Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens

Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0521350255
ISBN-13 : 9780521350259
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Download or read book Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens written by Rosalind Thomas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-03-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its written literature, ancient Greece was in many ways an oral society. The first significant attempt to study the implications of this view stresses the coexistence of literacy and oral tradition and examines their character and interaction.


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