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082	0	4	_a480.9385
100	1		_aThomas, Rosalind, _d1959- _914040
245	1	0	_aOral tradition and written record in classical Athens / _cRosalind Thomas.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1991.
300			_a321 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aCambridge studies in oral and literate culture ; _v18.
500			_aRevision of thesis (doctoral) - London University, 1986.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Despite its written literature, ancient Greece was in many ways an oral society. This is the first serious attempt to study the implications of this view. Dr Thomas stresses the coexistence of literacy and oral tradition in Greece and examines their interaction. Concentrating on the plentiful evidence from Classical Athens, she shows how the use of writing developed only gradually and under the influence of the previous oral communication. Drawing on anthropological discussion, the author isolates different types of Athenian oral tradition, building up a picture of Athens' traditions about its past and examining why they changed and disappeared. This study provides crucial insights into the methods and achievements of the Greek historians and therefore into the very material of Greek history. It also has major implications for the interpretation of ancient literacy."-- Publisher's description.
650		0	_aGreek language _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _914041
650		0	_aOral tradition _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _914042
650		0	_aOral communication _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _914043
650		0	_aWritten communication _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _914044
650		0	_aWriting _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _914045
650		0	_aLiteracy _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory _914046
650		0	_aLanguage and culture _zGreece _zAthens _xHistory. _914047
651		0	_aAthens (Greece) _xIntellectual life _9901
830		0	_aCambridge studies in oral and literate culture _914048
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