John Lydus’ knowledge of Latin and language politics in sixth-century Constantinople
This article contextualizes an old debate about the extent of knowledge of Latin by John Lydus, a state official and an erudite from sixth-century Constantinople, within a broader issue of the role of Latin in early Byzantium. It is argued here that Lydus’ startling etymological explanations had no...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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De Gruyter
[2018]
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Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 111, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 55-70 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Βυζαντινολογία
B Πατρολογία B Theologie und Religion B Altertumswissenschaften B Ιστορία (μοτίβο) B Diverses B Historische Epochen |
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| Σύνοψη: | This article contextualizes an old debate about the extent of knowledge of Latin by John Lydus, a state official and an erudite from sixth-century Constantinople, within a broader issue of the role of Latin in early Byzantium. It is argued here that Lydus’ startling etymological explanations had no relation to his level of knowledge of Latin, but reflected the declining official use of Latin in Byzantium by resurrecting the theory about Latin as a dialect of Greek.null |
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| ISSN: | 1868-9027 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Byzantinische Zeitschrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/bz-2018-0003 |