num_pages: 256
description: In this thoroughly engaging book Natalie Haynes brings her scholarship and wit to the most fascinating true stories of the ancient world. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life not only reveals the origins of our culture in areas including philosophy politics language and art it also draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time to demonstrate that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from is Bart Simpson the successor to Aristophanes? Do the Beckhams have parallel lives with The Satiricon's Trimalchio? Along the way Haynes debunks myths (gladiators didn't salute the emperor before their deaths and the last words of Julius Caesar weren't et tu brute?) from Athens to Zeno's paradox this irresistible guide shows how the history and wisdom of the ancient world can inform and enrich our lives today.
language: English
title: The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
publisher: Abrams Press