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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2012 BRILL hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. This volume examines orality and literacy in the ancient Greek and Roman world through a range of perspectives and in various genres. Four essays on the Homeric epics present recent research into performative aspects of language, cognitive theory and oral composition, a re-evaluation of Parry's oral-formulaic theory, and a new perspective on the poem's transmission. These are complemented by studies of the oral nature of Greek proverbial expressions, and of poetic authority within a fluid oral tradition. Two essays consider the significance of the written word in a predominantly oral culture, in relation to star calendars and to Panathenaic inscriptions. Finally, two chapters consider the ongoing influence of oral tradition in the ancient novel and in Roman declamation. These essays illustrate the importance of considering ancient texts in the context of fluctuating oral and literate influences. CONTENTS Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Similes, Augment, and the Language of Immediacy by Egbert J. Bakker Similes in Homer: Image, Mind's Eye, and Memory by Elizabeth Minchin The Oral-Formulaic Theory Today by Mary Sale Variations: On the Text of Homer by M. D. Usher The Wisdom and Wit of Many: The Orality of Greek Proverbial Expressions by Andre Lardinois Poetic Authority and Oral Tradition in Hesiod and Pindar by Ruth Scodel From Orality to Literacy? The Case of the Parapegma by Robert Hannah TON ATHENETHEN ATHLON. A Case Study in the History of A Label by Patricia A. Hannah Cycles and Sequence in Longus' Daphnis and Chloe by Stephen A. Nimis Practised Speech: Oral and Written Conventions in Roman Declamation by Margaret Imber Bibliography Index.…