Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer - A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy - Hardback - 1996

Woodard examines the origin of the Greek alphabet and treats the advent of the alphabet script as a point which lies along an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy. Woodard argues that those persons responsible for adapting the Phoenician consonantal script for Greek use were scribes accustomed to writing Greek with the syllabic script of Cyprus.
Year of publication: 1996
Pagination: 304 pages, line illustrations
Format: Hardback