Introducing the Ancient Greeks

[Hall] provides a thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this fascinating people… This excellent book makes us admire and like the ancient Greeks equally

John Davie, Independent

Groundbreaking ... acutely identifies and brilliantly explores ten defining qualities that together explain why we simply cannot do without the ancient Greeks

Professor Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge

Groundbreaking ... acutely identifies and brilliantly explores ten defining qualities that together explain why we simply cannot do without the ancient Greeks

Professor Paul Cartledge, University of Cambridge

Edith Hall has a brilliant ability to intellectually analyse the Greeks… because of deep, searching curiosity, and her sense of how this culture reflects upon our moment now. Her writing is so clear and accessible… full of complex reflections and revelations

Ian Rickson

Terrifically good

Natalie Haynes, Observer

Wide-ranging and endlessly fascinating… It is a fitting tribute to history that ought to be preserved… because it would, at the very least, enrich our conversation and range of comparison with events today

Daisy Dunn, Standpoint

21st-century readers eager to understand the glorious contributions of the ancient Greeks have their own ideal escort in Edith Hall

Adrienne Mayor, Literary Review

A worthy and lively introduction to one of the two groups of ancient peoples who really formed the western world

Christopher Hart, Sunday Times

A worthy and lively introduction to one of the two groups of ancient peoples who really formed the western world

Christopher Hart, Sunday Times

[Hall] provides a thoroughly readable and illuminating account of this fascinating people… This excellent book makes us admire and like the ancient Greeks equally

John Davie, Independent

A book that is both erudite and splendidly entertaining

Tony Barber, Financial Times

This new tome serves as a fantastic general introduction

Big Issue

A fascinating read, delightfully illustrated with unusual and exquisite drawings

Michael Scott, BBC History Magazine

Terrifically good

Natalie Haynes, Observer

An intriguing and rewarding journey through 2000 years of Greek history

Good Book Guide

This crisp little book is also worth reading for Hall’s elegant prose

Suzi Feay, Financial Times

Edith Hall has a brilliant ability to intellectually analyse the Greeks… because of deep, searching curiosity, and her sense of how this culture reflects upon our moment now. Her writing is so clear and accessible… full of complex reflections and revelations

Ian Rickson

Throughout, Hall exemplifies her subjects’ spirit of inquiry, their originality and their open-mindedness… And in doing that…she reminds us of how civilizing and humanizing a study of the ancients can be

Daily Telegraph

This crisp little book is also worth reading for Hall’s elegant prose

Suzi Feay, Financial Times

A fascinating read, delightfully illustrated with unusual and exquisite drawings

Michael Scott, BBC History Magazine

This new tome serves as a fantastic general introduction

Big Issue

21st-century readers eager to understand the glorious contributions of the ancient Greeks have their own ideal escort in Edith Hall

Adrienne Mayor, Literary Review

Throughout, Hall exemplifies her subjects’ spirit of inquiry, their originality and their open-mindedness… And in doing that…she reminds us of how civilizing and humanizing a study of the ancients can be

Daily Telegraph

An intriguing and rewarding journey through 2000 years of Greek history

Good Book Guide

Wide-ranging and endlessly fascinating… It is a fitting tribute to history that ought to be preserved… because it would, at the very least, enrich our conversation and range of comparison with events today

Daisy Dunn, Standpoint

A book that is both erudite and splendidly entertaining

Tony Barber, Financial Times