The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Volume 1, Introductory Essays

The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek: Volume 1, Introductory Essays
Author: John Killen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2024-02-15
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1009546546

In 1952 Michael Ventris deciphered the script found on the Linear B tablets from Crete and the Greek mainland, therefore revealing the earliest known form of Greek. In 1956 he and John Chadwick published Documents in Mycenaean Greek, which gave an account of the decipherment, of the language of the tablets, of the society and economy revealed by the documents and a series of chapters giving texts, translations and commentary of the most important tablets. Though partially updated in 1973, Documents is now very much outdated: there has been a vast accrual of bibliography on the subject since 1973, and discoveries of tablets at new sites. This new survey, written by fourteen of the world's leading experts, will bring the reader fully up-to-date with developments in all aspects of Mycenaean studies, concluding with a new, full glossary of all the most recently discovered words.

The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek

The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek
Author: John Killen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781009286091

In 1952 Michael Ventris deciphered the script found on the Linear B tablets from Crete and the Greek mainland, therefore revealing the earliest known form of Greek. In 1956 he and John Chadwick published Documents in Mycenaean Greek, which gave an account of the decipherment, of the language of the tablets, of the society and economy revealed by the documents and a series of chapters giving texts, translations and commentary of the most important tablets. Though partially updated in 1973, Documents is now very much outdated: there has been a vast accrual of bibliography on the subject since 1973, and discoveries of tablets at new sites. This new survey, written by fourteen of the world's leading experts, will bring the reader fully up-to-date with developments in all aspects of Mycenaean studies, concluding with a new, full glossary of all the most recently discovered words.

Athyrmata: Critical Essays on the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honour of E. Susan Sherratt

Athyrmata: Critical Essays on the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean in Honour of E. Susan Sherratt
Author: Yannis Galanakis
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2014-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784910198

This volume brings together twenty-six papers to mark Susan Sherratt's 65th birthday - a collection that seeks to reflect both her broad range of interests and her ever-questioning approach to uncovering the realities of life in Europe and the Mediterranean in later prehistory.

The Decipherment of Linear B

The Decipherment of Linear B
Author: John Chadwick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1990-09-13
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 110771723X

The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Myceanean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation.

Liddell and Scott

Liddell and Scott
Author: Christopher Stray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0192538829

The Greek-English Lexicon of Liddell and Scott is one of the most famous dictionaries in the world, and for the past century-and-a-half has been a constant and indispensable presence in teaching, learning, and research on ancient Greek throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. Despite continuous modification and updating, it is still recognizably a Victorian creation; at the same time, however, it carries undiminished authority both for its account of the Greek language and for its system of organizing and presenting linguistic data. The present volume brings together essays by twenty-two scholars on all aspects of the history, constitution, and problematics of this extraordinary work, enabling the reader both to understand its complex history and to appreciate it as a monument to the challenges and pitfalls of classical scholarship. The contributors have combined a variety of approaches and methodologies - historical, philological, theoretical - in order to situate the book within the various disciplines to which it is relevant, from semantics, lexicography, and historical linguistics, to literary theory, Victorian studies, and the history of the book. Paying tribute to the Lexicon's enormous effect on the evolving theory and practice of lexicography, it also includes a section looking forward to new developments in dictionary-making in the digital age, bringing comprehensively up to date the question of what the future holds for this fascinating and perplexing monument to the challenges of understanding an ancient language.

The Art of the Odyssey

The Art of the Odyssey
Author: Howard W. Clarke
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1989
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780865162365

This is a literary explication aimed at helping the first-time reader more fully to appreciate and understand the Odyssey. The book includes a chronology, extensive notes, and suggestions for further reading.

Myth and the Creative Process

Myth and the Creative Process
Author: Jacob E. Nyenhuis
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780814330029

Highlighting the interaction between myth and artist, word and image, Jacob Nyenthuis here presents a catalogue of these works, one that will enlighten Ayrton's British following while introducing him to an American audience."--BOOK JACKET.

Writing and the Ancient State

Writing and the Ancient State
Author: Haicheng Wang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2014-05-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107028124

Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states.