Ancient Greek Dialects and Early Authors

Author: Miller   D. Gary  

Publisher: De Gruyter‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781614512950

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781614514930

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Keyword: 世界史

Language: ENG

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This volume provides linguistic background to the ancient authors and commentary on both epigraphic and literary dialect texts. By means of dialectally and chronologically arranged texts, translated and provided with running commentary, Gary Miller compares early authors against epigraphic records to facilitate an understanding of Homer, choral lyric, and authors from different dialect areas.

Chapter

2.4 The Luvian song of Wilusa

2.5 The Anatolian-Hellenic cultural and linguistic koine

3 Pre-Greek

3.1 Pelasgian, Ancient Macedonian, and Thracian

3.2 Ancient Macedonian

3.3 Thracian

3.4 Summary

4 Greece, Greek, and Its Dialects

4.1 The name of the Greeks

4.2 The rise of Greek civilization

4.3 Principal dialects and authors

4.4 General features of Greek dialects as reflected in Roman borrowings

4.5 Greek form classes and Latin adaptations

4.6 Summary

5 Phonological Systems of Greek through Time

5.1 Mycenaean phonological system

5.2 Classical Attic

5.3 Phonological systems and adaptation

5.4 Hellenistic and Later Greek

5.5 Modern Greek

5.6 Summary

6 Evolution of the Greek Vowel System

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Common Greek

6.3 Early dialectal changes

6.4 Attic-Ionic

6.5 Early Attic: the fronting of /u/ and /Å«/

6.6 Mid vowels and their representation

6.7 Variation in 6th century Attic

6.8 Merger of /ǣ/ with /ɛ̄/

6.9 Early allophones of the long diphthongs?

6.10 Round vowels in the 6th century

6.11 Front vowel raising during c5

6.12 Monophthongization of /ai/ and /oi/

6.13 Monophthongization of the long diphthongs

6.14 The evidence from Boeotian

6.15 Quantity and quality

6.16 The remaining diphthongs

6.17 Changes in the Common Era

6.18 Vowel shifts in theory and Greek

7 Chronology of Changes in Attic and Ionic

7.1 The long a and e vowels: the problem

7.2 The systematicity of Doric transpositions

7.3 Alleged errors and the optionality of transposition

7.4 Transposition as a literary convention

7.5 Phonological dissimilation and transposition-neglect

7.6 Perceptual space and orthography

7.7 Restructurings in the late 5th century

7.8 Antevocalic shortening and quantitative metathesis

7.9 Chronology of changes

7.10 Conclusion

8 Poetic Heritage

8.1 Vedic and Indo-European meter and poetic tradition

8.2 On the pre-Homeric poetic tradition

8.3 Stabilization or recording of the Homeric texts?

8.4 The early poetic tradition

8.5 Stesichorus

8.6 Lyric meters and metrical expansion

8.7 Dactylic hexameter

8.8 Traditional forms, modification, hiatus, and repair

8.9 Metrical lengthening

8.10 Artificial forms

8.11 Summary and conspectus

9 Homer and Early Epic

9.1 Poetic artistry: opening lines

9.2 μῆνις

9.3 θεα¯

9.4 Proems and thematic content

9.5 Traditional and untraditional proems

9.6 Summary

10 Argives, Danaans, and Achaeans

10.1 What‘s in a name?

10.2 The language of polarization

10.3 Old tribal rivalries?

10.4 Summary

11 The Language of Achilles

11.1 Formulas and behavior

11.2 The embassy and the duals

11.3 Language and characterization

11.4 Achilles’ great speech

11.5 Discourse properties of Achilles’ Great Speech

11.6 Summary

12 Homer as Artist: Language and Textual Iconicity

12.1 Phonic and semantic iconicity

