Who invented the Greek alphabet and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlier and less efficient writing systems to the use of alphabetic writing. The author reaches the conclusion that a single man, perhaps from the island of Euboea, invented the Greek alphabet specifically in order to record the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer.
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' … this is a book which is as remarkable for the ingenuity of its answers to difficult questions as it is for its useful review and compelling display of so much of the relevant evidence.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review
'[This] is an important book, and will be widely read by students of writing in other cultures as well as by Homerists, linguists, historians and archaeologists of early Greece.' Classical Philology
'[This] is an important book, and will be widely read by students of writing in other cultures as well as by Homerists, linguists, historians and archaeologists of early Greece.' Classical Philology
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Who invented the Greek alphabet and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlier and less efficient writing systems to the use of alphabetic writing. The author reaches the conclusion that a single man, perhaps from the island of Euboea, invented the Greek alphabet specifically in order to record the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer.
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About the ancestry of the shapes and the order of names of the signs used in the first Greek alphabet there is no serious question. Read the first page
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About the ancestry of the shapes and the order of names of the signs used in the first Greek alphabet there is no serious question. Read the first page
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Interesting Discussion of Script Evolution
17 Jun 2000
By Paul V Caetano
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This book's thesis is that the Greek alphabet was adapted by a single person in order to record Homer. While the idea is interesting, the evidence certainly is not definitive. I found the author's arguments unconvincing and hard to follow. However, the book is a good resource for old inscriptions, including some sexually explicit grafitti. The book also provides a good history of the early Greek alphabet and the the Cypriot syllabary.
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By Bill Kambouroglou
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This book should be listed under science fiction books. The author only speculates without providing any basis or proof, and even worse even his speculations are rehashes from other authors. His arguments can be destroyed by anyone with a basic knowledge of history and language. It was extreamly disappointing and in the entire book there was not even one original thought. The only thing out of this book that is useful are the footnotes, where a reader can get some useful information on other books.
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