Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter. By Thomas Cahill. New York: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 2003.

This is a book about Greek classical civilization and its contributions to our Western and indeed global Civilization. It is part of a series of volumes written by Thomas Cahill. Three of his previous books, How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of the Jews, and Desire of the Everlasting Hills, have been best sellers. In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy of the ancient Greeks. It is as much a book on the history of the ideas and values of the ancient Greeks that provided the foundation of western thought as it is the …