A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World. Volume 3

by Y Duhoux (Editor), A Morpurgo Davies (Editor)

Overview

Linear B is the earliest form of writing used for Greek. The tablets written in this script offer crucial information about the Mycenaean Greeks and their time. This Companion aims at not only summarizing the results of current research but also trying to explain the problems which arise from the study of the texts and the methods which can be used to solve them. It is aimed both at the beginner who needs an introduction to this area and to advanced scholars (archaeologists, historians, classicists) who require an up-to-date account which can serve as a standard reference tool and highlight the remaining problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789042929326
Publisher:	Peeters Publishing
Publication date:	05/13/2014
Series:	Bibliotheque des Cahiers de Linguistique de Louvain (BCLL) , #133
Pages:	300
Sales rank:	739,419
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents v

Foreword vii

Chapter 17 Mycenaean writing J.L. Melena 1

Chapter 18 Linear B and Homer J. Bennet 187

Indices 235

1 General index 235

2 Index of Linear B texts 244

3 Index of Linear B words 258

4 Index of Linear B undeciphered syllabograms 277

5 Index of Linear B abbreviations/ideograms 278

6 Index of alphabetic Greek words 283