Dialect in Aristophanes Variation An important theme in the

An important theme in the book is the generic principles and techniques for reducing technical risk

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Dean Kruckeberg

among other luminaries

capturing the history and culture of this elusive music--and the soul that makes it swing

Dialect in Aristophanes Variation An important theme in theDid the Greeks find it amusing, irritating or threatening when they heard another Greek speaking in a different dialect? Were they rude or tolerant when they heard Persians or Scythians speaking fractured Greek? And what about low class varieties of the Greek spoken in the docks of Piraeus? Our evidence for the sociolinguistic culture of the ancient world is sadly limited, and modern linguistic assumptions and prejudices are often unconsciously