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Who invented the Greek alphabet and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlier and less efficient writing systems to the use of alphabetic writing. The author reaches the conclusion that a single man, perhaps from the island of Euboea, invented the Greek alphabet specifically in order to record the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer.
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| ISBN: | 9780521371575 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Pub date: | 07 Mar 1991 |
| DEWEY: | 481.1 |
| DEWEY edition: | 20 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 280 |
| Weight: | 632g |
| Height: | 228mm |
| Width: | 152mm |
| Spine width: | 29mm |
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