Classical Considerations: Useful Wisdom from Greece And Rome

by Marie Carducci Bolchazy, Andrew J. Adams (Editor)

The ancients knew that wisdom comes from sharing ideas with each other and with those who have gone before. This book is such a 53 quotations from ancient Greek and Latin authors, with English translations and accompanied by a brief essay, poem, or explanation of context. Contributors to Classical Considerations are a richly diverse classicists, reporters, students, professors, teachers, a psychiatrist, a judge, Vietnam veterans, a publisher, a minister, and a football coach. They show how the words of the ancients have connected with their own understandings of the world. Themes considered include fate, character, art, war, redemption after suffering, and time. Also World Dictionary of Foreign A Resource for Readers and Writers - ISBN 0865164231
Latin Wisdom from Ancient to Modern Times - ISBN 0865165440 For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology , Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar . We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in Selections From The Aeneid
Latin Grammar & Pronunciation
Greek Grammar & Pronunciation
Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin
Classical author Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero
Vocabulary Cards For AP Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace
Greek Mythology
Greek Lexicon
Slovak Culture And History

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Diann Blakely]

This excellent book of essays includes contributions from writers and non-writers alike.  Perhaps two of the most familiar names are legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and Tennessee state trial judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle. Just as familiar in certain circles is Susan Ford Wiltshire, the well-known classics professor at Vanderbilt, who contributes a brief piece on “Grace” and served as one of the book’s editors.  Wiltshire’s piece stands along Roger Rosenbaum’s as one of CLASSICAL CONSIDERATIONS' best.  Rosenbaum, perhaps best known as a regular columnist with the NEW YORK OBSERVER for several years now, is one of the wittiest and most erudite writers around, moving easily from Shakespeare to Charles Portis to Rosanne Cash.  To enumerate the official accolades he has received for his TIME magazine pieces and PBS essays would take the remainder of this column, when the focus should be on his commentary on aristocracy.





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[William Herbst · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun little book of Latin and Greek quotations and interesting commentaries by both Bolchazy-Carducci authors and other writers. Some of the commentaries are very insightful and most are worth reading. The uncommented quotations are not as interesting and the art is awful.

[Colin · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a deep need for more books like this. Everyone should read it. Rediscover the wisdom of Western civilization.