Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens

Henry R. Immerwahr, Rebecca Thomas

The American Journal of Philology · 1992 · 296 citations · 0 references

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Introduction 1. Literacy, written record and oral communication 2. Family tradition 3. Genealogy and family tradition: the intrusion of writing 4. Official tradition? Polis tradition and the epitaphios 5. The liberation of Athens and the 'Alcmaeonid tradition' Epilogue Appendix: early Greek lists Chronological table Bibliography Index.