Greek Personal Names Their Value as Evidence

Name: Greek Personal Names Their Value as Evidence
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ISBN: 9780197262160

ISBN-10: 0197262163

ISBN-13: 9780197262160

Edition: 2000

Authors: Simon Hornblower, Elaine Matthews

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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…

Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034



Introduction



Greek Personal Names and Linguistic Continuity



Hippolytus and Lysippos: Remarks on Some Compounds with Hippo-, -ippos



Theophoric Names and the History of Greek Religion



Oropodoros: Anthroponymy, Geography, History



L'histoire par les noms in Macedonia



Foreign Names in Athenian Nomenclature



Personal Names and the Study of the Ancient Historians



Mirabilia and Personal Names



Ethnics as Personal Names



Index