Historical Greek Reader - Mycenaean to the Koine

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Colvin is Reader in Classics and Comparative Philology at the University of London. Klappentext Designed to be used as a textbook in university courses (either upper-level undergraduate or postgraduate)! A Historical Greek Reader will also serve as a reference tool for researchers. It provides an introduction to the history of the ancient Greek language! and to Indo-European and historical linguistics in general. Zusammenfassung Designed to be used as a textbook in university courses (either upper-level undergraduate or postgraduate), A Historical Greek Reader will also serve as a reference tool for researchers. It provides an introduction to the history of the ancient Greek language, and to Indo-European and historical linguistics in general. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction 1: Greek and Indo-European 2: Mycenaean Greek 3: The alphabetic period 4: Dialect diversity: the eighth to the fourth centuries BC 5: Literary languages 6: Post-classical prose: the koine II. Texts with translation and commentary Mycenaean Greek dialect inscriptions Greek literary texts

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Colvin, Stephen (Reader in Classics and Comparativ Colvin, Colvin Stephen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2007
• EAN: 9780199226603
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922660-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Historical & comparative linguistics, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Historical and comparative linguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages