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100 1  Marcolongo, Andrea,|eauthor. 
245 14 The Ingenious Language :|bNine Epic Reasons to Love Greek 
       /|cAndrea Marcolongo ; translated from the Italian by Will
       Schutt. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bEuropa Editions,
       |c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
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520    "An Italian journalist pleads her case for learning 
       ancient Greek in modern times. For word nerds, language 
       loons, and grammar geeks, an impassioned and informative 
       literary leap into the wonders of the Greek language. Here
       are nine ways Greek can transform your relationship to 
       time and to those around you, nine reflections on the 
       language of Sappho, Plato, and Thucydides, and its 
       relevance to our lives today, nine chapters that will 
       leave readers with a new passion for a very old language, 
       nine epic reasons to love Greek. The Ingenious Language is
       a love song dedicated to the language of history's 
       greatest poets, philosophers, adventurers, lovers, 
       adulterers, and generals. Greek, as Marcolongo explains in
       her buoyant and entertaining prose, is unsurpassed in its 
       beauty and expressivity, but it can also offer us new ways
       of seeing the world and our place in it. She takes readers
       on an astonishing journey, at the end of which, while it 
       may still be Greek to you, you'll have nine reasons to be 
       glad it is. No batteries or prior knowledge of Greek 
       required! Praise for The Ingenious Language "Andrea 
       Marcolongo is today's Montaigne. She possesses an amazing 
       familiarity with the classics combined with the ease and 
       lightness of those who surf the web." ?André Aciman, New 
       York Times --bestselling author of Find Me "[Marcolongo's]
       declaration of love for Ancient Greek does more than 
       celebrate the virtues of its grammar, it shows us modern 
       fools how this language can help us understand ourselves 
       better and live a better life." ? Le Monde (France)"--
       |cProvided by Freading. 
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650  0 Greek language. 
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700 1  Schutt, Will,|d1981-|etranslator. 
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