Some notes on Mycenaean prosopography: the Knossian ‘shepherds’, their names, and their roles in Mycenaean society
Matilde Civitillo This paper presents a critical reassessment of the assumed direct correlation between the Greek or non-Greek character of the anthroponyms recorded in the Linear B documents from Knossos and the ethnic or social identity of the individuals to whom these names are attributed. The analysis centres on the D-series tablets from Knossos –…
Discussing writing in Cretan hieroglyphic script from an anthropological perspective
Matilde Civitillo In this paper, I intend to discuss how to interpret the notion of writing in Cretan Hieroglyphic script on different supports (i.e. seals, clay documents and vessels) more comprehensively, following a theoretical framework influenced by integrational semiology. Special attention will be dedicated to the analysis of a whole series of external stimuli (from…
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E. Castelli, La nascita del titolo nella letteratura greca: dall’epica arcaica alla prosa di età classica
De Gruyter – Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, Berlino/Boston 2020, pp. 373.ISBN 978-3-11-070362-7 Ambrogio Di Flumeri L’obiettivo dichiarato del volume, vale a dire delineare «le tappe di un processo che ha portato all’adozione dei titoli nella letteratura antica e alla nascita del titolo d’autore» (p. 13), è fondato su uno studio diacronico e per…