Silence in the land of logos
Auteur :
Montiglio, Silvia
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691146584
Date de publication :
6 juin 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. This title provides an investigation into silence as a distinctive and meaningful phenomenon in archaic and classical Greece.