UID:
almafu_9959244701002883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 262 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-13185-5
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1-280-41520-7
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0-511-06406-3
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0-511-17968-5
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1-139-14759-5
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0-511-05773-3
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0-511-30662-8
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0-511-49780-6
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0-511-07252-X
Content:
From the sixth through the fourth centuries BCE, the landmark developments of Greek culture and the critical works of Greek thought and literature were accompanied by an explosive growth in the use of written texts. By the close of the classical period, a new culture of literacy and textuality had come into existence alongside the traditional practices of live oral discourse. New avenues for human activity and creativity arose in this period. The very creation of the 'classical' and the perennial use of Greece by later European civilizations as a source of knowledge and inspiration would not have taken place without the textual innovations of the classical period. This book considers how writing, reading and disseminating texts led to new ways of thinking and new forms of expression and behaviour. The individual chapters cover a range of phenomena, including poetry, science, religions, philosophy, history, law and learning.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Why written texts? /
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From letters to literature : reading the "Song culture" of classical Greece /
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Writing religion : inscribed texts, ritual authority, and the religious discourse of the polis /
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Letters of the law : written texts in archaic Greek law /
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Writing, law, and legal practice in the Athenian courts /
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Literacy and the charlatan in ancient Greek medicine /
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Literacy in Greek and Chinese science : some comparative issues /
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Writing philosophy : prose and poetry from Thales to Plato /
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Prose performance texts : Epideixis and written publication in the late fifth and early fourth centuries /
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Writing for reading : Thucydides, Plato, and the emergence of the critical reader /
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Reflecting on writing and culture : Theocritus and the style of cultural change /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-03915-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-80930-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497803
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