W. H. Auden Quotes About Greek

Quotes about: Greek

• In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.

  W. H. Auden

  Two, Greek, Would Be

• Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.

  W. H. Auden

  Civilization, Greek, Conscious

• At first critics classified authors as Ancients, that is to say, Greek and Latin authors, and Moderns, that is to say, every post-Classical Author. Then they classified them by eras, the Augustans, the Victorians, etc., and now they classify them by decades, the writers of the '30's, '40's, etc. Very soon, it seems, they will be labeling authors, like automobiles, by the year.

  W. H. Auden

  Latin, Years, Greek

  "The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays" by W. H. Auden, ("Reading"), (p. 12), 1962.

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