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Titre(s) : Numbers and numeracy in the Greek polis [Texte imprimé] / edited by Robert Sing, Tazuko Angela van Berkel, Robin Osborne
Publication : Leiden : Brill, copyright [2022]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiii, 283 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Collection : Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, ISSN 2352-8656
; volume 446
Lien à la collection : Mnemosyne. Supplements. History and archaeology of classical Antiquity
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"We tend to think of numbers as inherently objective and precise. Yet the diverse
ways in which ancient Greeks used numbers illustrates that counting is actually shaped
by context-specific and culturally-dependent choices: what should be counted and how,
who should count, and how should the results be shared? This volume is the first to
focus on the generation and use of numbers in the polis to quantify, communicate and
persuade. Its papers demonstrate the rich insights that can be gained into ancient
Greek societies by reappraising seemingly straightforward examples of quantification
as reflections of daily life and cultural understanding"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Sing, Robert. Éditeur scientifique
Berkel, Tazuko Angela van (1979-....). Éditeur scientifique
Osborne, Robin (1957-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Mathématiques grecques
Grec (langue) -- Numéraux (linguistique)
Numération -- Grèce -- Antiquité
Indice(s) Dewey :
510.938 (23e éd.) = Mathématiques - Monde antique - Grèce
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789004467217. - ISBN 9004467211. - ISBN 9789004467224 (erroné). - ISBN 900446722X
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46960717r
Notice n° :
FRBNF46960717
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : A counting people: valuing numeracy in democratic Athens / Lisa Kallet ; The appearance
of numbers / Robin Osborne ; Punishing and valuing / Steve Johnstone ; Ten thousand:
fines, numbers and institutional change in fifth-century Athens / Josine Blok ; Numeric
communication in the Greek historians: quantification and qualification / Catherine
Rubincam ; Creative accounting? Strategies of enumeration in Epinician texts / Daniel
Mahendra Jan Sicka ; Hidden judgments and failing figures: Nicias' number rhetoric
/ Tazuko Angela van Berkel ; Performing numbers in the Attic orators / Robert Sing
; Numbers, ontologically speaking: Plato on numerosity / George Florin Calian ; Doing
geometry without numbers: re-reading Euclid's Elements / Eunsoo Lee.