Edith Hamilton (Author of Mythology)

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Edith Hamilton

Born

in Dresden, Germany

August 12, 1867

Died

May 31, 1963

Genre

Nonfiction

Influences

The ancient Greeks

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Edith Hamilton, an educator, writer and a historian, was born August 12, 1867 in Dresden, Germany, of American parents and grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. Her father began teaching her Latin when she was seven years old and soon added Greek, French and German to her curriculum. Hamilton's education continued at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut and at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which she graduated in 1894 with an M.A. degree. The following year, she and her sister Alice went to Germany and were the first women students at the universities of Munich and Leipzich.
Hamilton returned to the United States in 1896 and accepted a position of the headmistress of the Bryn Mawr Preparatory School in Ba ...more

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	Mythology by Edith Hamilton, Steele Savage (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 58,373 ratings — published 1942 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greek Way 3.90 avg rating — 2,563 ratings — published 1930 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Roman Way 3.84 avg rating — 906 ratings — published 1932 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Dialogues by Edith Hamilton, Huntington Cairns (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 781 ratings — published -380 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Echo of Greece 4.03 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1957 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witness to the Truth: Christ and His Interpreters 4.33 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1948 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greek Way/The Roman Way, 2 Vols in 1 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ever-Present Past 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spokesmen for God 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1936 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A treasury of Edith Hamilton, 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Love cannot live where there is no trust.”
― Edith Hamilton, Mythology

tags: cupid, love, mythology, relationships, trust

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“It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought鈥攖hat is to be educated."

[Saturday Evening Post, September 27, 1958]”
― Edith Hamilton

tags: education

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“Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. (Pyramus and Thisbe)”
― Edith Hamilton, Mythology

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September is non-fiction (open category) month. This is the fifth of our advance polls through September (check your messages...I sent out a broadcast about this to all members). Voting is open until April 15th.

She-Wolves

Helen Castor

3 votes, 50.0%

The Professor and the Madman

Simon Winchester

1 vote, 16.7%

Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

1 vote, 16.7%

Mayflower

Nathaniel Philbrick

1 vote, 16.7%

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

0 votes, 0.0%

Mythology

Edith Hamilton

0 votes, 0.0%

6 total votes

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