The Greek Way

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the film Bobby, but I was interested to hear that it says Edith Hamilton's The Greek Way was one of Bobby Kennedy's favorite books, because it's one of my favorite books.

The Greek Way was written before the adolescent-like angst of Modermism caused some 20th century historians to write like misanthropes suspicious of all human achievement. The ancient Greece of The Greek Way illustrates the shining beacon that has illuminated western civilization ever since.

Google Knows Everything: Here's a link to a recording of a speech by Robert Kennedy, in which he quotes his favorite poet, Aeschylus, as translated by Hamilton. Here's an explanation of how Kennedy got it wrong, perhaps improving on the original.