The Tyrant's Writ : Myths and Images of Writing in Ancient Greece /

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Particularly innovative is the suggestion that fifth-century Greek historians and dramatists portrayed writing as an essential tool of tyrants, who not only issue written decrees but also "inscribe" human bodies with brands and cut up land with compasses and rules. The despotic overtones a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Steiner, Deborah, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
culture ecrite > Grece antique > epoque archaïque grecque > epoque classique grecque.
ecriture > influence exercee > societe (milieu humain) > Grece antique > epoque archaïque grecque > epoque classique grecque.
Langage et culture > Grece > Histoire.
Grec (langue) > Histoire.
Communication ecrite > Grece > Histoire.
Griekse oudheid.
Macht.
Alfabetisme.
Schreiben
Written communication.
Writing.
Poetics.
Literacy.
Language and culture.
Greek language > Political aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Poetique.
Écriture > Grece > Histoire.
Alphabetisation > Grece > Histoire.
Grec (Langue) > Aspect politique > Grece.
Poetics > History > To 1500.
Writing > Greece > History.
Literacy > Greece > History.
Language and culture > Greece > History.
Written communication > Greece > History.
Greek language > Political aspects > Greece.
Griechenland > Altertum
Greece.
History.
Electronic books.
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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