From Alexandria to Babylon : Near Eastern languages and Hellenistic erudition in the Oxyrhynchus glossary (P. Oxy. 1802 + 4812) /
This book provides the first full edition and commentary of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (POxy 1802 and 4812). This is a unique document both for the history of Greek lexicography and for the study of the cultural and linguistic exchange between the Greeks and the "others" in the Hellenistic n...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter de Gruyter,
2009
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| Series: | Sozomena.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book provides the first full edition and commentary of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (POxy 1802 and 4812). This is a unique document both for the history of Greek lexicography and for the study of the cultural and linguistic exchange between the Greeks and the "others" in the Hellenistic near East. The fragment contains a fully alphabetized glossary with lemmas defined as "Persian", "Babylonian" and "Chaldaean", as well as lemmas taken from Greek dialects or common Greek. The entries are rich in quotations from ancient authorities including Berossus, Apollodorus and Erasistratus. This glossary. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 176 pages, 13 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110215403 3110215403 128218766X 9781282187665 9786612187667 6612187662 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
