HOMER AND THE ORIGIN OF THE GREEK ALPHABET
de Powell, Barry B
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521371570
- ISBN 13
- 9780521371575
- Librería
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cambridge University Press. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0521371570 . Staining to textblock and paper has become stuck to bottom of front board. DJ has scuffing and some adhesive remains. Light bumping to corners and edges otherwise VG. ; 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. ; 9.5 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 306 pages .
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- Librería
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4887
- Título
- HOMER AND THE ORIGIN OF THE GREEK ALPHABET
- Autor
- Powell, Barry B
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521371570
- ISBN 13
- 9780521371575
- Editorial
- Cambridge University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Cambridge
- Fecha de publicación
- 1991
- Palabras clave
- 0521371570, Classics, Literature & Fiction, Movements & Periods, History & Criticism, Words & Language, Reference, Ancient Greek, Instruction, Foreign Languages
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Linguistics;
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