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The talking Greeks : speech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato / John Heath.
Van Pelt Library PA3015.S74 H43 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heath, John, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer.
- Aeschylus.
- Greek literature--History and criticism.
- Greek literature.
- 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.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 392 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Explores how the ancient Greeks regarded the capacity of speech as the defining human characteristic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-386) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521832640
- OCLC:
- 56840236
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521832649
- Online:
- Publisher description
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