Ancient and Medieval Greek Etymology : Theory and Practice II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zucker, Arnaud.

Contributor:

Le Feuvre, Claire.

Chritē, Maria.

Series:

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Series ; v.178

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

This volume on ancient Greek synchronic etymology offers a set of papers evidencing the cultural significance of etymological commitment in ancient and medieval literature. It continues a collective work (begun in a first volume under the same title) of reflection on, and valorization of the significance, development and impact of the Greek etymologizing thought. The three sections illustrate the variety of approaches to the same object, which was much more than a technical way of studying language for Greek writers. Contributions focus on the functions of etymology as they were intended by the authors according to their own aims. The wide range of genres and authors and the interplay between theoretical reflection and applied practice demonstrate the importance of etymology in Greek culture. The studies proposed here show how versatile the uses of etymology are in ancient texts, appearing both technical and inspired, literary and philosophical, serious and playful, lexicological and conceptual. Part of them deals with the link and difference between etymology and etiology. The work is of special interest to scholars on etymology in ancient Greek scholarship and on more general issues in lexicology, semiology, and folk-etymology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Tables

Introduction

Part I: Linguistic Issues

The Philosophy of Etymology in the Περὶ ἐτυμολογιῶν of Orion of Thebes

Multiple Etymologies: Plural, Alternative, Complementary Etymologies

The Concepts of ‘Barbarism’ and ‘Solecism’ in the Byzantine Etymologica

Part II: Etymology and Etiology

Etymology and Cosmological Revisionism in Pherecydes of Syros

Etymology and the Rewriting of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo in Apollonius Rhodius 2.669–719

Etymology as Explanation in Hellanicus of Lesbos’ Fragments

Apollodorus in Pergamum, or the Reconciliation of Opposites

Etymologies in the Margins: Etymological Practices in the Scholia on Apollonius’ Argonautica

Etymology as a Teaching Tool for Learning Geography: Eustathius of Thessalonica’s Parekbolai on Dionysius Periegetes

Celebrating the Hidden Essence of the Gods: The Etymology of Theonyms as a Source of Divine Revelation in Proclus’ Commentary on the Cratylus

Part III: Literary and Playful Use of Etymology

The Role of Etymology in the Formation of a Symbol: The Fourth Homeric Hymn to Hermes

The Opening Riddle of Plato’s Cratylus

Ridentem dicere uerum: Etymology and Humor in Varro and Plutarch

Etymological Wordplay: Greek Philology as an Important Mediation between Greek and Latin Poetry of Erudition

List of Contributors

Index Notionum/Rerum

Index Nominum

Index Verborum

Index Locorum

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783111572796

311157279X

OCLC:

1501714330