Book contents
- Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin
- Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II The Expression of Im/Politeness
- Chapter 2 Towards a Comparison of Greek and Roman Politeness Systems
- Chapter 3 How to Be Polite without Saying ‘Please’ in Classical Greek?
- Chapter 4 Text as Interaction
- Chapter 5 Politeness Formulae in Roman Non-Literary Sources
- Part III Im/Politeness in Use
- Part IV Ancient Perceptions on Im/Politeness
- Glossary
- References
- Index Rerum
- Index Locorum
Chapter 2 - Towards a Comparison of Greek and Roman Politeness Systems
from Part II - The Expression of Im/Politeness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 September 2022
Book contents
- Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin
- Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II The Expression of Im/Politeness
- Chapter 2 Towards a Comparison of Greek and Roman Politeness Systems
- Chapter 3 How to Be Polite without Saying ‘Please’ in Classical Greek?
- Chapter 4 Text as Interaction
- Chapter 5 Politeness Formulae in Roman Non-Literary Sources
- Part III Im/Politeness in Use
- Part IV Ancient Perceptions on Im/Politeness
- Glossary
- References
- Index Rerum
- Index Locorum
Summary
The author examines how commands and requests are expressed in a corpus of Greek and Latin literature, in order to show how the politeness systems of ancient Greek and Latin may have differed.
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- Politeness in Ancient Greek and Latin , pp. 45 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022