The talking Greeks : speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato / John Heath.

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Heath, John, 1955-

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0511111134
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Talking Greeks.DDC classification:

880.9/353 22

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PA3015.S74 H43 2005eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction; SEPARATING MAN FROM BEAST: GREECE IS THE WORD; OTHERNESS; WHY THE GREEKS?; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; CHAPTER 1 Bellowing like a bull: Humans and other animals in Homer; CHAPTER 2 Controlling language: Telemachus learns to speak; CHAPTER 3 Talking through the heroic code: Achilles learns to tell stories; CHAPTER 4 Making a difference: The silence of Otherness; CHAPTER 5 Disentangling the beast: Humans and other animals in the Oresteia; CHAPTER 6 Socratic silence: The shame of the Athenians; Epilogue.

Summary: This book explores the link between speech, humanity, and status in ancient Greek thought. It offers new readings of the Iliad, Odyssey, Oresteia and Plato's Dialogues to argue that speech and the ability to speak were instrumental in the ancient Greeks' approach to understanding our world.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-386) and index.

This book explores the link between speech, humanity, and status in ancient Greek thought. It offers new readings of the Iliad, Odyssey, Oresteia and Plato's Dialogues to argue that speech and the ability to speak were instrumental in the ancient Greeks' approach to understanding our world.