Written texts and the rise of literate culture in ancient Greece / edited by Harvey Yunis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index.

Why written texts? / Harvey Yunis -- From letters to literature : reading the "Song culture" of classical Greece / Andrew Ford -- Writing religion : inscribed texts, ritual authority, and the religious discourse of the polis / Albert Henrichs -- Letters of the law : written texts in archaic Greek law / Michael Gagarin -- Writing, law, and legal practice in the Athenian courts / David Cohen -- Literacy and the charlatan in ancient Greek medicine / Lesley Dean-Jones -- Literacy in Greek and Chinese science : some comparative issues / Geoffrey Lloyd -- Writing philosophy : prose and poetry from Thales to Plato / Charles H. Kahn -- Prose performance texts : Epideixis and written publication in the late fifth and early fourth centuries / Rosalind Thomas -- Writing for reading : Thucydides, Plato, and the emergence of the critical reader / Harvey Yunis -- Reflecting on writing and culture : Theocritus and the style of cultural change / Richard Hunter.

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From the sixth through the fourth centuries BCE, the landmark developments of Greek culture were accompanied by an explosive growth in the use of written texts. This book considers how writing, reading, and disseminating texts led to new ways of thinking and new forms of expression and behaviour.

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