Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dionysia, Alcman, Narrative Poetry

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

In ected languages (i. e. , meaning and syntactical function are determined by word- forms, not word-order): by changing the form of the world, word order as a result was relatively unimportant and often used for other things. Translation is a di cult and often inexact science: very di cult. Inscriptions: we only have a fraction of ancient literature. Mediaeval transmission presupposes a number of factors: How the text of hesiod may have looked in the. It presuppose a momentous shift from an oral culture to an written language, Tuesday, september 26, 2017 (reading: the transition from orality to literacy, the introduction of writing (the greek alphabet) Extremely precise instrument: the development of a book trade, the consolidation of ancient texts in the library of alexandria after 307 b. c. Ptolemy ordered the construction of the library of alexandria. To preserve knowledge: the preservation of greek and latin texts in mediaeval monasteries, etc. Not all texts were as fortunate as the odyssey.