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Black Doves Speak Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians

Munson Rosaria Vignolo
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780674017900
Publisert
2005-07-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
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136 gr
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
100

Forfatter
Munson Rosaria Vignolo

Biographical note

Rosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College.

Black Doves Speak Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians

Munson Rosaria Vignolo
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
Munson Rosaria Vignolo
Heftet / 2005 / Engelsk
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This short, sharp book is a welcome, easily-digested addition to the growing stable of recent works on language and other symbolic systems in Herodotus.

- Benjamin Stevens, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

An interesting and persuasive view, expounded in four chapters (bristling with footnotes and references, often half the page) which discuss the implications of more or less every reference to language in the <i>Histories</i>.

- Stephen Colvin, Journal of Hellenic Studies

In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. The first translator of cultures also translates, describes, and evaluates foreign speech to a degree unparalleled by other Greek ancient authors. For Herodotus, language is an area of interesting but surprisingly unproblematic difference, which he offers to his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences.
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In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview.
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This short, sharp book is a welcome, easily-digested addition to the growing stable of recent works on language and other symbolic systems in Herodotus.

- Benjamin Stevens, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

An interesting and persuasive view, expounded in four chapters (bristling with footnotes and references, often half the page) which discuss the implications of more or less every reference to language in the <i>Histories</i>.

- Stephen Colvin, Journal of Hellenic Studies

In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. The first translator of cultures also translates, describes, and evaluates foreign speech to a degree unparalleled by other Greek ancient authors. For Herodotus, language is an area of interesting but surprisingly unproblematic difference, which he offers to his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences.
Les mer
In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674017900
Publisert
2005-07-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Vekt
136 gr
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
100

Forfatter
Munson Rosaria Vignolo

Biographical note

Rosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College.

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