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The Antiquity of the Greek Alphabet

Rhys Carpenter

American Journal of Archaeology. (Jan. - Mar., 1933) pp. 8-29

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[820 words] period, early, development, influence, forms, developed, earliest, tradition, stage, beginning, became, become, changes, periods, characteristic, process, result, tendency, greater, true, sixth, introduced, throughout, marked, fourth, stages, longer, began, fifth_century, simple

[495 words] greeks, greece, peoples, cities, early, land, strabo, egypt, asia_minor, name, island, city, eastern, region, italy, islands, country, native, inhabitants, geographical, western, tribes, coast, tradition, northern, mediterranean, asia, civilization, romans, population

[413 words] palestine, jerusalem, hebrew, phoenician, tell, semitic, israel, arabia, palmyra, nabataean, aramaic, inscription, dura, petra, yadin, arabic, desert, palmyrene, syrian, philistine, megiddo, negev, sinai, oriental, albright, gerasa, gezer, tyre, alphabet, canaanite

[300 words] ionic, inscription, attic, dialect, doric, aeolic, forms, dialects, rhodes, rhodian, arcadian, boeotian, cyprian, buck, thessalian, sgdi, syll, lesbian, dittenberger, arcado-cyprian, greek_dialects, schwyzer, cretan, alphabet, milet, rhodos, boeot, hiller, bechtel, elean

[280 words] himself, true, truth, matter, criticism, merely, facts, really, real, passage, attempt, false, claim, accept, words, knowledge, belief, enough, regard, prove, makes, error, simply, wrong, statements, critics, surely, actually, serious, take

[191 words] line, letters, lines, inscription, letter, stone, text, name, space, fragment, reading, column, stroke, vertical, word, inscribed, beginning, alpha, sigma, iota, horizontal, epsilon, names, strokes, bottom, written, followed, lower, visible, upper

[130 words] source, text, sources, passage, information, works, passages, written, version, fragments, name, authors, quoted, tradition, literary, mention, fragment, extant, books, himself, wrote, early, writers, title, commentary, quotations, texts, derived, knowledge, collection

[100 words] true, passage, words, merely, matter, position, suppose, regard, name, enough, natural, mention, difficulty, period, prove, having, regarded, himself, except, facts, really, naturally, supposed, definite, makes, assumed, alone, correct, actually, referred

[97 words] words, latin, language, sound, vowel, pronunciation, word, vowels, sounds, syllable, speech, spelling, consonant, consonants, forms, phonetic, english, accent, pronounced, syllables, languages, written, initial, linguistic, short, dialect, dialects, pitch, writing, alphabet

[90 words] mycenaean, cyprus, pottery, aegean, period, mycenae, early, cycladic, mainland, tombs, bronze_age, greece, cyclades, tomb, crete, blegen, cypriot, tiryns, minoan, troy, late_helladic, figurines, iiib, graves, cypriote, late_bronze_age, lerna, wace, grave, middle_helladic

[66 words] argos, argive, olympia, geometric, athens, archaic, early, heraion, greece, mycenae, sparta, tiryns, sanctuary, samos, mycenaean, coldstream, laconian, seventh, pottery, hera, pylos, corinth, tiles, eighth, antefixes, heraeum, akhaian, argolid, messenia, perachora

[63 words] inscription, tomb, tombs, fragments, bronze, objects, temple, stone, vases, marble, relief, inscribed, period, graves, statue, coins, early, grave, monument, representing, necropolis, fourth_century, terra-cotta, reliefs, containing, sixth, finds, pottery, insc, belonging

[56 words] context, simply, position, hypothesis, argued, text, makes, claim, explain, suggestion, correct, grounds, reasons, alternative, actually, argue, moreover, attempt, surely, obvious, accept, argues, unlikely, enough, issue, sense, passage, presumably, difficulties, plausible

[47 words] etruscan, etruria, tomb, etruscans, mirror, mirrors, tombs, italy, urns, poggio, civitate, florence, bronze, caere, italic, pallottino, cista, tarquinia, tomba, archaic, chiusi, terracotta, bronzes, vulci, bucchero, early, paestum, tarquinii, terracottas, sixth

[44 words] pottery, grave, vases, ware, shape, vessels, graves, geometric, early, decoration, bowls, sherds, shapes, fragments, period, wares, tomb, burial, painted, cups, pots, burials, bowl, decorated, vessel, jars, pieces, vase, handles, protogeometric

[43 words] homer, homeric, iliad, odyssey, epic, poet, poems, oral, poetry, tradition, parry, poets, poem, similes, traditional, composition, hesiod, formulaic, formula, heroic, poetic, lord, epics, simile, language, oral_poetry, singer, verse, narrative, formulas

