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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 also 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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Black Doves Speak
• Subtitle: Herodotus and the Languages of Barbarians
• Author: Rosaria Munson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100
• EAN: 9780674017900
• ISBN: 0674017900
• ID: 04634714
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Weight: 214 g
• Dimensions: 225 × 140 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. July 2005

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