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Ancient and Medieval Greek Etymology
Theory and Practice I
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Edited by:
Arnaud Zucker
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English
Published/Copyright:
2021
About this book
This volume on Greek synchronic etymology offers a set of papers evidencing the cultural significance of etymological commitment in ancient and medieval literature. The four sections illustrate the variety of approaches of the same object, which for Greek writers was much more than a technical way of studying language. Contributions focus on the functions of etymology as they were intended by the authors according to their own aims. (1) “Philosophical issues” addresses the theory of etymology and its explanatory power, especially in Plato and in Neoplatonism. (2) “Linguistic issues” discusses various etymologizing techniques and the status of etymology, which was criticized and openly rejected by some authors. (3) “Poetical practices of etymology” investigates the ubiquitous presence of etymological reflections in learned poetry, whatever the genre, didactic, aetiological or epic. (4) “Etymology and word-plays” addresses the vexed question of the limit between a mere pun and a real etymological explanation, which is more than once difficult to establish. The wide range of genres and authors and the interplay between theoretical reflection and applied practice shows clearly the importance of etymology in Greek thought.
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Arnaud Zucker, Université Côte d'Azur, France; Claire Le Feuvre, Sorbonne Université, France.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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List of tables
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Introduction
1 - Part I: Etymological Practices and Philosophical Issues
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Naming the Art, or the Art of Naming: The Etymology of τέχνη (technē) in Plato’s Cratylus
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Etymological Proximities and Onomastics: From Aristotle to Ammonius of Hermeias
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Implicit Elements in Scholiasts’ Etymological Analyses
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On Enantiosemy in Antiquity and its Modern Outcomes
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Ὅτι ἀλαζών ἐστι μάρτυς ἡ ἐτυμολογία: Galen on Etymology, Theory and Practice
125 - Part III: Poetical Practices of Etymology
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Etymological Explanations of Fish-names in Oppian’s Halieutica: Between Poetry, Philology, and Scholarship
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Etymology as a Poetic Resource among the Poets of Alexandria
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The Use of Etymology in Apollodorus’ ΠΕΡΙ ΘΕΩΝ and in its Reader Porphyry: Scientific or Ideological?
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Fallacious Etymology and Puns: Ptolemy Chennus’ Sham Homeric Questions
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To Play (and to Have Fun) with Literature: Comic Wordplay in Greek Poetry
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List of Contributors
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Index Notionum
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Index Nominum
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Index Verborum
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Index Locorum
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eBook published on:
January 18, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9783110714876
Hardcover published on:
January 18, 2021
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110714852
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Front matter:
9
Main content:
341
Illustrations:
2
Tables:
15
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of Classical Studies, History of Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Greek Literature
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