Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens
Nancy (Barnard College, Columbia University) Worman
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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In this fascinating study of the language of insult in classical Athens, Professor Worman demonstrates that the abuse of public speakers - particularly political leaders and dramatic poets - often uses the mouth as a focus for mockery, isolating it as a visible emblem of behaviours pilloried in the democratic arena.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521857871
- ISBN-10
- 0521857872
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Publication date
- 2008-04-10
- Pages
- 398
- Dimensions
- 235x160x30
- Weight
- 750