| Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians Contributor(s): Munson, Rosaria Vignolo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674017900 ISBN-13: 9780674017900 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $14.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2005 Annotation: his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 938.007 |
| LCCN: 2005010512 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.62" W x 9" (0.47 lbs) 121 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. The first translator of cultures also translates, describes, and evaluates foreign speech to a degree unparalleled by other Greek ancient authors. For Herodotus, language is an area of interesting but surprisingly unproblematic difference, which he offers to his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences. |
Contributor Bio(s): Munson, Rosaria: - Rosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College. |