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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2015
    17 July 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107326248
    9781108066020
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107326248
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (297 x 210 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.41kg, 162 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Languages, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Languages, Historical Linguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    Originally published in 1791, this work by classical scholar and connoisseur Richard Payne Knight (1751–1824) attempts to reconstruct the original pronunciation of ancient Greek. Emphasising the importance of knowing what the various ancient dialects sounded like in order to better appreciate surviving works of ancient literature, Knight engages in textual criticism of certain notable writings, including the poetry of Homer and Hesiod and the plays of Sophocles. Representing a learned contribution to classical philology, the essay also goes some way towards analysing the ways in which Greek sounds were distorted by their inclusion in other languages. Several plates at the end of the text reproduce a selection of ancient inscriptions on stone, coins and ceramics. Knight's Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste (1805) and Inquiry into the Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and Mythology (1818) are also reissued in this series.

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