The Talking Greeks: Speech, Animals, and the Other in Homer, Aeschylus, and Plato

by John Heath

Book Overview

What drove the ancient Greeks to explore human nature and invent Western politics? This book argues that the Greeks believed speech made humans different from other animals. But, this zoological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052111778X
• ISBN13: 9780521117784
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"