Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens

By:

Rosalind Thomas

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Series:

Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture

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Scholars are becoming increasingly aware that, despite its written literature, ancient Greece was in many aspects an oral society. In the first major attempt to study the implications of this discovery, Dr. Thomas stresses the coexistence of literacy and oral tradition in Greece and examines their interaction. Concentrating on the plentiful evidence of Classical Athens, she shows how the use of writing developed only gradually and under the influence of the previous oral communications. Using insights from anthropology, the author isolates different types of Athenian oral tradition, constructing a picture of Athenian traditions and exploring why they changed and disappeared. Thomas researches not only the nature of individual traditions, but the mechanisms of oral tradition and memory in general; then the possible effect of writing on oral tradition. This study provides crucial insights into the methods and achievements of the Greek historians and therefore into the very material of Greek history.

Release date NZ

March 9th, 1989

Author

Rosalind Thomas

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

336

Series

Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture

Dimensions

156x236x24

ISBN-13

9780521350259

Product ID

1975636

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