Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 The manuscripts and their sigla, and the printed editions before Bethe 11
6. 3 A subscription and two epigrams 39
7. 4 Preliminary considerations on the textual tradition of Pollux 47
8. 5 An essential overview of the families and groups in the textual tradition of the Onomasticon with the exception of Book 1 58
9. 6 Book 2: Mostly on the human body 93
10. 7 Book 5: On hunting, wild beasts, women’s adornments, and whatever else came to Pollux’s mind 116
11. 8 Book 10: Everyday tools and how to say them 135
12. 9 Summary: The Pollux that could be 151
13. 10 The textual tradition of Book 1 of the Onomasticon, followed by a provisional edition of the same 153
14. 11 Sample of the edition of Book 1 of the Onomasticon 170
15. Abbreviations 211
16. Bibliography 212
17. Indexes 220