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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
In Greece with the Classics
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

In Greece with the Classics

author (Boston, 1863 - 1930, Groton, Massachusetts)
Datebefore 1908
MediumPrinted and handwritten ink on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.a.2.10
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryWilliam Amory Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner’s nephew, decided to write In Greece with the Classics while traveling through Greece in 1905. In the book, William Amory, or WAG as he was called by his family, translated writings by ancient Greek authors that described ancient sites in Greece. He hoped people touring Greece would read his translations while visiting Greece: a combination of a guide book and a Classics lesson. A founder of the Groton School in Massachusetts, WAG taught mathematics and Latin to several generations of Groton students. 
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Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID17983
Source ID6146