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The Asklepiades and Athenodoros Archives: A Case Study of a Linguistic Approach to Papyrus Letters.

The article discusses linguistic analysis of Greek letters from papyrus scrolls found in the Asklepiades and Athenodoros archives in Abusir El-Melek, Egypt which date to the first century BC and deal with social and business issues. Onomastics, the similarities between the two archives, and Asklepia...

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Published in:Greek, Roman & Byzantine Studies Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 269 - 294
Main Author: Nachtergaele, Delphine
Format: Case Study
Published: Duke University 2013
Subjects:
Greek manuscripts (Papyri)
Analysis of Greek papyrus manuscripts
Asklepiades
Linguistic analysis
Greek language > Foreign elements > Latin
Greek letters
Relative clauses
Comparative clauses (Grammar)
Egypt
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Summary:The article discusses linguistic analysis of Greek letters from papyrus scrolls found in the Asklepiades and Athenodoros archives in Abusir El-Melek, Egypt which date to the first century BC and deal with social and business issues. Onomastics, the similarities between the two archives, and Asklepiades' correspondence with his sister Isidora are discussed, as well as comparative subclauses, relative clauses, and Latin language influences on the letters.