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Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich.
May 27, 2024 · Edith Hamilton (born Aug. 12, 1867, Dresden, Saxony [now in Germany]—died May 31, 1963, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was an American educator and author who was a notable popularizer of classical literature.
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Edith Hamilton's Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture--the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present.
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Oct 12, 2023 · Houseman opens her biography with the twenty-one-year-old Edith Hamilton writing to her cousin Jessie about a performance of Sophocles’ “Electra” in 1889. Thirty-seven years later, in...
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- May 31, 1963
- August 12, 1867
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton, Steele Savage (Illustrator)
- The Greek Way.
- The Collected Dialogues by Edith Hamilton, Huntington Cairns (Editor)
- The Roman Way.
Mar 3, 2024 · Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) was a popularizer of Classical culture who emphasized its relevance to 20th-century America. She was a suffragist, an opponent of fascism and nuclear weapons, and a friend of Ezra Pound.
Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) was a scholar and writer on Greek and Roman culture. She taught at Bryn Mawr College and wrote several acclaimed books, such as The Greek Way and The Roman Way.
