Black doves speak
Subtitle: Herodotus and the languages of Barbarians
By: Rosaria Vignolo Munson.
Publisher: Center for Hellenic Studies
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Herodotus -- Knowledge -- Language and languages.; Language and languages.
Other titles: Herodotus and the languages of Barbarians
Description: "In Greek thought barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview." "The first translator of cultures also translates describes and evaluates foreign speech to a degree unparalleled by other Greek ancient authors. For Herodotus, language is an area of interesting but surprisingly unproblematic difference which he offers to his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-99) and index.