Screen LibraryAesopic conversations：popular tradition, cultural dialogue, and the invention of Greek prose
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Martin classical lectures |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 495 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780691144573 (hbk.) 0691144575 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780691144580 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0691144583 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | I545 |
| CLC: | I545.076 |
| Call Number: | I545.076/K968 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-461) and indexes. Introduction: an elusive quarry: In search of ancient Greek popular culture; Explaining the joke: a roadmap for classicists; Synopsis of method and structure of argument -- Aesop and the contestation of Delphic authority: Ideological tensions at Delphi; the Aesopic critique; Neoptolemus and Aesop: sacrifice, hero cult, and competitive scapegoating -- Sophia before/beyond philosophy: the tradition of Sophia; Sophists and (as) sages; Aristotle and the transformation of Sophia -- Aesop as sage: political counsel and discursive practice; Aesop among the sages; Political animals: fable and the sc Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. This book explores the anonymous Life of Aesop. Leslie Kurke argues that the traditions surrounding this strange text, when read with and against the works of Greek high culture, allow us to reconstruct an ongoing conversation of "great" and "little" traditions spanning centuries. --from publisher description |