Freedom and liberty were the backbone of the ancient Athenian society. People prided themselves on their lifestyle and thinking. In the beginning of the book, Edith writes, “Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius, which so molded the world of mind and spirit that our mind and spirit today are different.” This statement is one of the most important statements wrote in The Greek Way, as it describes how through the genius of that time period the world would forever change. Edith Hamilton really did a great job depicting her thoughts of what was happening in that time period. When Hamilton wrote “Great literature, past of present, is the expression of the great knowledge of the human heart.” She almost was
