From Alexandria to Babylon: Near Eastern Languages and Hellenistic Erudition in the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (Sozomena Studies in the Recovery of Ancient Texts - Vol. 4)

Main description: This is an edition with introduction and detailed commentary of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary, a lexicon preserved in several papyrus fragments with glosses taken from Greek, Greek dialects and "foreign languages", especially Near-Eastern languages. In the entries many historians, periegetes, mythographers of Hellenistic time are quoted. The Oxyrhynchus Glossary is a unique document for the history of Greek lexicography as well as for the study of the relationship between Greek and non-Greek languages and the problems related to linguistic exchanges in the Near Eastern areas Francesca Schironi - From Alexandria to Babylon (2009)......Page 1 Sozomena - Studies in the Recovery of Ancient Texts - Vol. 4......Page 3 ISBN: 9783110206937......Page 5 Preface......Page 8 Table of Contents......Page 10 1. Introduction......Page 12 2. The Manuscript......Page 16 3.1 Dialects and Foreign Languages......Page 19 3.2. References and Quotations......Page 20 4. Dating and Origin......Page 24 4.1 The Pergamene Hypothesis......Page 25 4.2 The Alexandrian Hypothesis......Page 26 5.1 The Languages of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary......Page 31 5.2 Acquisition and Transcription of the Glosses......Page 34 6.1 Glossography and Dialectology in the Hellenistic Period......Page 39 6.2 Glossography and Dialectology on Papyrus......Page 41 6.3 The Unique Value of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary......Page 50 7. Authorship......Page 54 8. Edition......Page 64 Fr. 1......Page 65 Fr. 2 ii......Page 66 Fr. 3, i......Page 67 Fr. 3, ii......Page 69 Fr. 3, iii......Page 71 Fr. 4......Page 72 Fr. 5......Page 73 Fr. 7......Page 75 Fr. 9......Page 76 Fr. 10b......Page 77 Fr. 11......Page 79 Fr. 14......Page 80 Fr. 17......Page 81 Fr. 19......Page 82 Fr. 22......Page 83 Fr. 26......Page 84 Fr. 2, i......Page 85 Fr. 3, i......Page 87 Fr. 3, ii......Page 93 Fr. 3, iii......Page 107 Fr. 5......Page 124 Fr. 10a......Page 130 Fr. 11......Page 136 Fr. 12......Page 137 Fr. 16......Page 138 Fr. 18......Page 139 Fr. 19......Page 140 Fr. 24......Page 141 Fr. 26......Page 142 10.1 Problems in Editing the Oxyrhynchus Glossary......Page 143 10.2 The Oxyrhynchus Glossary and Greek Glossography......Page 144 Old and New Numeration of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary Fragments......Page 152 Papyri:......Page 154 Greek Authors, Lexica and Collections of Fragments:......Page 155 Secondary Literature......Page 158 1. Greek Words in the Oxyrhynchus Glossary......Page 168 3. Ancient Titles Quoted in the Oxyrhynchus Glossary......Page 170 4. Non-English Words Discussed......Page 171 5. Ancient Sources and Papyri......Page 172 6. Subjects Index......Page 178 Plate 1......Page 190 Plate 2......Page 191 Plate 3......Page 192 Plate 4......Page 193 Plate 5......Page 194 Plate 6......Page 195 Plate 7......Page 196 Plate 8......Page 197 Plate 9......Page 198 Plate 10......Page 199 Plate 11......Page 200 Plate 12......Page 201 Plate 13......Page 202 This book provides the first full edition and commentary of the Oxyrhynchus Glossary (POxy 1802 and 4812). This is a unique document both for the history of Greek lexicography and for the study of the cultural and linguistic exchange between the Greeks and the “others” in the Hellenistic near East. The fragment contains a fully alphabetized glossary with lemmas defined as “Persian,” “Babylonian,” and “Chaldaean”, as well as lemmas taken from Greek dialects or common Greek. The entries are rich in quotations from ancient authorities including Berossus, Apollodorus and Erasistratus. This glossary had never been analyzed in depth previously. Francesca Schironi provides a comprehensive introduction and commentary that places the Oxyrhynchus Glossary into the wider context of Greek lexicography and scholarship, discusses its interest for non-Greek languages and the problems related to linguistic exchanges in the Near Eastern areas, and shows the uniqueness and value of this document. The Oxyrhynchus glossary and this study will be of interest to classicists, papyrologists, comparative philologists, and scholars interested in the history of Greek lexicography and scholarship. The manuscript Dialects and foreign languages References and quotations The Pergamene hypothesis The Alexandrian hypothesis The languages of the Oxyrhynchus glossary Acquisition and transcription of the glosses Glossography and dialectology in the Hellenistic period Glossography and dialectology on papyrus The unique value of the Oxyrhynchus glossary Authorship Edition Commentary Problems in editing the Oxyrhynchus glossary The Oxyrhynchus glossary and Greek glossography Old and new numeration of the Oxyrhynchus glossary Fragments.