Phrasikleia
An Anthropology of Reading in Ancient Greece
Jesper Svenbro author Janet Lloyd translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Published:26th Apr '93
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9780801497520
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 454g
240 pages