A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names: Vol. 2: Attica.

Osborne, M. J. and S. G. Byrne (eds.):

ISBN 10: 0198149905 / ISBN 13: 9780198149903

Published by Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994

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510 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Cover rubbed and slightly bumped, otherwise very good and clean. - This book provides a complete conspectus of evidence for every identifiable resident of Athens in antiquity, except for foreigners whose ethnic is known. It thus serves both as a prosopography and an onomasticon. In the former capacity, it is the successor to the distinguished Prosopographia Attica of J. Kirchner, published in 1903; in the latter it provides the Athenian contribution to the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names series, edited by P. M. Fraser and E. Matthews. The evidence for the denizens of Athens in antiquity is substantially epigraphical in nature and most of the references in this work are to inscriptions. This is particularly so for the Hellenistic and Roman periods, when the literary sources all but fail. Since Kirchner completed his magisterial work, excavations, especially in the Athenian agora, have brought to life a massive treasure trove of onomastic inscriptions. This volume incorporates the evidence from these new discoveries, brings up to date the now antiquated forms of references which render Kirchners work so hard to use, and also includes the evidence from the Imperial period. This volume will serve as an invaluable tool for scholars of ancient history and epigraphy, bringing together for the first time in ninety years the evidence for every individual of ancient Athens who is known by name from the early Classical to the Late Roman period. - M, J. Osborne is Emeritus Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Melbourne and Vice Chancellor of LaTrobe University. S. G. Byrne is a graduate research assistant at LaTrobe University. ISBN 9780198149903 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2102 24,1 x 3,7 x 31,9 cm, Original laminated cloth with dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names: Vol. 2: Attica.
• Publisher: Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198149905
• ISBN 13: 9780198149903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 2102 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Prosopographie

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Synopsis

This book provides a complete conspectus of the evidence for every identifiable resident of Athens in antiquity, except for foreigners whose ethnic is known. It is thus both a prosopography and an onomasticon in one. In the former capacity, it is the successor to the distinguished Prosopographia Attica of J. Kirchner, published in 1903; in the latter it provides the Athenian contribution to the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names series, edited by P. M. Fraser and E. Matthews.

The evidence for the denizens of Athens in antiquity is substantially epigraphical in nature and most of the references in this work are to inscriptions. This is particularly so for the Hellenistic and Roman periods, when the literary sources all but fail. Since Kirchner completed his magisterial work, excavations, especially in the Athenian Agora, have brought to light a massive treasure trove of inscriptions. This volume incorporates the evidence from these new discoveries, brings up to date the (now) antiquated forms of references which render Kirchner's work so hard to use, and also includes the evidence from the Roman period.

This volume will serve as an invaluable tool for scholars of ancient history and epigraphy, bringing together for the first time in ninety years the evidence for every individual of Ancient Athens who is known by name from the early Classical to the late Roman period.

Review

An essential tool.. And what can one say other than a heartfelt `thank-you'to those prepared to undertake such work and with so much thoroughness? (Greece and Rome Reviews 42)