6. Evolution of the Greek Vowel System

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Dating and Other Conventions xvii
5. Greek Authors and Their Abbreviations xxi
6. Bibliographical Abbreviations xxv
7. General Abbreviations xxxi
8. 1. Indo-European Background 1
9. 2. Anatolian 11
10. 3. Pre-Greek 18
11. 4. Greece, Greek, and Its Dialects 25
12. 5. Phonological Systems of Greek through Time 34
13. 6. Evolution of the Greek Vowel System 43
14. 7. Chronology of Changes in Attic and Ionic 61
15. 8. Poetic Heritage 72
16. 9. Homer and Early Epic 95
17. 10. Argives, Danaans, and Achaeans 106
18. 11. The Language of Achilles 116
19. 12. Homer as Artist: Language and Textual Iconicity 131
20. 13. Attic and West Ionic 139
21. 14. Central Ionic 150
22. 15. East Ionic 163
23. 16. Northern Doric 183
24. 17. Laconian-Messenian 196
25. 18. Insular Doric 207
26. 19. Boeotian and Thessalian 219
27. 20. Lesbian 234
28. 21. Arcadian, Cyprian, and Mycenaean Phonological and Morphological Sketch 255
29. 22. Arcadian, Cyprian, Pamphylian 270
30. 23. Mycenaean 289
31. 24. Dialect Mixture in the Epic Tradition 312
32. 25. Alleged Phases in Epic Development 336
33. 26. Special Phonetic Symbols 357
34. References 362
35. Index of Cited Passages 409
36. Greek Index 412
37. Subject Index 440