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Author:

Heath, John, 1955-

Title:

The talking Greeks : speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato / John Heath.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

vii, 392 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Greek literature--History and criticism.
Speech in literature.
Aeschylus--Criticism and interpretation.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Homer--Criticism and interpretation.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Language and languages in literature.
Gods, Greek, in literature.
Human beings in literature.
Animals in literature.
Plato.
Letterkunde.
Grieks.
Spraak.
Dieren.
De ander.
Eschyle--Critique et interprétation.
Homère--Critique et interprétation.
Platon.
Littérature grecque--Histoire et critique.
Parole dans la littérature.
Relations homme-animal dans la littérature.
Psychologie différentielle dans la littérature.
Langage et langues dans la littérature.
Dieux grecs dans la littérature.
Homme dans la littérature.
Animaux dans la littérature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-386) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0521832640
9780521832649

LCCN:

2004061594

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)