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The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato

Name: The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
ISBN: 9780521832649

John Heath

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What drove the ancient Greeks to explore human nature and invent Western politics? This book argues that the Greeks believed speech made humans different from other animals. But, this zoological comparison also provided the metaphorical means for viewing those 'lacking' authoritative speech--women, barbarians, and slaves, etc.--as bestial. This link between speech, humanity, and status is revealed through close study of both Homeric epics, classical Athenian culture, Aeschylus' Oresteia, and Plato's Dialogues.

Категории:

Poetry - American Poetry

Година:

2005

Издателство:

Cambridge University Press

Език:

english

Страници:

401

ISBN 10:

0521832640