12.2 Syntactic-semantic iconicity

12.3 Syntax iconic to subliminal message

12.4 On evaluating Homeric language

13 Attic and West Ionic

13.1 Unity of Attic and Ionic

13.2 Dipylon vase inscription [c.740?] (Attic)

13.3 Tharrias’ skyphos [c.650] (Attic)

13.4 Neck amphora [c7⁴] (Attic)

13.5 Sophilos vases [c6²] (Attic)

13.6 West Ionic

13.7 Nestor’s cup [c.715]

13.8 Tataie’s aryballos [c.675/50?]

13.9 Prize cauldron [c.500?]

13.10 Features of Attic and (West) Ionic

14 Central Ionic

14.1 Naxos: Nikandre [c.655]

14.2 Paros/Thasos: monument of Glaucus [c.625/00?]

14.3 Archilochus on Glaucus, son of Leptines

14.4 Archilochus on orgies

14.5 Archilochus on Leophilus

14.6 Archilochus on Dionysian choruses

14.7 Burial ordinance at Iulis, Ceos [c5⁴]

14.8 Simonides of Ceos [556‒468]

14.9 Features of Central Ionic

15 East Ionic

15.1 Subdialects

15.2 Chios, the early period

15.3 Constitution of Chios [c.575‒550]

15.4 Miletus and colonies

15.5 Temple dedication, Sidene [c.525/00]

15.6 Fragment of an honorific decree, Cyzicus [c.525/00]

15.7 Herodotus

15.7.1 Noun inflection

15.7.2 Failure of unlike-vowel contraction

15.7.3 Failure of like-vowel contraction

15.7.4 Antevocalic shortening and quantitative metathesis

15.7.5 Specifically Ionic forms

15.7.6 Textual difficulties

15.7.7 Interrogative/indefinite words with k- for p-

15.8 Features of East Ionic

16 Northern Doric

16.1 West Greek and the division of Proto-Doric

16.2 Elean

16.3 Corinthian

16.3.1 Plaque from Penteskouphia [c.650/25]

16.3.2 Epitaph of Xenwares, Corcyra [c.570/50?]

16.3.3 Dedication of Aristis, Cleonae [c.560?]

16.3.4 Stele of Dweinias, Bartata [c.650?]

16.4 Megarian

16.4.1 Phiale dedicated to Athena [c.500?]

16.4.2 Sacred law, Megara Hyblaea, Sicily [c6ᵇ]

16.4.3 Epitaph of Somrotides, Megara Hyblaea, Sicily [c.c6ᵐ]

16.5 East Argolic

16.6 West Argolic

16.6.1 Later samples

16.7 Features of Saronic Doric

17 Laconian-Messenian

17.1 Laconian and Sparta

17.2 Bronze aryballos [c.600?]

17.3 Ivory plaque of a ship [c7⁴]

17.4 Alcman [c.650/00]

17.5 The Partheneion

17.6 Another song for girls

17.7 A proverb

17.8 The hendecasyllable

17.9 Taras/Tarentum: Melusa’s victory cup [c.540‒530]

17.10 Messenian

17.11 Dedication to Apollo [c.450?]

17.12 Dedication to Apollo [c.460‒450?]

17.13 Features of Laconian-Messenian

18 Insular Doric

18.1 Theran and Coan

18.1.1 Theran rock graffiti [c8/7]

18.1.2 Epitaph of Praxilas [640/00]

18.1.3 Model house [650‒625]

18.1.4 Athletic lifting stone [c6]

18.1.5 Sacred law [c.c4ᵇ]

18.2 Rhodian

18.3 Cretan

18.4 Archaic vase inscription, Phaistos [c8ᵉ]

18.5 Gortyn Code [c5ᵐ]

18.6 Features of Insular Doric

19 Boeotian and Thessalian

19.1 Aeolic: The family question

19.2 Boeotia and Boeotian

19.3 Lebes, Thebes [c.700/675]

19.4 Mantiklos’ dedication to Apollo [c.700/675]

19.5 Ptoion, near Acraephia [c.550/25?]

19.6 Vase inscription, Tanagra [c6]

19.7 Mogea’s graffito, Thespiae [c.450/30]

19.8 Dialects of Thessaly

19.9 Precinct of Apollo, Korope [c.550?]

19.10 Polyxena’s stele, Larisa [c.450?]

19.11 Two fragmentary inscriptions, Larisa

19.12 Law tablet, Phalanna [c5]

19.13 Features of mainland Aeolic

20 Lesbian

20.1 Dialect area, accent, psilosis

20.2 Monument to Stheneias, Cebrene [c.500/475]

20.3 Monetary agreement, Mytilene [c5ᵉ/4ᵇ]

20.4 Sappho

20.5 Sappho 16 (strophe 1)

20.6 Sappho 31 (strophes 1–3)

20.7 Sappho 44: Wedding of Hector and Andromache (lines 4‒16)

20.8 Digamma and hiatus

20.9 Thematized and athematic verbs

20.10 Features of Lesbian and the Aeolic question

