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This volume deals with orality and literacy in ancient Greece and what consideration of these areas yields for that society, its literature, traditions and practices. Individual chapters focus on art, comedy, historiography, oratory, religion, rhetoric, philosophy, poetry, tragedy, and on orality in contemporary cultures (Greek and South African), which have a bearing on the ancient world. By considering such factors as oral elements in various genres and practices and how these have shaped the texts we have today, as well as the extent of literacy and the impact of literacy on oral traditions and on singers/writers, the book presents another insight into ancient Greek society and its people.

Classical Greek literature --- History of civilization --- Thematology --- Mass communications --- Antiquity --- Greece --- Literary transmission --- Manuscript transmission --- Manuscrits--Transmission --- Tekstoverlevering --- Textual transmission --- Transmission de textes --- Transmission des manuscrits --- Transmission des textes --- Transmission littéraire --- Transmission of texts --- Greek literature --- Written communication --- Language and culture --- Oral communication --- Oral tradition --- Literacy --- Littérature grecque --- Communication écrite --- Langage et culture --- Communication orale --- Tradition orale --- Alphabétisation --- Criticism, Textual. --- History --- Critique textuelle --- Histoire --- Writing --- -Language and culture --- -Transmission of texts --- -Literacy --- -Oral communication --- -Oral tradition --- -Writing --- -Written communication --- -Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Chirography --- Handwriting --- Ciphers --- Penmanship --- Tradition, Oral --- Folklore --- Oral history --- Oral transmission --- Speech communication --- Verbal communication --- Illiteracy --- Education --- General education --- Criticism, Textual --- Editions --- Manuscripts --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Balkan literature --- Byzantine literature --- Classical literature --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- Civilization. --- -Criticism, Textual --- Littérature grecque --- Communication écrite --- Alphabétisation --- Written discourse --- Criticism [Textual ] --- Civilization --- Greek literature. --- Language and culture. --- Literacy. --- Oral communication. --- Oral tradition. --- Transmission of texts. --- Writing. --- Written communication. --- Barbarism --- Civilisation --- Greece. --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret͡sii͡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Greek literature - Criticism, Textual. --- Transmission of texts - Greece. --- Written communication - Greece. --- Language and culture - Greece. --- Oral communication - Greece. --- Oral tradition - Greece. --- Literacy - Greece. --- Writing - Greece.

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Demosthenes is often adjudged the statesman par excellence, and his oratory as some of the finest to survive from classical times. Contemporary politicians still quote him in their speeches and for some he is the supreme example of a patriot. This landmark study of this remarkable man and his long career, the first to focus on him for more than 80 years, looks at the background behind this reputation and asks whether it is truly deserved.

Ancient oratory --- Antieke redekunst --- Antieke welsprekendheid --- Art oratoire de l'Antiquité --- Oratory [Ancient ] --- Redekunst van de Oudheid --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Politics and literature --- Statesmen --- Orators --- Oratory, Ancient. --- Discours grecs --- Politique et littérature --- Hommes d'Etat --- Orateurs --- Eloquence antique --- History and criticism. --- Biography --- Histoire et critique --- Biographies --- Demosthenes --- Athens (Greece) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Politics and government. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Politique et littérature --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Oratory, Ancient --- Speakers --- Elocutionists --- History and criticism --- Demosthenes. --- Démosthène --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Speeches, addresses, etc. [Greek ] --- Greece --- Politics and government --- Demosfen --- Dīmūstīn --- Demóstenes --- Démosthène --- דמוסתנס --- Δημοσθένης --- Demostene

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"Alexander the Great, arguably the most exciting figure from antiquity, waged war as a Homeric hero and lived as one, conquering native peoples and territories on a superhuman scale. From the time he invaded Asia in 334 to his death in 323, he expanded the Macedonian empire from Greece in the West to Asia Minor, the Levant, Egypt, Central Asia and 'India' (Pakistan and Kashmir) in the East. Although many other kings and generals forged empires, Alexander produced one that was without parallel, even if it was short-lived. And yet, Alexander could not have achieved what he did without the accomplishments of his father, Philip II (r. 359-336). It was Philip who truly changed the course of Macedonian history, transforming a weak, disunited, and economically backward kingdom into a military powerhouse. A warrior king par excellence, Philip left Alexander with the greatest army in the Greek world, a centralized monarchy, economic prosperity, and a plan to invade Asia. For the first time, By the Spear offers an exhilarating military narrative of the reigns of these two larger-than-life figures in one volume. Ian Worthington gives full breadth to the careers of father and son, showing how Philip was the architect of the Macedonian empire, which reached its zenith under Alexander, only to disintegrate upon his death. By the Spear also explores the impact of Greek culture in the East, as Macedonian armies became avatars of social and cultural change in lands far removed from the traditional sphere of Greek influence. In addition, the book discusses the problems Alexander faced in dealing with a diverse subject population and the strategies he took to what might be called nation building, all of which shed light on contemporary events in culturally dissimilar regions of the world. The result is a gripping and unparalleled account of the role these kings played in creating a vast empire and the enduring legacy they left behind"--

Armies --- Social change --- Armées --- Changement social --- History --- Histoire --- Philip --- Alexander, --- Macedonia --- Greece --- Macédoine --- Grèce --- Kings and rulers --- Biography. --- History, Military. --- Relations --- Rois et souverains --- Biographie --- Histoire militaire --- Armées --- Macédoine --- Grèce --- History.

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Philip --- Greece --- Macedonia --- Grèce --- Macédoine --- History --- Kings and rulers --- Biography. --- Histoire --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Biographie --- Biography --- Grèce --- Macédoine --- Filip --- Filippo, --- Philip, --- Philippe, --- Philippos --- Philippus --- Macedon --- Makedhonia --- Makedonia --- Makedoniya --- Makedonja --- Филип --- Philip - II, - King of Macedonia, - 382-336 B.C. --- Greece - History - Macedonian expansion, 359-323 B.C. --- Macedonia - History - To 168 B.C. --- Greece - Kings and rulers - Biography --- Macedonia - Kings and rulers - Biography

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Rhetoric, Ancient --- Classical literature --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Oratory, Ancient --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc.