Description
In this companion volume to his earlier work, The Latin Language, Leonard R. Palmer now provides a history of The Greek Language, including an overview of the coming of the Greeks, the Linear B. Tablets, the Greek dialects, genres (in poetry and prose), and a comparative-historical grammar. Palmer discusses the transformation of the Greek language from its Indo-European roots, through the Bronze and Dark Ages, to the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods and beyond. Major authors and genres are discussed throughout the history, including essays on Homer, Melic poetry, tragedy, Herodotus and Thucydides.
Author: Leonard R. Palmer
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 03/15/1996
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.52w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780806128443
ISBN10: 0806128445
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see also Latin)
- Foreign Language Study | Greek (Modern)