Voice into text : orality and literacy in ancient Greece /
This volume deals with orality and literacy in ancient Greece and what consideration of these areas yields for that society, its literature, traditions and practices. Individual chapters focus on art, comedy, historiography, oratory, religion, rhetoric, philosophy, poetry, tragedy, and on orality in...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; New York :
E.J. Brill,
1996.
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements
157.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.
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Call Number: PA3521 .V65 1996
| Summary: | This volume deals with orality and literacy in ancient Greece and what consideration of these areas yields for that society, its literature, traditions and practices. Individual chapters focus on art, comedy, historiography, oratory, religion, rhetoric, philosophy, poetry, tragedy, and on orality in contemporary cultures (Greek and South African), which have a bearing on the ancient world. By considering such factors as oral elements in various genres and practices and how these have shaped the texts we have today, as well as the extent of literacy and the impact of literacy on oral traditions and on singers/writers, the book presents another insight into ancient Greek society and its people. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 232 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004329836 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |