by SMontiglio (Author)
In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds. This title provides an investigation into silence as a distinctive and meaningful phenomenon in archaic and classical Greece.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 360
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 28 May 2010
ISBN 10: 0691146586
ISBN 13: 9780691146584