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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Publicado en:	Greek, Roman & Byzantine Studies Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 269 - 294
Autor principal:	Nachtergaele, Delphine
Formato:	Case Study
Publicado:	Duke University 2013
Materias:	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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Sumario:	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.