Proceedings of the Cambridge Colloquium on Mycenaean Studies

The papers presented at he fourth in the series of international colloquia on Mycenaean Studies held in Cambridge in April 1965.

L. R. Palmer (Edited by), John Chadwick (Edited by)

9781107402461, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 July 2011

324 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.48 kg

The fourth in the series of international colloquia on Mycenaean Studies which began in 1956 was held in Cambridge, UK, in April 1965. It was attended by most of the leading scholars concerned in the edition an interpretation of the linear B tablets. Originally published in 1966, this book is a record of the papers presented and discussed. They cover a wide range of subjects from epigraphy to more general questions of interpretation, and will be of interest to all who study Mycenaean Greece, Homer or the history of the Greek language.

List of members
Report of the fourth colloquium
Part I. Epigraphy: 1. Miscellaneous observations on the forms and identities of Linear B ideograms E. L Bennett
2. The olive oil tablets of Knossos J. Chadwick
3. The Knossos Nc tablets J. T. Killen
4. Les scribes de Cnossos et les syllabogrammes non translittérés J. -P. Olivier
5. The epigraphy of the Knossos tablets J. Chadwick
6. 388 raccords de fragments dans les tablettes de Cnossos J. T. Killen and J. -P. Olivier
Part II. Dialect and Phonology: 1. Mycenaean koine reconsidered A. Barton?k
2. Mycénien et homérique: le problème du digamma V. Gergiev
3. The effects of the platalization of plosives in Mycenaean Greek G. R. Hart
4. Doublets et complexes M. Lejeune
5. Les différences dialectales dans le mycénien E. Risch
Part III. Morphology, Word-Formation and Syntax: 1. Finales mycéniennes en -iko P. Chantraine
2. Quelques remarques de morphologie G. Gallavotti
3. An instrumental-ablative in Mycenaean? A. Morpurgo Davies
4. Quelques remarques sur l'absence de ??í et sur l'emploi des particules -qe et -de dans les textes mycéniens C. J. Ruijgh
5. Mycenaean ijereja: an interpretation M. S. Ruipérez
6. The development of the -o-/-?-stems in the light of Mycenaean evidence O. Szemerényi
Part IV. Interpretation: 1. Mycenaean qe-qi-no-me-no A. Heubeck
2. The recipients of the Es tablets P. H. Ilievski
3. Land tenure at Pakijane: some doubts and questions D. M. Jones
4. Cn flocks M. Lang
5. Le récapitulatif du cadastre Ep de Pylos M. Lejeune
6. ?o?u?í??ov ??''A??o? S. Marinatos
7. Some points for discussion L . R. Palmer
8. The labyrinth L. J. D. Richardson
Bibliography (abbreviations)
Index of Mycenaean words.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]