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  1. The talking Greeks
    speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
    Author: Heath, John
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    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... more

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    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 disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511483011
    RVK Categories: FE 3789
    Subjects: Sprechen <Motiv>; Tiere <Motiv>; Mensch <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Homerus (v8. Jh.); Plato (v427-v347); Aeschylus (v525-v456)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 392 pages)
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  2. The talking Greeks
    speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
    Author: Heath, John
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    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... more

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    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 disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world

     

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  3. The talking Greeks
    speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
    Author: Heath, John
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    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... more

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    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 disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world

     

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  4. The talking Greeks
    speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
    Author: Heath, John
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    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... more

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    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 disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world I: Speech, animals, and human status in Homer -- Bellowing like a bull: humans and other animals in Homer -- Controlling language: Telemachus learns to speak -- Talking through the heroic code: Achilles learning to tell tales -- II: Listening for the other in classical Greece -- Making a difference: the silence of otherness -- III: Speech, animals, and human status in classical Athens -- Disentangling the beast: humans and other animals in the Oresteia -- Socratic silence: the shame of the Athenians

     

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