A Companion to Linear B: Mycenean Greek Texts and Their World. Volume 2

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-429-2403-1
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 127, 351 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Bibliotheque Des Cahiers de Li

Linear B is the earliest form of writing used for Greek; it is a syllabic

script which belongs to the second half of the second millennium BC and

precedes the earliest alphabetic texts by at least four hundred years.

The

tablets written in this script offer crucial information about the

economy, administration, religion, institutions, etc. of the Mycenaean

period. But who wrote these texts? What types of texts were they? How can

we read them, understand them and interpret them? What do they teach us

about the history, economy, religion, society, geography, technology, and

language of the Mycenaean period?

This Companion aims at

answering these and other questions in a series of chapters written by

internationally recognised specialists in the subject, who not only

summarise the results of current research but also try to explain the

problems which arise from the study of the texts and the methods which can

be used to solve them.

No Mycenologist can currently cover with

authority all the field and the Companion is aimed both at the

beginner who needs an introduction to the whole area and to advanced

scholars (archaeologists, historians, classicists) who require an

up-to-date account which can serve as a standard reference tool.

Reactions

to the first volume:

"All Aegenists need to have this book." (John

G. Younger, American Journal of Archaeology)

"Un excellent

instrument, à tous les niveaux." (Francisco Aura Jorro, L'Antiquité

Classique)

"We are awash with companions of varying composition

and quality. Arguably, many are superfluous; this one is not. The

companion under review seeks to make Linear B more accessible to students

and interested scholars. It is far more complete, authoritative and

up-to-date than any." (Dimitri Nakassis, The Classical Review)

"The

best reference work for the content of the Linear B texts, their language,

their value, and the historical contexts that produced them; very useful

for students." (Angelos Chaniotis, Ancient Crete: Oxford

Bibliographies Online Research Guide)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duhoux, Y.

Morpurgo Davies, A.