Silence in the Land of Logos /

Silence in the Land of Logos / / Silvia Montiglio.

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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. But how did silence fit into the mental framework of a society that valued speech so highly? Here Silvia Montiglio provide...

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Montiglio, Silvia,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2000
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Sources
  • SILENCE IN THE LAND OF LOGOS
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Religious Silence without an Ineffable God
  • Chapter Two. A Silent Body in a Sonorous World: Silence and Heroic Values in the Iliad
  • Chapter Three. The Poet's Voice against Silence
  • Chapter Four. "I Will Be Silent": Figures of Silence and Representations of Speaking in Athenian Oratory
  • Chapter Five. Words Staging Silence
  • Chapter Six. Silence and Tragic Destiny
  • Chapter Seven. Silence, a Herald of Death
  • Chapter Eight. Silence, Ruse, and Endurance: Odysseus and Beyond
  • Conclusion
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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