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Jesper Svenbro
Phrasikleia [PDF ebook]
An Anthropology of Reading in Ancient Greece

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First published in French in 1988, this extraordinary book traces the meaning and function of reading from its very beginnings in Greek oral culture through the development of silent reading.

One of the most haunting early examples of Greek alphabetical writing appears on the life-sized Archaic funerary statue of a young girl. The inscription speaks for Phrasikleia, who ‘shall always be called maiden, ‘ for she has received this name from the gods instead of marriage.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 240 ● ISBN 9781501717680 ● File size 12.4 MB ● Translator Janet Lloyd ● Publisher Cornell University Press ● City Ithaca ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6370561 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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