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Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens Worman, Nancy (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens
Worman, Nancy (Barnard College, Columbia University)
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.
398 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 10, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521857871 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 398 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 235 × 30 mm · 750 g |
| Language | English |