03373nam 2200601Ia 450 991045811750332120200520144314.01-280-76014-10-19-536316-7(CKB)1000000000399514(EBL)431217(OCoLC)252639843(SSID)ssj0000192994(PQKBManifestationID)11183028(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192994(PQKBWorkID)10216819(PQKB)10730493(MiAaPQ)EBC431217(Au-PeEL)EBL431217(CaPaEBR)ebr10279350(CaONFJC)MIL76014(EXLCZ)99100000000039951419930505d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiteracy and paideia in ancient Greece[electronic resource] /Kevin RobbNew York Oxford University Press19941 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505905-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.Contents; Introduction; Part I. The Origins of Greek Literacy; 1. The Alphabet Enters Oral Greece; 2. The Oral Way of Life at the Inception of Greek Literacy: The Lesson of the Old Inscriptions; 3. Of Muses and Magistrates: From the Exemplum of Epic to the First Written Laws in Europe; Part II. The Alliance between Literacy and the Law; 4. Literacy and Residual Oralism in the Great Code of Gortyn: The Evidence of a Transitional Document; 5. The Progress of Literacy and Written Law in Athens; Part III. The Alliance between Literacy and Paideia6. The Epical Basis of Greek Paideia in the Late Fifth Century: Ion and Euthyphro7. Advancing Literacy and Traditional Greek Paideia: Mousike and Sunousia; 8. Mimesis Banished: The Alliance of Literacy and Paideia in Fourth-Century Athens; 9. Conclusion: Homer, the Alphabet, and the Progress of Greek Literacy and Paideia; 10. Epilogue: A Linguistic and Historical Analysis of the Invention of the Greek Alphabet; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; ZThis book examines the progress of literacy in ancient Greece from its origins in the eighth century to the fourth century B.C.E., when the major cultural institutions of Athens became totally dependent on alphabetic literacy. By introducing new evidence and re-evaluating the older evidence, Robb demonstrates that early Greek literacy can be understood only in terms of the rich oral culture that immediately preceded it, one that was dominated by the oral performance of epical verse, or ""Homer."" Only gradually did literate practices supersede oral habits and the oral way of life, forging alliEducationGreeceGreek languageSocial aspectsGreeceLiteracyGreeceElectronic books.EducationGreek languageSocial aspectsLiteracy302.2/244/0938Robb Kevin487695MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458117503321Literacy and paideia in ancient Greece284741UNINA