Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter Nan A. Talese Oct. 2003 isbn: 0385495536 $27.50 Other Books by Thomas Cahill

Harvard Book Store Author Series Presents:

Harvard Book Store is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, November 4th Thomas Cahill will be talking about his new book, Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter. In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the city-states, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art, and architecture, Cahill makes the distant past relevant to the present.

Thomas Cahill

Author Biography:

Thomas Cahill is the author of the three previous volumes in the Hinges of History series: How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of the Jews, and Desire of the Everlasting Hills. They have been bestsellers, not only in the United States but in countries ranging from Italy to Brazil. Cahill was recently invited to address the U.S. Congress on the Judeo-Christian roots of moral responsibility in American politics. He and his wife, Susan, also a writer, divide their time between New York and Rome.