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Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens by Nancy Worman

Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens

Nancy Worman

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This study of the language of insult charts abuse in classical Athenian literature that centres on the mouth and its appetites, especially talking, eating, drinking, and sexual activities. Attic comedy, Platonic dialogue, and fourth-century orator...

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