# The Portable Greek Reader

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- Book: [The Portable Greek Reader](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-h-auden/the-portable-greek-reader) ([The Portable Greek Reader.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-h-auden/the-portable-greek-reader.md))
- Authors: [Wystan Hugh Auden](https://www.bookquiver.com/w-h-auden)
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4015-039-1
- Pages: 736
- Published: 1977-08-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden’s splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of...