Author: Martin Bernal
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813536553
Category : Civilization, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Black Athena: The linguistic evidence
Author: Martin Bernal
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813536553
Category : Civilization, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813536553
Category : Civilization, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Black Athena
Author: Martin Bernal
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 197880721X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Winner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. This long-awaited third and final volume of the series is concerned with the linguistic evidence that contradicts the Aryan Model of ancient Greece. Bernal shows how nearly 40 percent of the Greek vocabulary has been plausibly derived from two Afroasiatic languages – Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic. He also reveals how these derivations are not limited to matters of trade, but extended to the sophisticated language of politics, religion, and philosophy. This evidence, according to Bernal, greatly strengthens the hypothesis that in Greece an Indo-European-speaking population was culturally dominated by Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic speakers. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this volume caps a thoughtful rewriting of history that has been stirring academic and political controversy since the publication of the first volume.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 197880721X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Winner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. This long-awaited third and final volume of the series is concerned with the linguistic evidence that contradicts the Aryan Model of ancient Greece. Bernal shows how nearly 40 percent of the Greek vocabulary has been plausibly derived from two Afroasiatic languages – Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic. He also reveals how these derivations are not limited to matters of trade, but extended to the sophisticated language of politics, religion, and philosophy. This evidence, according to Bernal, greatly strengthens the hypothesis that in Greece an Indo-European-speaking population was culturally dominated by Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic speakers. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this volume caps a thoughtful rewriting of history that has been stirring academic and political controversy since the publication of the first volume.
The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin
Author: Peter Schrijver
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004653716
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004653716
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Pre-Greek
Author: Robert Beekes
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900427944X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Before the arrival of the Indo-European Greeks in the area around the Aegean Sea, a non-Indo-European language was spoken there which was eventually replaced by Greek. Although no written texts exist in this Pre-Greek language, Robert Beekes shows that we can reconstruct elements of its phonology and morphology on the basis of the substantial amount of Pre-Greek vocabulary which was absorbed by Greek. In addition to the general characteristics of Pre-Greek, Beekes provides a complete overview of the evidence, comprising over 1100 Greek etyma which are certainly of Pre-Greek origin. The book thus opens a window on the first Pre-Indo-European language of prehistoric Europe to have left a trace in history.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900427944X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Before the arrival of the Indo-European Greeks in the area around the Aegean Sea, a non-Indo-European language was spoken there which was eventually replaced by Greek. Although no written texts exist in this Pre-Greek language, Robert Beekes shows that we can reconstruct elements of its phonology and morphology on the basis of the substantial amount of Pre-Greek vocabulary which was absorbed by Greek. In addition to the general characteristics of Pre-Greek, Beekes provides a complete overview of the evidence, comprising over 1100 Greek etyma which are certainly of Pre-Greek origin. The book thus opens a window on the first Pre-Indo-European language of prehistoric Europe to have left a trace in history.
The academy
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Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910
Academy and Literature
Author: Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The Academy and Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Greek Tragic Style
Author: R. B. Rutherford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521848903
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
An exploration of the poetic qualities of the Greek tragic dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides highlighting their similarities and differences.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521848903
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
An exploration of the poetic qualities of the Greek tragic dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides highlighting their similarities and differences.