The Legacy of Greece
Subtitle: Essays by Gilbert Murray, W.R. Inge, and Others
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: October 15, 1969
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780195013184
Subjects: Ancient - General; History; History - General History; Civilization; Civilization, Greek; Europe; Greek influences
First sentence: IF the value of man's life on earth is to be measured in dollars and miles and horse-power, ancient Greece must count as a poverty-stricken and a minute territory; its engines and implements were nearer to the spear and bow of the savage than to our own telegraph and aeroplane.