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The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato
The Talking Greeks Speech Animals and the Other in Homer Aeschylus and Plato
Author: John Heath
What drove the ancient Greeks to explore human nature and invent Western politics? This book argues that the Greeks believed speech made humans different from other animals. But, this zoological comparison also provided the metaphorical means for viewing those 'lacking' authoritative speech--women, barbarians, and slaves, etc.--as bestial. This ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521117784
ISBN-10: 052111778X
Publication Date: 7/30/2009
Pages: 404
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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