{"product_id":"since-youre-mortal-life-lessons-from-the-lost-greek-plays-9781324086086","title":"Since You're Mortal . . .: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The truly happy man ought to stay at home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese quotes and many others from the great Greek dramatists, including Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Menander, were preserved long after they were written--when a man called Stobaeus, in the fifth century AD, collected them as a way to instruct his son. Stobaeus's quotes represent the only traces we have of countless lost plays of ancient Athens--pithy packets of wisdom expressed in eloquent verse and selected with a father's discerning eye. Some prompt \"aha\" moments, others offer wit or dark humor, and still others express penetrating moral insights. With this volume, James Romm becomes the first to translate these fragments as verse for English-language readers. Vividly rendered and beautifully presented, \u003cem\u003eSince You're Mortal . . .\u003c\/em\u003e serves as an age-old but timeless guide to living a thoughtful, virtuous life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Romm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.33h x 4.66w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324086086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomm, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJames Romm\u003c\/strong\u003e is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College and editor of the Ancient Lives biography series from Yale University Press. He is the author of several other studies of Greek and Roman history, and his reviews and essays appear regularly in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"James Romm \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48230881984669,"sku":"9781324086086","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4e18acdd-eb77-483a-b74e-c23b47d5b636.jpg?v=1778577422","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/since-youre-mortal-life-lessons-from-the-lost-greek-plays-9781324086086","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}