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Ancient Literacy
Abstract
W. V. Harris provides the first thorough exploration of the levels, types, and functions of literacy in the classical world, from the invention of the Greek alphabet about 800 B.C. down to the fifth century A.D.
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Metadata
- Authors
- HARRIS, W. V.
- Venue
- Harvard University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Published
- 1989-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W4213418473
- Cited by
- 1,086
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 11.58
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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