American Classicist: The Life and Loves of Edith Hamilton

A biography of the remarkable woman whose bestselling Mythology has introduced millions of readers to the classical world

Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) didn’t publish her first book until she was sixty-two. But over the next three decades, this former headmistress would become the twentieth century’s most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton’s Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales and sells tens of thousands of copies a year. During the Cold War, h...