A lexicon of Greek personal names / edited by P. M. Fraser and E. Matthews, with the collaboration of many scholars.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fraser, P. M. (Peter Marshall)

Matthews, E. (Elaine)

British Academy.

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Names, Personal--Greece--Dictionaries.

Names, Personal.

Greek language--Etymology--Names--Dictionaries.

Greek language.

Greek language--Etymology--Names.

Greece.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

volumes <1-5A-C ; in 8> ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987-<2018>

Summary:

"The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names was established in 1972 as a Major Research Project of the British Academy, at the suggestion of Peter Marshall Fraser, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Fellow of the Academy. On acceptance of the proposal, Fraser was appointed Director of the project and Chairman of an advisory committee. From the start, LGPN involved international collaboration, scholars from many countries being invited to contribute material and advice; but the Editors and central staff have always worked in Oxford. In October 1996, the project became part of Oxford University, under the aegis of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores, now the Faculty of Classics. It is a member of the group of Oxford Classics Research Projects. The project receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, the Academy of Athens. Purpose and Scope[:] To collect and publish with documentation all known ancient Greek personal names (including non-Greek names recorded in Greek, and Greek names in Latin), drawn from all available sources (literature, inscriptions, graffiti, papyri, coins, vases and other artefacts), within the period from the earliest Greek written records down to, approximately, the sixth century A.D. The work thus starts with the period of epichoric scripts, embraces the classical and hellenistic periods of Greek history, following dialect and the development of koine, and continues through the period of the Roman Empire when Greek nomenclature underwent changes as a result of Roman rule, and religious, social and other factors. Excluded names include mythological and heroic names, Mycenaean names, later Byzantine names and geographical names."-- Publisher's website.

This lexicon provides scholars and students of Greek civilization with a list, supported by evidence, of personal names known from literature, inscriptions, papyri, vases, coins, and other objects dating from the earliest period to the 7th century A.D. It promises to replace the mid-19th-century work of Pape and Benseler and offer fresh impetus to a wide range of historical and literary research. Produced under the auspices of the British Academy, the complete lexicon will be published in six volumes.

Contents:

Vol. 1. The Aegean Islands, Cyprus, Cyrenaica

v. 2. Attica / [also] edited by M.J. Osborne and S.G. Byrne

v. 3A. The Peloponnese, Western Greece, Sicily and Magna Graecia / with the collaboration of many scholars

v. 3B. Central Greece from the Megarid to Thessaly / with the assistance of R.W.V. Catling and the collaboration of many scholars

v. 5C. Inland Asia Minor / edited by J.-S. Balzat, R. W. V. Catling, É. Chiricat, and T. Corsten.

Notes:

At head of title: The British Academy.

Includes bibliographical references.

Related Work:

Supplement: Fraser, P. M. (Peter Marshall). Greek ethnic terminology.

Supplement: Osborne, M. J. Foreign residents of Athens.

Other Format:

Online version: Lexicon of Greek personal names.

ISBN:

0198642229

9780198642220

0198152299

9780198152293

0198152930

9780198152934

9780199273331

0199273332

9780198705826

0198705824

9780199567430

0199567433

9780198816881

019881688X

OCLC:

15696690

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