James Romm: Since You're Mortal . . ., Gebunden
Since You're Mortal . . .
- Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company, 05/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781324086086
- Item number:
- 12458736
- Volume:
- 176 Pages
- Weight:
- 222 g
- Format:
- 193 x 122 mm
- Thickness:
- 20 mm
- Release date:
- 5.5.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
"The truly happy man ought to stay at home." "Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love." "Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes." These quotes-and hundreds of others from the great Greek dramatists, including Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Menander-were preserved in the fifth century AD, when a man named Stobaeus compiled an anthology to inspire and instruct his son. The quotes were pithy packets of wisdom expressed in eloquent verse and selected with a father's discerning eye: some prompt "aha" moments, others offer wit or dark humor, still others give moral insight. In Since You're Mortal . . ., James Romm is the first to translate fragments saved by Stobaeus as poetry for modern English-language readers. Vividly rendered and beautifully presented, this volume serves as an ages-old but timeless guide to living a thoughtful, virtuous life.