[35 words] crete, minoan, knossos, cretan, palace, mycenaean, evans, linear_b, pylos, tablets, thera, signs, aegean, phaistos, kommos, late_minoan, kavousi, period, marinatos, fresco, gournia, mallia, linear_a, palaces, bronze_age, sign, minos, script, pottery, palatial

[33 words] studien, akademie, heidelberg, wissenschaften, sprache, stuttgart, uber, untersuchungen, grammatik, griechen, beitrage, bonn, alten, vols, neue, muller, forschungen, festschrift, handbuch, altertumswissenschaft, klassischen, diss, wien, burckhardt, literatur, lateinischen, lateinische, wilhelm, otto, philologie

[31 words] your, something, take, things, thing, enough, done, really, anything, himself, look, mind, mean, away, going, want, keep, matter, sort, every, kind, doing, else, tell, suppose, having, ever, words, help, understand

[28 words] sicily, syracuse, sicilian, dion, diodorus, morgantina, dionysius, timaeus, gela, diod, sybaris, timoleon, dionysios, syracusan, gelon, tyrant, herakleides, foundation, thurii, locri, leontinoi, syracusans, orsi, laqueur, hieron, island, dions, hiero, thourioi, himera

[27 words] egyptian, egypt, dynasty, tomb, alexandria, king, nile, temple, egyptians, cairo, petrie, tombs, scarabs, period, osiris, isis, reign, sarapis, pyramid, ptolemaic, naukratis, royal, thebes, memphis, scarab, alexandrian, amarna, sesostris, middle_kingdom, rowe

[26 words] nach, durch, aber, einer, hatte, diese, wurde, noch, sein, dieser, werden, haben, gegen, wird, einen, oder, unter, jahre, zeit, uber, waren, seiner, seine, schon, wenn, sind, einem, hier, worden, zwischen

[22 words] himself, young, ever, whom, every, your, days, things, mind, wrote, spirit, enough, something, true, famous, friend, words, youth, country, poet, knew, high, become, love, take, poor, name, story, master, living

[22 words] collection, information, athens, done, knowledge, received, collections, objects, carried, completed, valuable, investigation, progress, devoted, country, task, service, hope, greece, visit, sent, every, volume, gave, soon, museums, value, german, full, future

[22 words] king, ptolemy, kings, antiochos, royal, antiochus, egypt, ptolemaic, parthian, armenia, mithridates, arsinoe, ptolemies, alexandria, seleucid, kingdom, reign, hellenistic, antioch, throne, cleopatra, ptolemaios, parthians, philadelphus, euergetes, parthia, queen, polemo, title, tigranes

[20 words] text, translation, edition, volume, introduction, books, pages, commentary, illustrations, translations, works, index, volumes, useful, page, maps, texts, english, chapter, editions, latin, reader, translated, contains, authors, chapters, excellent, review, scholarship, full

[15 words] phrygian, sardis, tomb, hittite, gordion, anatolian, schliemann, anatolia, ankara, lydian, troy, calvert, mound, tumulus, symposium, istanbul, tombs, anatst, turkey, hellenistic, citadel, pottery, urartian, finds, levels, temple, early, belleten, akurgal, architectural

[15 words] tablets, names, lists, tablet, documents, texts, listed, items, records, text, written, name, document, writing, entries, entry, inscribed, item, numbers, recorded, archive, vindolanda, literacy, heading, inventory, archives, official, tokens, letters, groups

[13 words] army, city, military, took, troops, himself, control, power, events, position, situation, policy, force, sent, return, revolt, attack, victory, peace, forces, defeat, action, soon, attempt, success, battle, enemy, became, command, remained

[13 words] text, reading, readings, manuscripts, manuscript, edition, error, errors, tradition, scribe, correct, editors, archetype, variants, omitted, emendation, corrected, correction, variant, passages, written, corrections, omission, source, apparatus, corruption, texts, editions, conjecture, copied

[13 words] decree, athenian, athens, tribute, lines, inscription, meritt, decrees, lists, athena, line, treasurers, period, assessment, stele, text, talents, meiggs, athenians, quota, wade-gery, cities, kallias, lewis, attic, hesperia, board, accounts, documents, demetrios

[13 words] painter, vases, vase, attic, beazley, amphora, athens, louvre, arv2, red-figured, krater, hydria, corinthian, boston, fragment, collection, painters, black-figured, lekythos, attributed, band, red-figure, early, painted, steiner, payne, black-figure, kylix, verlag, gmbh

