Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics
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Subject: Language And Linguistics
General Editor: Georgios K. Giannakis
Associate Editors: Vit Bubenik, Emilio Crespo, Chris Golston, Alexandra Lianeri, Silvia Luraghi, Stephanos Matthaios
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The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique work that brings together the latest research from across a range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of Ancient Greek. It is an indispensable research tool for scholars and students of Greek, of linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature.
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(2,451 words)
Abstract Cypriot is one of the Ancient Greek dialects. It was used on the island of Cyprus orally and in writing until the end of the Hellenistic period. Its close structural similarities to Arcadian, a Greek dialect of the Peloponnese, and the shared features between the two dialects have an impact on the reconstruction of the migration of Greeks to Cyprus and the pattern of their settlement during the 2nd millennium BCE. 1. Sources Cypriot Greek is well documented, mostly through ca 1400 inscriptions (also on coins, see Egetmeyer 2010:8-9), dating from the 8th c. BCE to the end…
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2013-11-01
Cypriot Syllabary
(2,569 words)
Abstract The Cypriot syllabary was used in Cyprus between the 8th and 3rd c. BCE, together with the Greek and Phoenician alphabetic scripts. It recorded the Greek-Cypriot dialect and one more language, the so-called ‘Eteocypriot’. The script was used mainly in Cyprus, but inscriptions are also attested in Egypt. The script used 55 signs in its more widely used variety (the ‘common’ syllabary) and 54 signs in a local variety attested in the area of Paphos (the ‘Paphian’ syllabary). The script sign…
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2014-01-22
Cypro-Minoan Syllabary
(700 words)
Abstract Cypro-Minoan is the modern name given to four different but related Cypriot syllabic scripts used in the second millennium BCE. The Cypro-Minoan syllabaries have ca 14 syllabograms in common with the Cypriot ‘Greek’ (or ‘classic’) syllabaries which have been deciphered. This allows some phonetic readings. However, no bilingual document has been found till now and none of the tentative decipherments proposed so far has gained scholarly approval. Cypro-Minoan is the modern name given to several different but related Cypriot syllabic scripts of the second …
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2013-11-01
Cyrenaean
(751 words)
Abstract Cyrenaean was the dialect spoken in the Greek cities of Cyrenaica (Eastern Libya) from the 7th c. BCE to the 7th c. CE, known mainly from inscriptions. It was steadily used in official documents until the 2nd c. CE, as part of the proper institutions of the cities, thus resisting to Koine. Cyrenaean belongs to the Doric group, but shows a few distinctive features, especially in the areas of phonetics and of the lexicon. Cyrenaean was the dialect of the Greek cities of Cyrenaica (modern Gebel Akhdar, in Eastern Libya). The presence of Greeks in the area is known from 631 B…
Date:
2013-11-01