A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late Antiquity

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Publisher description Front Matter Front Cover Coyright Contents List of figures List of maps Acknowledgements List of contributors Preface Foreword to the Greek edition Editor's note Editor's note to the Greek edition Production team for the Greek edition List of abbreviations General Introduction: Histories of the Greek Language PART I THE LANGUAGE PHENOMENON 1 The nature of language 2 Units-levels of linguistic analysis 3 Language and the brain 4 Language and thought 5 The genesis of language 6 Tools and language 7 The acquisition of language 8 Language change Bibliography PART II THE GREEK LANGUAGE: LANGUAGE AND HISTORY Introduction 1 The Indo-European language family: The linguistic evidence 2 The Indo-European language family: The historical question 3 Indo-European civilization 4 The genesis of Greek 5 Language and writing 6 Writing systems 7 Proto-history: The framework 8 Greek and pre-Greek languages: Introduction 9 Pre-Greek languages: Indirect evidence 10 Linear A 11 Cypro-Minoan scripts 12 The Cypriot syllabary 13 Eteocypriot 14 Eteocretan 15 Linear Β 16 The Dark Ages: The archaeological evidence 17 The introduction of the alphabet 18 History of the alphabet: Some guidelines for avoiding oversimplification 19 The archaic period 20 The classical period 21 Greeks and "barbarians" 22 Literacy and orality in the classical period 23 The Hellenistic period 24 The rise of Koine 25 The Greek world during the Roman empire Bibliography PART III THE ANCIENT GREEK DIALECTS Introduction 1 The classification of the ancient Greek dialects 2 Mycenaean Greek 3 Ionic and Attic 4 Arcado-Cypriot 5 Pamphylian 6 The position of the Macedonian dialect 7 The Doric dialects 8 The Aeolic dialects 9 The language of Homer 10 The decline of the ancient dialects 11 A modern approach to the ancient Greek dialects Bibliography PART IV ANCIENT GREEK: STRUCTURE AND CHANGE Introduction 1 The phonology of Classical Greek 2 The pronunciation of Ancient Greek: Evidence and hypotheses 3 The pronunciation of Classical Greek 4 The morphology of Classical Greek 5 The syntax of Classical Greek 6 Development in pronunciation during the Hellenistic period 7 Morphology: From Classical Greek to the Koine 8 Syntax: From Classical Greek to the Koine 9 Eastern Koines 10 Jewish Greek 11 The Greek of the New Testament 12 General characteristics of the ancient Greek vocabulary 13 Semantic change 14 Ancient Greek personal names 15 Early movement towards Modern Greek Bibliography PART V GREEK IN CONTACT WITH OTHER LANGUAGES Introduction 1 Greek and Semitic languages: Early contacts 2 Greek and Thracian 3 Greek and Illyrian 4 Greek and Phrygian 5 Greek and Carian 6 Greek and Lycian 7 Greek and Lydian 8 Greek and Iranian 9 Greek and Etruscan 10 Greek and Latin 11 Greek and Latin: Evidence from the modern Greek dialects 12 Greek influence on Hebrew 13 Greek, Egyptian, and Coptic 14 Greek and Syriac 15 Greek and the Celtic languages 16 Greek and Indian languages 17 Greek and Arabic: Early contacts Bibliography PART VI TRANSLATION PRACTICES IN ANTIQUITY Introduction 1 Translation in antiquity 2 The translation (Targum) of the Septuagint 3 The parallel use of Greek and Latin in the Greco-Roman world 4 The Greek of the Roman texts 5 The bilingualism of the Phoenicians in the ancient Greek world 6 Greek translation of Lycian 7 Translation: Greek and Syriac Bibliography PART VII LANGUAGE AND CULTURE A Language and literature Introduction 1 Language and literature 2 The use of the dialects in literature 3 Homer: Epic poetry and its characteristics 4 The use of language in ancient tragedy 5 The use of language in ancient comedy 6 Ancient Greek meter 7 The Hellenistic centuries: Language and literature Β Special and specialized vocabularies Introduction 1 The vocabulary of slavery 2 The vocabulary of democracy 3 The vocabulary of religion 4 The early Christian Greek vocabulary 5 The vocabulary of legal terms 6 Philosophical vocabulary 7 Medical vocabulary C Cultural meanings and their transformations Introduction 1 Ἑλληνισμός 2 Φιλοτιμία 3 Παράδεισος 4 Ἅγιος 5 Ψυχή Bibliography PART VIII THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND LANGUAGE Introduction 1 Language and education in antiquity 2 The ancient grammarians 3 Atticism Bibliography PART IX THE FORTUNES OF ANCIENT GREEK Introduction 1 The fortunes of Ancient Greek in the Middle Ages 2 Greek and the western Renaissance: Between humanism and heresy 3 From humanism to the Enlightenment: The teaching of Ancient Greek and its grammar 4 The teaching of (ancient) Greek grammar and the Modern Greek Enlightenment 5 The European encounter with vernacular Greek: The travelers 6 The pronunciation of Ancient Greek in modern times 7 Ancient, vernacular, and purist Greek language 8 "From Greek into our common language": Language and history in the making of Modern Greece 9 Language and translation Bibliography APPENDICES Introduction APPENDIX I 1 Accentuation 2 Punctuation APPENDIX II 1 Proverbs - maxims and apophthegms - riddles - anecdotes - puns 2 The language of Greek katadesmoi and magical papyri 3 Early Greek letters on lead 4 Prophetic discourse 5 The language of the gods in Homer 6 Obscene language 7 The speech of the "barbarians" in Ancient Greek literature 8 Child talk in Ancient Greek literature 9 Non-verbal communication in antiquity 10 Ancient Greek music APPENDIX III 1 Analogy and sound change in Ancient Greek 2 Ας: An example of syntactic change 3 The historical puzzle of the meaning "same": An example of semantic change Bibliography Editions and translations of ancient texts Glossary The IPA symbols The development of the Greek phonetic system INDICES Index of proper names Index of languages and dialects Index of words per language/dialect Index of terms and subjects