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Despite its written literature, ancient Greece was in many ways an oral society. This is the first serious attempt to study the implications of this view. Dr Thomas stresses the coexistence of literacy and oral tradition in Greece and examines their character and interaction. Concentrating on the plentiful evidence from Classical Athens, she shows how the use of writing developed only gradually and under the influence of the previous oral communication. Drawing on anthropological discussion, the author isolates different types of Athenian oral tradition, building up a picture of Athens' traditions about its past and examining why they changed and disappeared. This study provides crucial insights into the methods and achievements of the Greek historians. It also has major implications for the interpretation of ancient literacy.

Greek language --- Language and culture --- Literacy --- Oral communication --- Oral tradition --- Writing --- Written communication --- Alphabétisation --- Communication écrite --- Social aspects --- History --- Histoire --- Athens (Greece) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- Written Greek --- 930.85:02 --- 316.773.3:02 --- -Language and culture --- -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 --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Classical languages --- Indo-European languages --- Classical philology --- Greek philology --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis-:-Bibliotheekwezen --- Boek: communicatieinhoud--(communicatiesociologie) --- -Athens (Greece) --- -Civilization --- -Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis-:-Bibliotheekwezen --- 316.773.3:02 Boek: communicatieinhoud--(communicatiesociologie) --- 930.85:02 Cultuurgeschiedenis. Kultuurgeschiedenis-:-Bibliotheekwezen --- Alphabétisation --- Communication écrite --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Civilization. --- History of civilization --- Classical Greek literature --- Antiquity --- Athens --- History. --- Arts and Humanities --- Greek language - Social aspects - Greece - Athens. --- Greek language - Written Greek - Greece - Athens. --- Language and culture - Greece - Athens. --- Oral communication - Greece - Athens. --- Oral tradition - Greece - Athens. --- Literacy - Greece - Athens. --- Writing - Greece - Athens.