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Epitafi a jako czynnik popularyzacji pisma w starożytnej Grecji
The Role of Epitaphs in the Spread of Literacy in Ancient Greece

Author(s): Andrzej Dróżdż
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: ancient literacy; epigraphy; Greek anthropology

Summary/Abstract: Greeks from the earliest times attached much importance to funeral rites and showed much interest in tombs, especially those of men fallen in war. Therefore, inscriptions on tombs seem to have been one of important factors that helped Greeks of the archaic period to acquire knowledge of writing.

  • Issue Year: 63/2008
  • Issue No: 1+4
  • Page Range: 176-197
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish