Speaking volumes : orality and literacy in the Greek and Roman world /

This volume examines orality and literacy in the ancient Greek and Roman world through a range of perspectives and in various genres. Four essays on the Homeric epics present recent research into performative aspects of language, cognitive theory and oral composition, a re-evaluation of Parry's...

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Other Authors: Watson, Janet.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill. ©2001.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 218.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

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Call Number: PA3009 .S64 2001

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Janet Watson
  • SIMILES, AUGMENT, AND THE LANGUAGE OF IMMEDIACY /
  • Egbert J. Bakker
  • SIMILES IN HOMER: IMAGE, MIND'S EYE, AND MEMORY /
  • Elizabeth Minchin
  • THE ORAL-FORMULAIC THEORY TODAY /
  • Mary Sale
  • VARIATIONS: ON THE TEXT OF HOMER /
  • M.D. Usher
  • THE WISDOM AND WIT OF MANY: THE ORALITY OF GREEK PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS /
  • André Lardinois
  • POETIC AUTHORITY AND ORAL TRADITION IN HESIOD AND PINDAR /
  • Ruth Scodel
  • FROM ORALITY TO LITERACY? THE CASE OF THE PARAPEGMA /
  • Robert Hannah
  • TON AΘENEΘEN AΘΛON A CASE STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF A LABEL /
  • Patricia A. Hannah
  • CYCLES AND SEQUENCE IN LONGUS' DAPHNIS AND CHLOE /
  • Stephen A. Nimis
  • PRACTISED SPEECH: ORAL AND WRITTEN CONVENTIONS IN ROMAN DECLAMATION /
  • Margaret Imber
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY /
  • Janet Watson
  • INDEX /
  • Janet Watson
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE /
  • H. Pinkster , H.W. Pleket , C.J. Ruijgh , D.M. Schenkeveld and P.H. Schrijvers.