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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.

Phrasikleia: An Anthropology of Reading in Ancient Greece

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    Publisher: Cornell University Press
    Publication Date: 26/04/1993
    ISBN13: 9780801425196, 978-0801425196
    ISBN10: 0801425190

    Number of Pages: 240

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    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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