Download or read book Who Killed Homer? written by Victor Davis Hanson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Who Killed Homer? acclaimed classicists Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath explain what has been sacrificed, who did it and why. Hanson and Heath argue that if we lose our knowledge of the Greeks, then we lose our understanding of who we are. With straightforward advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, the authors show how we might still save classics and the Greeks for future generations. Who Killed Homer? is must reading for anyone who agrees that knowledge of classics acquaints us with the beauty and perils of our own culture.