{"product_id":"black-doves-speak-9780674017900","title":"Black Doves Speak","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Greek thought, \u003ci\u003ebarbaroi\u003c\/i\u003e are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis short, sharp book is a welcome, easily-digested addition to the growing stable of recent works on language and other symbolic systems in Herodotus. -- Benjamin Stevens * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003eAn interesting and persuasive view, expounded in four chapters (bristling with footnotes and references, often half the page) which discuss the implications of more or less every reference to language in the \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Stephen Colvin * Journal of Hellenic Studies *","brand":"Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403524579671,"sku":"9780674017900","price":12.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-doves-speak-9780674017900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}