{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-classical-greek-quotations-9781784534929","title":"A Dictionary of Classical Greek Quotations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuman wisdom is of little or no value\u003c\/em\u003e, wrote Plato in his \u003cem\u003eApology\u003c\/em\u003e. And yet the ancient Greeks, including Plato himself, more than any other people of antiquity were fascinated by the pursuit of the wisdom they called \u003cem\u003ephilosophia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat search for knowledge involved an extensive use of maxims and quotations, as we can see from those expressions of Homer prefaced by the phrase \u003cem\u003eas people say\u003c\/em\u003e. Homer, the Seven Sages, and the Pre-Socratic philosophers are still extensively quoted in all the major western languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet for all their popularity, until now there has been no single resource to which interested readers might turn. This unique reference book offers one of the most comprehensive selections of Greek quotations ever committed to print. With its English text matched by the original Greek, the volume collects 7500 entries, ranging from the archaic period to late antiquity, and across philosophy, drama, poetry, history, science, and medicine, each indexed with key words to enable fast sourcing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these selections provide an incomparable insight into the glories of Greek civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602761138412,"sku":"9781784534929","price":121.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784534929-a-dictionary-of-classical-greek-quotations.jpg?v=1778046678","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-dictionary-of-classical-greek-quotations-9781784534929","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}