[B-Greek] Homeric proper names

James Ernest jdemail at charter.net
Mon Jan 19 13:53:08 EST 2004


fwiw, Owen & Goodspeed, Homeric Vocabularies (a very helpful little book
when you're starting to read Homer, similar to Metzger, Lexical Aids...)
does NOT include proper names.

James

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James D. Ernest, Ph.D., Editor
Baker Academic
jernest at bakerbooks.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Polycarp66 at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:19 PM
> To: kathleen.creager at comcast.net; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Homeric proper names
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> In a message dated 1/18/2004 8:11:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> kathleen.creager at comcast.net writes:
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> > Okay, this isn't a Biblical Greek question,
> > but does anyone know of a reference that lists proper names 
> used in Homer, 
> > along with their declensions?  
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> I found one book dealing specifically with names in Homer.  
> Unfortunately, 
> it's out of print with limited availability -- price unknown.
> 
> Heroes' Names, Homeric Identities (Garland Reference Library of the 
> Humanities, Vol 1366) by Carolyn Higbie   
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> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0824072707/qid=1
> 074477530/sr=1-4
> 48/ref=sr_1_448/104-2297647-3155168?v=glance&s=books
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> Of course, there is 
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> El catálogo de las naves : mito y parentesco en la épica homérica
> by Francisco Javier González García     
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> which is also out of print with limited availability and no price.
> 
> Another out of print book with limited availability
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> A complete concordance to the Iliad of Homer 
> by Guy Lushington Prendergast   
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> This one is apparently available
> 
> Homers Katalog der Schiffe 
> by Edzard Visser 
> Other Editions: Hardcover | Unknown Binding 
> 
> At a (ahem!) most reasonable $208.29.
> 
> But I've saved to most likely for last
> 
> Homeric Dictionary 
> by Georg Autenrieth, et al (Paperback - May 1985) 
>     
> Price: $15.05 at Borders.
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