The Greek language / Leonard R. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Leonard R. (Leonard Robert), 1906-1984.

Series:

Great languages

The Great languages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language--History.

Greek language.

History.

Greek language--Grammar, Historical.

Physical Description:

xii, 355 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, 1980.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages 316-320.

ISBN:

0571113907

OCLC:

6961499