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1 online resource (x, 262 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Greek literature -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
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Written communication -- Greece -- History.
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Written communication. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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Language and culture -- Greece -- History.
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Language and culture. |
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Greek language -- Written Greek.
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Greek language -- Written Greek. |
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Transmission of texts -- Greece.
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Transmission of texts. |
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Literacy -- Greece -- History.
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Literacy. |
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Greece -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Yunis, Harvey.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Written texts and the rise of literate culture in ancient Greece. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521809304 (DLC) 2002071492 (OCoLC)49824754 |
| ISBN |
9780511064067 (electronic book) |
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0511064063 (electronic book) |
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051107252X |
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9780511072529 |
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9780511497803 (ebook) |
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0511497806 (ebook) |
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1280415207 |
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9781280415203 |
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0521809304 |
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9780521809306 |
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