The Noise That Flies. A History of Rumor and Fame in Ancient Greece.
PUMirail| N° d'inventaire | 15342 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 272 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Toulouse, 2011 |
| Etat | Nine |
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"Blimey, at the hairdressers, the customers only spoke of the man's sudden enrichment," exclaims Aristophanes in Ploutos. "Sordid affair of morals, terrible plot, frightful poisoning, public rumors loosen tongues, fuel conversations, fly at high speed from one place to another or spread like a fire that ravages everything in its path. To write the history of rumor in Greece is to track down, in ancient texts, from Homer to Polybius, the volatile traces of a reputation that can become immortal; it is to bring out the springs of a cultural and mental universe, with its values and counter-values, its norms and models, its hierarchies and its prejudices. Devious politicians, heroic warriors, seductive women, successful orators: all measure themselves against rumors that elevate or condemn. Fleeting and fearsome, Rumor was even deified by the Greeks as the most powerful of goddesses. This book invites us to follow in her footsteps, listening to intimate whispers or public altercations.
"Blimey, at the hairdressers, the customers only spoke of the man's sudden enrichment," exclaims Aristophanes in Ploutos. "Sordid affair of morals, terrible plot, frightful poisoning, public rumors loosen tongues, fuel conversations, fly at high speed from one place to another or spread like a fire that ravages everything in its path. To write the history of rumor in Greece is to track down, in ancient texts, from Homer to Polybius, the volatile traces of a reputation that can become immortal; it is to bring out the springs of a cultural and mental universe, with its values and counter-values, its norms and models, its hierarchies and its prejudices. Devious politicians, heroic warriors, seductive women, successful orators: all measure themselves against rumors that elevate or condemn. Fleeting and fearsome, Rumor was even deified by the Greeks as the most powerful of goddesses. This book invites us to follow in her footsteps, listening to intimate whispers or public altercations.