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

The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521117784)

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

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

$60.00
The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato by Heath, John

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

$60.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: John Heath
ISBN-10: 052111778X
ISBN-13: 9780521117784
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2009
Pages: 404
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d

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