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Tables of Contents for Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Abbreviations
xiii
1 Introduction
3
5
1.0 Overview
3
1
1.1 The Greek Syllabaries
4
2
1.2 Miscellanea
6
2
2 The Syllabaries
8
11
2.0 Structure of the Syllabaries
8
7
2.0.1 Symbol Types
8
1
2.0.2 Ill-Suited Systems
9
1
2.0.3 Linear B
10
1
2.0.4 The Cypriot Syllabary
11
1
2.0.5 Final Clusters in Linear B
12
1
2.0.6 Geminate Clusters
13
1
2.0.7 Word-Initial Clusters
13
1
2.0.8 Summary of Spelling Strategies
13
1
2.0.9 Other Orthographic Practices
14
1
2.1 Previous Accounts
15
4
2.1.1 Linear B
15
1
2.1.2 The Cypriot Syllabary
15
4
3 Syllable-Dependent Approaches
19
39
3.0 Householder
19
4
3.1 Beekes
23
6
3.2 Sampson
29
3
3.2.1 The Stop + [s] Problem
30
1
3.2.2 The [s] + Stop Problem
30
1
3.2.3 A Reformulation
30
1
3.2.4 A Further Problem
31
1
3.3 Ancient Tradition
32
9
3.3.1 Inscriptional Word-Division
32
3
3.3.2 Greek Grammarian Syllable-Division
35
3
3.3.3 Morphologically Conditioned Variation
38
1
3.3.4 An Impasse?
39
2
3.4 Ruijgh
41
2
3.5 Morpurgo Davies
43
5
3.5.1 Scribal Continuity
44
3
3.5.2 [s] + Stop Again and Other Problems
47
1
3.6 Concluding Remarks
48
10
4 Non-Syllable-Dependent Approaches
58
54
4.0 Tronsky
58
4
4.0.1 Sonority and the Sonority Hierarchy
58
2
4.0.2 Tronsky's Analysis
60
2
4.1 Woodard
62
17
4.1.1 Data Collection
62
1
4.1.2 Consonant Clusters in Linear B
62
1
4.1.3 The Hierarchy of Orthographic Strength
63
3
4.1.4 Consonant Clusters in Syllabic Cypriot
66
9
4.1.5 The Sonority Hierarchy Again
75
3
4.1.6 The Resolution of Recurring Problems
78
1
4.2 Stephens and Justeson
79
2
4.3 Viredaz
81
18
4.3.1 Linear B
81
6
4.3.2 The Cypriot Syllabary
87
3
4.3.3 Aperture and the Escalier
90
9
4.4 Concluding Remarks
99
13
5 The Hierarchy of Orthographic Strength
112
21
5.0 Clusters of More Than Two Consonants
112
11
5.0.1 Cluster-Types
112
1
5.0.2 The Regular Mode of Spelling
113
1
5.0.3 A Potential Problem
114
9
5.1 Word-Final Clusters in Linear B
123
4
5.1.1 Types of Word-Final Stop + [-s] Representation
123
4
5.2 Concluding Remarks
127
6
6 The Alphabet
133
72
6.0 Phoenician Beginnings
133
2
6.1 Greek Modifications
135
5
6.1.1 The Phonemic Inventories
135
1
6.1.2 The Creation of Vowel Characters
135
1
6.1.3 Changes in Consonantal Values
136
4
6.2 The Epichoric Alphabets
140
7
6.2.1 Blue and Red
140
1
6.2.2 Green or Primitive
141
6
6.3 The Greek Letter Xi
147
9
6.3.1 Greek [ks]?
147
2
6.3.2 Greek [s]?
149
4
6.3.3 Greek [s]? Continued
153
1
6.3.4 The Spelling of a greek [s]
153
2
6.3.5 Conclusions on Greek [s]
155
1
6.4 The Greek Letter Psi
156
5
6.4.1 The Distribution of [k] + [s] and [p] + [s] Symbols in the Alphabet-Types
156
3
6.4.2 Powell on XXX
159
2
6.5 The Greek Letter Zeta
161
14
6.5.1 The Phonetics of Zeta
161
6
6.5.2 The Phonetic Motivation
167
5
6.5.3 The Structural Motivation
172
3
6.6 The Greek Letters Sigma and San
175
11
6.6.1 The Background of San
175
9
6.6.2 The Case of Sigma
184
1
6.6.3 The Names of Sigma and San
184
2
6.7 Concluding Remarks
186
19
7 Cyprus and Beyond
205
41
7.0 More Syllabic Cypriot Influence
205
3
7.0.1 Stop Consonant Graphemes
205
3
7.1 Early Alphabetic Traditions in Cyprus
208
9
7.1.1 [ks] and [ps] Across the Alphabets
208
9
7.2 Date of the Origin of the Alphabet
217
12
7.2.1 The Mycenaean Exodus
217
1
7.2.2 The Cypro-Minoan Scripts
218
1
7.2.3 Greeks and Phoenicians in Cyprus
218
1
7.2.4 A Mycenaean Renaissance
219
5
7.2.5 Carpenter
224
1
7.2.6 Naveh
225
1
7.2.7 McCarter
225
2
7.2.8 Directionality in the Early Alphabet and Cypriot Tradition
227
1
7.2.9 Letter Stance and the Cypriot Literacy Factor
228
1
7.3 Other Investigators on Cyprus as the Place of Origin
229
4
7.3.1 Carpenter
229
4
7.3.2 Robb, Heubeck, Johnston and Burkert
233
1
7.4 Other Proposed Sites of Origin
233
3
7.4.1 Al Mina
233
2
7.4.2 Crete
235
1
7.4.3 Rhodes
236
1
7.5 Concluding Remarks
236
10
8 Conclusions
246
17
8.0 The Syllabic Predecessors of the Alphabet
246
4
8.0.1 An Aegean Panini
246
1
8.0.2 Synopsis
247
3
8.1 Concerning Vowels
250
3
8.2 Homer and the Alphabet
253
3
8.2.1 Powell et al.
253
1
8.2.2 Hexameter and the Cypriot Script
254
1
8.2.3 Hexameter and Early Alphabetic Inscriptions
255
1
8.3 On the Transmission of the Alphabet to the West
256
4
8.3.1 Scribal Transmission
257
1
8.3.2 Word-Division Further Considered
258
2
8.4 Parting Words
260
3
Phonetic Glossary
263
4
Symbols
267
1
References
268
11
Index
279