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The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato Book

What pushed the ancient Greeks to explore human nature and invent Western politics? This book argues that the Greeks believed what makes humans different from other animals is embarrassingly obvious: we speak; animals don't. But this zoological platitude also provided the metaphorical means for viewing those 'lacking' authoritative speech- women, barbarians, slaves, etc.-as bestial. This link between speech, humanity, and status is revealed through close readings of both Homeric epics, classical Athenian culture, Aeschylus' Oresteia, and Plato's Dialogues.Read More

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    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 link between speech, humanity, and status is revealed through close study of both Homeric epics, classical Athenian culture, Aeschylus' Oresteia, and Plato's Dialogues.

  • 052111778X
  • 9780521117784
  • John Heath
  • 30 July 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 404
  • 1
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