Written Texts and the Rise of Literate Culture in Ancient Greece

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Introduction: Why Written Texts?......Page 13
ORALITY, WRITING, AND LITERACY IN ANCIENT GREECE......Page 14
CONTEMPLATING ORALITY AND LITERACY IN ANCIENT GREECE AND BEYOND......Page 19
WRITTEN TEXTS AND CULTURAL PRACTICES IN ANCIENT GREECE......Page 22
1 From Letters to Literature......Page 27
COUNTING LITERACY......Page 32
WHERE LITERACY COUNTS: SCHOOLING......Page 36
READING LITERATURE......Page 42
2 Writing Religion......Page 50
THE VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS......Page 54
TOW EARLY GRAFFITI......Page 57
SOME ARCHAIC DEDICATIONS......Page 59
CULT AND LITERACY......Page 62
WRITING AND RITUAL AUTHORITY......Page 64
3 Letters of the Law......Page 71
EARLY GREEK ADIUDICATION......Page 72
WRITTEN LAW......Page 76
THE EFFECTS OF WRITING......Page 79
GREEK LAW COMPARED WITH ROMAN AND ENGLISH COMMON LAW......Page 85
4 Writing, Law, and Legal Practice in the Athenian Courts......Page 90
WRITTEN DOCUMENTS, CITIZENSHIP, AND CIVIC IDENTITY......Page 92
WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND INHERITANCE......Page 102
WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS......Page 104
5 Literacy and the Charlatan in Ancient Greek Medicine......Page 109
WRITTEN TEXTS AND THE STATUS OF MEDICINE IN GREECE......Page 111
WRITTEN TEXTS AND MEDICAL TRAINING......Page 120
THE INDENDED AUIENCES OF THE EARLY MEDICAL TEXTS......Page 124
6 Literacy in Greek and Chinese Science......Page 134
TECHNOLOGIES OF COMMUNICATION IN CHINA AND GREECE......Page 135
STYLES OF MATHEMATICE IN CHINA AND GREECE......Page 145
CONCLUSION......Page 149
7 Writing Philosophy......Page 151
PHERECYDES OF SYROS......Page 155
ANAXIMANDER OF MILETUS......Page 157
THE ORIGINS OF THE PROSE TREATISE IN GREECE......Page 159
FROM PROSE TREATISE TO PROSE LITERATURE......Page 164
THREE POETIC EXCEPTIONS......Page 167
PLATO......Page 170
8 Prose Performance Texts......Page 174
WRITTEN TEXTS AND PUBLICATION IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C.E.......Page 176
THE DISPLAY PERFORMANCE......Page 185
SPEECH AND WRITING: PERFORMANCE, WRITTEN TEXT, AND GENRE......Page 192
9 Writing for Reading......Page 201
PERFORMANCE AND THE POETIC EXPERIENCE......Page 202
THE NEW INTERPRETATION OF POETIC TEXTS......Page 205
THUCYDIDES: OPEN–ENDED INTERPRETATION......Page 210
PLATO: CRITICAL READING AND POETIC EXPERIENCE......Page 216
THINKING ABOUT STYLE......Page 225
FROM SONGS TO POEMS?......Page 237
A CATALOGUED WORLD......Page 241
RETROSPECT......Page 245
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 247
Index......Page 267