| An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy: Volume 1, the Archaic Inscriptions and the Greek Alphabet Contributor(s): Roberts, E. S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511696892 ISBN-13: 9780511696893 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) |
| Dewey: NA |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1887, when the first volume of this work was published, Greek epigraphy was not systematically studied or taught in English universities, and the book was specifically written to fulfil a need for 'a popular work, giving a classification of Greek inscriptions according to their age, country and subject, and a selection of texts by way of samples, under each class'. At a time when the value of some Greek letters (those peculiar to one city's version of the alphabet and so known rarely in surviving inscriptions) was not universally agreed, and when excavation was regularly providing new materials for study, the book was widely welcomed as a tool for research. The first volume contains a historical sketch of the Greek alphabet and a sequence of inscriptions showing its development across the Mediterranean area and Asia Minor until the end of the fifth century CE. |