Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists...
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international socialite Edith Halpert (1900–1970), American art dealer Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) American classicist and educator Edith Hancox (1874–1954)...
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes is a book written by Edith Hamilton, published in 1942 by Little, Brown and Company. It has been reissued...
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heroes were rewarded with everlasting joy in the fields of Elysium. Edith Hamilton suggested that the asphodel of these fields are not exactly like the...
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Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the...
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Cypriot-Greek director Michael Cacoyannis used Euripides' play (in the famous Edith Hamilton translation) as the basis for his 1971 film The Trojan Women. The movie...
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Timeless Myths - Trojan War A full summary of the Trojan War. The Legend of the Trojan War Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton...
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performed at the Odeon as part of the Athens Festival and in the same year Edith Hamilton was pronounced an honorary citizen of Athens at ninety years of age...
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and Irene Papas. The film was made with the minimum of changes to Edith Hamilton's translation of Euripides' original play, save for the omission of deities...
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presidential campaign in 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy quoted the Edith Hamilton translation of Aeschylus on the night of the assassination of Martin...
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