Black Doves Speak - Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-674-01790-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 100 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 213 g

Reihe: Hellenic Studies Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Munson, Rosaria

Munson, Rosaria Vignolo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Munson, Rosaria Vignolo
Rosaria Munson is Professor of Classics at Swarthmore College.