ENGLISH

Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet

By Barry B. Powell

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
0521371570, 9780521371575
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11461893 bytes)
Pages
306\304
DPI
600
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-05-18 12:43:04

Description

What caused the invention of the Greek alphabet? Who did it, and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlier and less efficient writing systems to the use of alphabetic writing. The author declares his conclusion to be a possibly surprising one--that a single man, perhaps from the island of Euboea, invented the Greek alphabet specifically in order to record the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer.

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