Editing Edith Hamilton (section)

==Later years==
Hamilton and Doris Reid remained in New York City until 1943, then moved to [[Washington, D.C.]], and spent their summers in Maine. In Washington, Reid was in charge of the local offices of [[Loomis, Sayles & Company|Loomis, Sayles and Company]], an investment firm that had been her employer since 1929; Hamilton continued to write and frequently entertained friends, fellow writers, government representatives, and other dignitaries at her home. Among the eminent and famous were [[Isak Dinesen]], [[Robert Frost]], Harvard classicist [[Werner Jaeger]] and labor leader [[John L. Lewis]].<ref name=Hallett150/>

After her move to Washington, Hamilton became a commentator on education projects and began to receive honors for her work. Hamilton also recorded programs for television programs and [[Voice of America]], traveled to Europe, and continued to write books, articles, essays, and book reviews.<ref name=Weber47>Weber, p. 47.</ref>

[[File:The Parthenon in Athens.jpg|thumb|The Parthenon]]
Hamilton considered the high point of her life to be a trip to [[Greece]] at age 90 in 1957,<ref name=Hallett151>Hallett, p. 151.</ref> where, in [[Athens]], she saw her translation of [[Aeschylus]]'s ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' performed at the ancient [[Odeon (building)|Odeon]] theater of [[Herodes Atticus]]. As part of the evening's ceremonies, King [[Paul of Greece]] awarded the Golden Cross of the [[Order of Beneficence (Greece)|Order of Benefaction]]—one of Greece's highest honors—to her. The mayor of Athens made her an honorary citizen of the city.<ref name=NAW308/><ref name=Weber47/><ref name=Citizen/> The US news media, including ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, covered the event. An article in ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' described the event in Hamilton's honor: floodlights illuminated the [[Parthenon]], the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens|Temple of Zeus]] and, for the first time in history, the [[Stoa]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hallett |first=Judith |title=The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2015 |editor1=Bosher|editor2=McIntosh|editor3=McConnell |editor4=Rankine |editor-first= |chapter=Moving and Dramatic Athenian Citizenship: Edith Hamilton’s Americanization of Greek Tragedy}}</ref> Hamilton called the ceremony "the proudest moment of my life."<ref name="Bosher">As ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' described the event in Hamilton's honor, floodlights illuminated the [[Parthenon]], the [[Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens|Temple of Zeus]] and, for the first time in history, the [[Stoa]]. See Hallett, in {{cite book |title=The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2015 |editor1=Bosher|editor2=McIntosh|editor3=McConnell |editor4=Rankine}}</ref>