From Alexandria to Babylon: Near Eastern Languages and Hellenistic Erudition in the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (P.Oxy. 1802 + 4812)

Francesca Schironi

Published by De Gruyter 2009

From Alexandria to Babylon

Near Eastern Languages and Hellenistic Erudition in the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (P.Oxy. 1802 + 4812)

Francesca Schironi

Volume 4 in the series Sozomena

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110215403

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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 had never been analyzed in depth previously. Francesca Schironi provides a comprehensive introduction and commentary that places the Oxyrhynchus Glossary into the wider context of Greek lexicography and scholarship, discusses its interest for non-Greek languages and the problems related to linguistic exchanges in the Near Eastern areas, and shows the uniqueness and value of this document. The Oxyrhynchus glossary and this study will be of interest to classicists, papyrologists, comparative philologists, and scholars interested in the history of Greek lexicography and scholarship.

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Francesca Schironi, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Manuscript Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
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4. Dating and Origin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
5. Near Eastern Glosses and the Problem of their Acquisition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
6. The Oxyrhynchus Glossary and Greek Glossography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 176
Illustrations
- Other: 14 plates
Keywords: Greek Lexiography; Oxyrhynchos Glossary; Hellenistic Scholarship; (Ancient) Dialectology and Linguistics; The Greeks and the Near East

eBook

Published: June 2, 2009
ISBN: 9783110215403

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Published: June 17, 2009
ISBN: 9783110206937