Książka Talking Greeks John Heath

Talking Greeks

Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato

Autor: John Heath
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestio...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2005
strony
402
EAN
9780521832649
ISBN
0521832640
Enbook ID
02045879
Waga
700
Wymiary
155 x 238 x 25

Pełny opis

When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world.

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