ISBN:
9780195363166
,
0195363167
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 310 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Robb, Kevin Literacy and paideia in ancient Greece
DDC:
302.22440938
Keywords:
Greek language Social aspects
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Greece
;
Education Greece
;
Literacy Greece
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Greek language Social aspects
;
Education
;
Literacy
;
Greek language
;
Literacy Greece
;
Education
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy
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Greek language ; Social aspects
;
Literacy
;
Alfabetisme
;
Letterkunde
;
Griekse oudheid
;
Educação (aspectos sociais) ; Grécia antiga
;
Greece
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book examines the progress of literacy in ancient Greece from its origins in the eighth century to the fourth century B.C.E., when the major cultural institutions of Athens became totally dependent on alphabetic literacy. By introducing new evidence and re-evaluating the older evidence, Robb demonstrates that early Greek literacy can be understood only in terms of the rich oral culture that immediately preceded it, one that was dominated by the oral performance of epical verse, or "Homer." Only gradually did literate practices supersede oral habits and the oral way of life, forg
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index. - Description based on print version record