21 Arcadian, Cyprian, and Mycenaean Phonological and Morphological Sketch

21.1 Dialectal affinities

21.2 First compensatory lengthening

21.3 Other processes potentially affecting vowels

21.4 The noun

21.5 The verb

21.6 Features of Arcadian, Cyprian, and Mycenaean

22 Arcadian, Cyprian, Pamphylian

22.1 Arcadian

22.2 Bronze apple [c.550/25?]

22.3 Bronze cymbal [c5ᵇ]

22.4 Precinct of Athena Alea, Mantinea [c.460?]

22.5 Cyprian

22.6 Idalium bronze [c.450]

22.7 Epitaph from Arsinoa [c6‒4]

22.8 Dedication to Zeus: Larnaca [n.d.]

22.9 Pamphylian

22.10 Features of Arcadian, Cyprian, and Pamphylian

23 Mycenaean

23.1 Introduction

23.2 Deities and offerings

23.3 Cattle tending at Pylos (PY Ae 04, DMG 31)

23.4 Land tenure at Pylos 1 (PY Eo 04, DMG 121.1 ff.)

23.5 Land tenure at Pylos 2 (PY Ep 704, DMG 135.5 f.)

23.6 Furniture at Pylos (PY Ta 722, DMG 246.1)

23.7 Miscellaneous workers at Pylos (PY An 654, DMG 58.7 f.)

23.8 Syllabic liquids in Mycenaean or the epic tradition?

23.9 Features of Mycenaean

24 Dialect Mixture in the Epic Tradition

24.1 Labial reflexes of labiovelars

24.2 First person plural pronouns

24.3 Third compensatory lengthening

24.3.1 Disyllabic vs. polysyllabic words

24.3.2 Analogical and other formations

24.4 Assibilation

24.4.1 Archaic residues: π(ρ)οτί

24.4.2 The effect of three or more syllables

24.5 Modal particles

24.5.1 A particle δάν?

24.5.2 Sources of ἄν and κε(ν)

24.6 Sentence connectives and discourse particles

24.7 Epic dialect and meter

24.8 Summary

25 Alleged Phases in Epic Development

25.1 Pylian-Ionic fusion

25.2 The question of an Aeolic phase

25.2.1 The irrelevance of the Medes

25.2.2 The problem of Aeolic as a family

25.2.3 No epic forms are exclusively Thessalian

25.2.4 Instrumental phrases are not the same as locatival

25.2.5 Many epic forms are exclusively Lesbian

25.2.6 The problem of the ‘Aeolic’ modal particle κε(ν)

25.2.7 The alleged break in the tradition: quantitative metathesis

25.2.8 Traditional and poetic words prove nothing

25.2.9 Irrelevance of the labial reflex of labiovelars

25.2.10 Independent traditions cannot be sorted chronologically

25.2.11 Counterevidence to an Aeolic phase: the verbal system

25.2.12 East Ionic aorist infinitives in -έειν

25.2.13 Resegmentation of ν-movable requires Ionic continuity

25.2.14 The range of attested forms reflects the entire Ionic history

25.2.15 Mycenaean and Aeolic forms differed trivially and constituted high style

25.3 Lesbian input

25.4 The question of localization

25.5 Conclusion

26 Special Phonetic Symbols

26.1 Special diacritics

26.2 Classification of consonants

References

Index of Cited Passages

Greek Index

Subject Index

3 Pre-Greek

4 Greece, Greek, and Its Dialects

5 Phonological Systems of Greek through Time

6 Evolution of the Greek Vowel System

7 Chronology of Changes in Attic and Ionic

8 Poetic Heritage

9 Homer and Early Epic

10 Argives, Danaans, and Achaeans

10.1 What‘s in a name?

10.2 The language of polarization

10.3 Old tribal rivalries?

10.4 Summary

11 The Language of Achilles

12 Homer as Artist: Language and Textual Iconicity

13 Attic and West Ionic

14 Central Ionic

15 East Ionic

16 Northern Doric

17 Laconian-Messenian

18 Insular Doric

19 Boeotian and Thessalian

20 Lesbian

21 Arcadian, Cyprian, and Mycenaean Phonological and Morphological Sketch

22 Arcadian, Cyprian, Pamphylian

23 Mycenaean

24 Dialect Mixture in the Epic Tradition

25 Alleged Phases in Epic Development

26 Special Phonetic Symbols

References

Index of Cited Passages

Greek Index

Subject Index

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