The cookie settings on this website are set to 'allow all cookies' to give you the very best experience. If you accept these settings, you consent to this.

Accept

Find out more about cookies

A Classical Education

A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School

by Caroline Taggart

4.25 out of 5 (2 ratings)

Format:
Hardback 
Pages:
192 
Publisher:
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd 
Publication Date:
11 June 2009 
Category:
General Encyclopedias 
ISBN:
9781843173564 

Description

How many times have you wished that you'd been taught Latin at school? Or that your history stretched all the way back to Greek and Roman myths and legends? Or perhaps you wish you knew all about the great inventions and medical developments that have made our world what it is today? "A Classical Education" provides all of these classical facts that modern schooling leaves out and many more. Perfect for parents who wish to teach their children and for those who would like to learn or relearn the facts themselves, "A Classical Education" is informative and educational, but in a completely accessible way, including: Latin and Greek; logic and philosophy; natural sciences; art and architecture; poetry and drama; and, history and classical literature. Also including suggestions for further reading and entertaining tit-bits of information on the classics, "A Classical Education" is a must for anyone feeling let down by modern schooling.

Recommended products

Showing 1-2 out of 2 reviews.

  • From my book review blog Rundpine:Fun and educational, The Classics: All You Need to Know from Zeus’s Throne to the Fall of Rome makes for an intriguing trivia book, refresher, or an introduction to the material. Taggart covers some heavy material expertly and with wit and enthusiasm for the topics beginning with the classical languages; Greek and Latin and ending with the Olympics, while in between are eight chapters covering the beginning of Ancient Greece, Rome, Classic Literature, Architecture and Art, Math and Science, and Liberal Arts. My favourite sections, if I had to choose would have been the in-depth over-view of mythologies and the mathematics and science sections. Overall, Taggart has compiled a book that classics lovers and trivia buffs alike will enjoy. My family and I had a lot of fun discussing many of the topics and making up our own post hoc propter hoc scenarios, that is the type of family we are. The Classics is well-written and delightfully fun as well as informative. I would recommend The Classics to anyone. JH/Rundpinne/2010

    4.50 out of 5

    knittingmomof3

  • Caroline Taggart has written another fun and fascinating book, "The Classics". The author of "I used to Know That", has pulled together "All you need to know from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome".Gods and Goddesses, architecture, law, math, literature are all explained, in an easy to understand format. The Mythology section was so interesting as well as the section on the section on words given us by he ancients. I am such a sucker for words!The Iliad and The Odyssey, classical theater in a semi circle for better acoustics, logic, and so many IDEAS, came from the the people of Rome and Greece. Ideas we are still using today.The Hippocratic Oath, even our calender,, Democracy, and Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns can be attributed to the wise thinkers of ancient times.A refresher for us older folks, and a wonderful taste for students, this book is for anyone who has an interest in our past, and where things/ideas come from!I received this book from Julie at FSB Associates for review. Thanks so much!

    4.00 out of 5

    joemmama

Reviews provided by Librarything.

Also by Caroline Taggart

Facebook comments