Greek Personal Names: Their Value As Evidence (104) - Couverture rigide

Elaine Matthews; Denis Knoepfler

 
9780197262160: Greek Personal Names: Their Value As Evidence (104)
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0197262163 ISBN 13 : 9780197262160
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Within the great diversity of their world, the assertion of origin was essential to the ancient Greeks in defining their sense of who they were and how they distinguished themselves from neighbours and strangers. Each person's name might carry both identity and origin - 'I am' . . . inseparable from 'I come from' . . . Names have surfaced in many guises and locations - on coins and artefacts, embedded within inscriptions and manuscripts - carrying with them evidence even from prehistoric and preliterate times.

The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names has already identified more than 200,000 individuals. The contributors to this volume draw on this resource to demonstrate the breadth of scholarly uses to which name evidence can be put. These essays narrate the stories of political and social change revealed by the incidence of personal names and cast a fascinating light upon both the natural and supernatural phenomena which inspired them.

This volume offers dramatic illumination of the ways in which the ancient Greeks both created and interpreted their world through the specific language of personal names.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Within the great diversity of their world, the assertion of origin was essential to the ancient Greeks in defining their sense of who they were and how they distinguished themselves from neighbours and strangers. Each person's name might carry both identity and origin - 'I am' . . . inseparable from 'I come from' . . . Names have surfaced in many guises and locations - on coins and artefacts, embedded within inscriptions and manuscripts - carrying with them evidence even from prehistoric and preliterate times. The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names has already identified more than 200,000 individuals. The contributors to this volume draw on this resource to demonstrate the breadth of scholarly uses to which name evidence can be put. These essays narrate the stories of political and social change revealed by the incidence of personal names and cast a fascinating light upon both the natural and supernatural phenomena which inspired them. This volume offers dramatic illumination of the ways in which the ancient Greeks both created and interpreted their world through the specific language of personal names.

Revue de presse

This is an absolutely fascinating book ... It deserves a very wide readership; in fact anybody with an interest in Ancient Greek culture will read it and feel very richly rewarded (The Anglo-Hellenic Review)

Simon Hornblower's outstanding evaluation of personal names (Greece & Rome)

This collection of essays makes a major contribution to historical onomastic studies (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0197262163
ISBN 13 
9780197262160
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
192
Éditeur
Simon Hornblower
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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