Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter
Kourvetaris, George A, Journal of Political and Military Sociology
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 …
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Publication information:
Article title: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter.
Contributors: Kourvetaris, George A - Author.
Journal title: Journal of Political and Military Sociology.
Volume: 32.
Issue: 2
Publication date: Winter 2004.
Page number: 290+.
© Dr. George Kourvetaris Winter 1996.
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