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The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
John Heath
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Description for The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
paperback. Explores how the ancient Greeks regarded the capacity of speech as the defining human characteristic. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can ... Read more
When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521117784
SKU
V9780521117784
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About John Heath
John Heath is Professor of Classics at Santa Clara University. He is the author of numerous articles on Latin and Greek literature, myth and culture. His previous publications include Actaeon, the Unmannerly Intruder (1992), Who Killed Homer? (with Victor Davis Hanson) (1998, revised edition, 2001) and Bonfire of the Humanities (with Victor Davis Hanson and Bruce Thornton) (2001).
Reviews for The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
Review of the hardback: '… impressive in its richness of ideas and references, imaginative in its approach, and interesting to all.' The London Association of Classical Teachers Newsletter Review of the hardback: '… this is a readable and jargon-free book, lively and stimulating.' CA News Review of the hardback: '… stimulating …' The Anglo-Hellenic Review Review of the hardback: '… ... Read more