An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy 2 Volume Paperback Set
Published on 26. August 2010
Book
1076 pages
978-1-108-01021-4 (ISBN)
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 supply 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'. 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. The second volume, written with E. A. Gardner and published in 1905, focuses on the inscriptions found in Attica, and especially Athens. Each is given in transcription, with suggested restorations and the reproduction of unusual characters where the value is not certain, and with full explanatory notes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 325 mm
Width: 250 mm
Thickness: 70 mm
Weight
1700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-01021-4 (9781108010214)
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Content
Volume 1: Preface; List of periodicals and works of reference; 1. Historical sketch of the Greek alphabet; 2. Inscriptions illustrating the history and development of the Greek alphabet from the earliest times to the end of the fifth century AD; Eastern Group; Western Group; The Hellenistic alphabets of Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia, Cappadocia, Caria, Hispanis; Appendix; Tables of alphabets; Tables of comparative numbers; Index. Volume 2: Preface; Introduction; List of abbreviations; Errata; Attica: 1. Decrees of the senate and people; 2. Decrees and letters of foreign states and of the Amphictyonic Council; 3. Decrees of tribes, demes, cleruchs, clans, phratriae, guilds and other associations; 4. Imperial ordinances, laws, edicts and other documents; 5. Finance; 6. Administration of temples, regulations for ritual, oracles, edicts of priests, foundation of a sanctuary, erections of a taurobolic altar; 7. Official lists of various kinds; 8. Dedications, public and private, including agonistic and choragic dedications, and inscriptions on statue-bases etc.; 9. Inscriptions on the seats of the Theatre of Dionysus; 10. Artists' signatures, inscriptions on statue-bases and other honorary inscriptions; 11. Boundary stones and mortgage stones; 12. Sepulchral monuments; 13. Miscellaneous; List of deeds, with demotics; Comparative tables; Addenda; Plates; Index.