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

Other author Yunis, Harvey.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Descriptionx, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentSample text
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Written communication--Greece. --History.
Language and culture--Greece. --History.
Greek language--Written Greek.
Transmission of texts--Greece.
Literacy--Greece. --History.
Greece--Civilization.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-253) and index.
LCCN 2002071492
ISBN0521809304 (hardback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PA3009 .W75 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold