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Black Doves Speak: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians (Hellenic Studies)
Black Doves Speak Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians - Hellenic Studies Author:Rosaria Munson In Greek thought, barbaroi are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's Histories attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. The first translator of cultures al... more »so translates, describes, and evaluates foreign speech to a degree unparalleled by other Greek ancient authors. For Herodotus, language is an area of interesting but surprisingly unproblematic difference, which he offers to his audience as a model for coming to terms in a neutral way with other, more emotionally charged, cultural differences. (20050901)« less