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Ancient Greek dialects and early authors : introduction to the dialect mixture in Homer, with notes on lyric and Herodotus /

This volume provides linguistic background to the ancient authors and commentary on both epigraphic and literary dialect texts. By means of dialectally and chronologically arranged texts, translated and provided with running commentary, Gary Miller compares early authors against epigraphic records t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, D. Gary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Indo-European background
  • Anatolian
  • Pre-Greek
  • Greece, Greek and it dialects
  • Phonological systems of Greek through time
  • Evolution of the Greek vowel system
  • Chronology of changes in Attic and Ionic
  • Poetic heritage
  • Homer and early epic
  • Argives, Danaans, and Achaeans
  • The language of Achilles
  • Homer as artist : language and textual iconicity
  • Attic and west Ionic
  • Central Ionic
  • East Ionic
  • Northern Ionic
  • Laconian-Messeniann
  • Insular Dork
  • Boeotian and Thessalian
  • Lesbian
  • Arcadian, Cyprian, and Mycenaean phonological and morphological sketch
  • Arcadian, Cyprian, Pamphylian
  • Mycenaean
  • Dialect mixture in the epic tradition
  • Alleged phases in epic development
  • Special phonetic symbols.