[12 words] xenophon, sparta, spartan, pausanias, spartans, hell, lysander, agesilaus, plutarch, hellenica, king, cyrus, agis, helots, plut, spartiates, diodorus, ephors, cleomenes, kings, rhetra, anabasis, herodotus, paus, clearchus, messenia, messenians, messenian, agesilaos, ephoros

[12 words] pattern, decoration, design, lines, painted, white, decorated, leaves, border, band, panel, ornament, black, bands, motif, central, panels, dots, lower, upper, patterns, palmette, designs, incised, decorative, motifs, palmettes, double, frieze, center

[11 words] role, context, image, contrast, sense, narrative, audience, reader, text, power, language, theme, images, function, traditional, reading, imagery, himself, becomes, makes, central, literary, complex, focus, meaning, perspective, status, level, process, emphasis

[11 words] solon, athenian, aristotle, athens, assembly, laws, constitution, boule, citizens, phratry, office, areopagus, democracy, demos, tribes, athenians, archons, rhodes, decree, tribe, magistrates, genos, body, hansen, fourth_century, fifth_century, meetings, phratries, archon, tribal

[10 words] hermes, diss, wilamowitz, studien, philologus, untersuchungen, stuttgart, literatur, gottingen, commentary, edition, heidelberg, philol, review, gnomon, dichtung, darmstadt, suppl, tapa, fraenkel, jaeger, repr, wiesbaden, norden, schmid, wilamowitz-moellendorff, amsterdam, dissertation, philosophie, uber

[10 words] aber, wird, durch, oder, einer, wenn, werden, diese, sind, noch, hier, sein, nach, dieser, kann, einen, haben, sondern, einem, doch, seiner, seine, selbst, dann, schon, denn, mehr, ganz, dieses, ohne

[8 words] athens, sparta, peace, philip, league, athenian, thebes, alliance, athenians, cities, treaty, allies, demosthenes, states, argos, boeotia, greece, thebans, spartan, theban, spartans, persia, embassy, king, boeotian, thessaly, decree, corinth, greeks, policy

[8 words] mommsen, romischen, romische, dazu, untersuchungen, klio, gesch, zeit, meyer, gelzer, stuttgart, beloch, diss, munchen, hermes, studien, ders, siehe, republik, cass, wiesbaden, welt, hrsg, darmstadt, bengtson, augustus, rostovtzeff, roms, kaiserzeit, r6mischen

[8 words] latin, english, language, teacher, student, reading, teachers, teaching, pupils, words, vocabulary, knowledge, pupil, translation, method, classics, grammar, schools, training, learning, taught, education, teach, learn, value, instruction, every, high_school, languages, ability

[8 words] road, river, along, route, miles, valley, plain, hill, town, distance, land, mountain, across, coast, village, city, mountains, hills, roads, pass, line, region, bridge, island, southern, water, lake, lies, ground, places

[7 words] philosophy, literary, works, influence, philosophical, writers, tradition, greeks, intellectual, knowledge, ideas, writings, education, philosophers, poets, political, early, plato, period, wrote, written, romans, authors, writing, historians, attitude, moral, philosopher, poetry, himself

[7 words] money, property, paid, payment, amount, price, talents, land, sale, value, financial, cost, received, wealth, gold, private, treasury, public, taxes, drachmas, sold, denarii, payments, income, sesterces, silver, debt, funds, contract, loan

[7 words] written, page, text, lines, scribe, codex, manuscript, letters, line, writing, beginning, margin, leaves, papyrus, script, uncial, pages, capitals, manuscripts, words, column, copied, leaf, insular, recto, verses, folia, verso, roll, books

[6 words] fragment, height, letters, width, stele, fragments, thickness, broken, inscription, marble, face, stone, inscribed, bottom, lines, line, pentelic_marble, sides, wall, monument, section, text, agora, hymettian, saec, upper, edge, vacat, base, grave

[6 words] pottery, level, period, levels, mound, phase, stone, early, trench, neolithic, ware, excavated, stratum, sherds, building, occupation, tell, phases, troy, houses, strata, walls, deposits, chalcolithic, clay, bronze, upper, burials, layer, finds

[6 words] coins, coin, coinage, silver, reverse, bronze, mint, struck, hoard, obverse, issues, issue, bust, legend, numismatic, gold, denarius, uncertain, issued, hoards, mattingly, wreath, weight, minted, emperor, period, mints, athena, currency, denarii

[5 words] body, handle, foot, glaze, base, fragment, neck, diam, clay, black, shoulder, handles, bowl, reserved, inside, lower, fragments, wall, slightly, upper, bottom, band, vertical, ring, shape, glazed, flat, interior, horizontal, diameter