W. R. Runyan cruelty and generosity-promise a hard-wonIt is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden's splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy. Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itself, Included are