When a Gesture Was Expected : A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature, 1999, 176 p., br. -

This book encourages a deeeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. All these works anticipated performing readers, and, as a result, they included prompts, places where a gesture could complete a sentence or amplify or comment on the written words. The author urges all readers to supplement the traditional avenues of classical philology with an awareness of the uses of nonverbal communication in Hellenic antiquity. This additional resource helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and make translations more accurate. It also imparts a living breath to these immortal texts.