Her works are said to influence modern lives through a "realization of the refuge and strength in the past" to those "in the troubled present." Hamilton's younger sister was Alice Hamilton, an expert in industrial toxicology and the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University. with Homeric power and simplicity in her style of writing". Hamilton's other notable works include The Roman Way (1932), The Prophets of Israel (1936), Mythology (1942), and The Echo of Greece (1957).Ĭritics have acclaimed Hamilton's books for their lively interpretations of ancient cultures, and she is described as the classical scholar who "brought into clear and brilliant focus the Golden Age of Greek life and thought.
It was an immediate success and a featured selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1957. She was sixty-two years old when her first book, The Greek Way, was published in 1930. Hamilton's second career as an author began after her retirement from Bryn Mawr School in 1922. Hamilton began her career as an educator and head of the Bryn Mawr School, a private college preparatory school for girls in Baltimore, Maryland however, Hamilton is best known for her essays and best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. The Greek Way Mythology (75th Anniversary Illustr The Roman Way Mythology Witness to the Truth: Christ and Hi The Echo of Greece Mythology by Hamilton. Is Edith Hamilton's masterpiece-the standard by which all other books on mythology are measured.Edith Hamilton (Aug– 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. Praised throughout the world for its authority and lucidity, And we recognize reference points for countless works of art, literature, and cultural inquiry-from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's We discover the origins of the names of the constellations. We hear the tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Cupid and Psyche, and mighty King Midas. We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus.
We meet the Greek gods on Olympus and Norse gods in Valhalla. 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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