Voice into Text: Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece

by Ian Worthington (Editor)

Voice into Text A discussion of orality and literacy in ancient Greece and what analysis of these areas yields for that society and its culture. Chapters cover topics such as art, comedy, poetry, tragedy, and on orality in contemporary cultures (Greek and South African) which have a bearing on the ancient world. Full description

258 pages, Leather Bound

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Ian Worthington has been Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University since 2017. Before then, he held an endowed chair as Curators' Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Missouri, USA. He hails from northern England, taking his B.A. at Hull and M.A. at Durham, before moving to Monash University to do his Ph.D.

Worthington specializes in Greek history and oratory. To date, he has written 9 sole-authored books, 1 co-authored book, edited 9 books, translated 2 volumes of the Greek orators (in the University of Texas Oratory of Classical Greece series), and written over 100 articles and essays on Greek history, oratory, epigraphy, and literature.