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

By John Heath

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521832640, 9780521832649, 0511111460, 9780511111464
LCC
PA3015.S74 H43 2005
Google Books ID
iZLkla3qiR0C
Open Library ID
OL22623939M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2466126 bytes)
Pages
401\401
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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.

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