Written texts and the rise of literate culture in ancient Greece
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 c...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2003
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: why written texts? Harvey Yunis
- 1. From letters to literature: reading the 'song culture' of classical Greece Andrew Ford
- 2. Writing religion: inscribed texts, ritual authority, and the religious discourse of the Polis Albert Henrichs
- 3. Letters of the law: written texts in archaic Greek law Michael Gagarin
- 4. Writing, law and legal practice in the Athenian courts David Cohen
- 5. Written texts and the rise of the charlatan in ancient Greek medicine Lesley Dean-Jeans
- 6. Literacy in Greek and Chinese science: some comparative issues Geoffrey Lloyd
- 7. Writing philosophy: prose and poetry from Thales to Plato Charles H. Kahn
- 8. Prose performance texts: Epideixis and written publication in the late fifth and early fourth centuries Rosalind Thomas
- 9. Writing for reading: Thucydides, Plato and the emergence of the critical reader Harvey Yunis
- 10. Reflecting on writing and culture: Theocritus and the style of cultural change Richard Hunter.
