The tyrant's writ : myths and images of writing in ancient Greece /

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Covering material as diverse as curse tablets, coins, tattoos, and legal decrees, Deborah Steiner explores the reception of writing in archaic and classical Greece. She moves beyond questions concerning ancient literacy and the origins of the Greek alphabet to examine representations of writing in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steiner, Deborah, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
To 1500
Greek language > Political aspects > Greece.
Written communication > Greece > History.
Language and culture > Greece > History.
Literacy > Greece > History.
Writing > Greece > History.
Poetics > History > To 1500.
Grec (Langue) > Aspect politique > Grèce.
Communication écrite > Grèce > Histoire.
Langage et culture > Grèce > Histoire.
Alphabétisation > Grèce > Histoire.
Écriture > Grèce > Histoire.
Poétique.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Greek language > Political aspects.
Language and culture.
Literacy.
Poetics.
Writing.
Written communication.
Schreiben
Alfabetisme.
Macht.
Griekse oudheid.
Grec (langue) > Histoire.
écriture > influence exercée > société (milieu humain) > Grèce antique > époque archaïque grecque > époque classique grecque.
culture écrite > Grèce antique > époque archaïque grecque > époque classique grecque.
Greece.
Griechenland > Altertum
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Tokens and Texts. Two models of communication. Phrazein and anagignoskein. Inscribed semata. The Hymn to Hermes and the Seven Against Thebes
  • 2. Rites of Inscription. Oath taking, treaties, and the law. Cursing. Vows and prayers. Oracles. Enshrining the text: publication and circulation. Pindaric agalmata
  • 3. Impressions and Assemblages. Writing and physiology. Writing and cosmology. Writing and regulation
  • 4. The Tyranny of Writing. Two archetypes: Sesostris and Deioces. The inscribed marker: commemorative pillars, boundary stones, graves. The catalogue and inventory. The dispatch. Inscribing the body. Coins, seals, and trade. Writing in Greece. The Scythians and Spartans
  • 5. The City of Words. Speech and the agora. The writer in the countryside. The writer oligarch in the city center. Nomoi gegrammenoi.

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