Epea And Grammata

Download or read book Epea and Grammata. Oral and Written Communication in Ancient Greece written by Ian Worthington and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with aspects of orality and oral traditions in ancient Greece, and is a selection of refereed papers from the fourth biennial Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece conference, held at the University of Missouri Columbia in 2000. The book is divided into three parts: literature, rhetoric and society, and philosophy. The papers focus on genres such as epic poetry, drama, poetry and art, public oratory, legislative procedure, and Simplicius’ philosophy. All papers present new approaches to their topics or ask new and provocative questions.