LEADER 04064nam 22007932 450 001 9910449755803321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-13930-9 010 $a0-521-11778-X 010 $a0-511-18132-9 010 $a0-511-11113-4 010 $a1-280-41558-4 010 $a0-511-19795-0 010 $a0-511-48301-5 010 $a0-511-29906-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000214575 035 $a(EBL)228311 035 $a(OCoLC)252490287 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255403 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11204003 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255403 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232739 035 $a(PQKB)11502338 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511483011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC228311 035 $a(PPN)183061659 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL228311 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10289561 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL41558 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000214575 100 $a20090224d2005|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe talking Greeks $espeech, animals, and the other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato /$fJohn Heath$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 392 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-83264-0 311 $a0-511-11146-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 334-386) and index. 327 $aI: Speech, animals, and human status in Homer -- Bellowing like a bull: humans and other animals in Homer -- Controlling language: Telemachus learns to speak -- Talking through the heroic code: Achilles learning to tell tales -- II: Listening for the other in classical Greece -- Making a difference: the silence of otherness -- III: Speech, animals, and human status in classical Athens -- Disentangling the beast: humans and other animals in the Oresteia -- Socratic silence: the shame of the Athenians. 330 $aWhen considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient Greeks provided numerous suggestions. This book argues that the defining criterion in the Hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speech. It explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, Greeks from non-Greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroic. John Heath illustrates how Homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in Aeschylus' Oresteia only human speech can disentangle man, beast, and god. Plato's Dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of Socratically imposed silence. With its examination of the Greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the Greek approach to understanding our world. 606 $aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSpeech in literature 606 $aHuman-animal relationships in literature 606 $aDifference (Psychology) in literature 606 $aLanguage and languages in literature 606 $aGods, Greek, in literature 606 $aHuman beings in literature 606 $aAnimals in literature 615 0$aGreek literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSpeech in literature. 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships in literature. 615 0$aDifference (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aLanguage and languages in literature. 615 0$aGods, Greek, in literature. 615 0$aHuman beings in literature. 615 0$aAnimals in literature. 676 $a880.9/353 700 $aHeath$b John$f1955-$0849493 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449755803321 996 $aThe talking Greeks$91897026 997 $aUNINA