Leslie Kurke: 1 book
Aesopic Conversations
Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, and the Invention of Greek Prose
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Examining the figure of Aesop and the traditions surrounding him, Aesopic Conversations offers a portrait of what Greek popular culture might have looked like in the ancient world. What has survived from the literary record of antiquity is almost entirely the product of an elite of birth, wealth,...
