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America,  March, 2004  by Dennis P. Kehoe

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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea.

Why the Greeks Matter

By Thomas Cahill

Doubleday. 306p $27.50

ISBN 0385495536

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea is Thomas Cahill's fourth volume in the Hinges of History series, which includes his How the Irish Saved Civilization, The Gifts of the Jews and Desire of the Everlasting Hills. In these books, Cahill interprets the achievements of the ancient civilizations that are foundational for our own culture.

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea represents Cahill's broad interpretation of what is most important about Greek civilization for understanding our contemporary world. He does not present original scholarship, but ...