{"product_id":"the-master-of-signs-alexander-hollmann-9780674055889","title":"The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation of Signs in Herodotus' Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003eReaders of Herodotus's \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. But Herodotus draws our attention to other types of signs too, beginning with human speech itself as a coded system that can manipulate and be manipulated. Objects, gifts, artifacts, markings, even the human body, are all capable of being invested with meaning in the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e and Herodotus shows that conventionally and culturally determined actions, gestures, and ritual all need decoding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book represents an unprecedented examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Through his control and involvement in this process he emerges as a veritable \"master of signs.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Hollmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674055888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674055889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Alexander Hollmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149186625791,"sku":"9780674055889","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bee49cc0-78f5-44fd-9052-f3da699222fc.jpg?v=1688455299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-master-of-signs-alexander-hollmann-9780674055889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}