PURism in Antiquity: Theories of Language in Greek Atticist Lexica and Their Legacy

PURism in Antiquity: Theories of Language in Greek Atticist Lexica and Their Legacy 

PURA is an ERC Consolidator project (grant agreement no. 865817) which started in January 2021 at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. PURA investigates the theories of linguistic purism that were developed in ancient Greek culture, and the way they were received in later periods. The focus of our analysis is Atticist lexica, ancient ‘dictionaries’ that collect linguistic features to be cultivated or avoided in correct Greek.

Linguistic purism is a recurrent phenomenon in periods of societal crisis, when issues of cultural or national identity are at stake or in the process of being redefined. It responds to the anxiety that a language is decaying, disappearing or being ‘threatened’ by other languages and multilingualism. Such attitudes are common in contemporary societies and have marked the history of European culture at several stages (Italy, Greece and Germany being some prominent examples). Yet their roots can be traced back to antiquity: an antecedent that remains mostly unknown outside Classics and that has never been studied in a multidisciplinary perspective.

PURA goes to the heart of this problem and seeks to build a bridge between ancient and modern purist theories by producing the first diachronic study of Greek purism, the texts which upheld it, and their legacy in later ages

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Forthcoming

• Jacopo Cavarzeran, "Polluce in età paleologa: gli excerpta del Marc. gr. Z 490 e del Vat. gr. 904", in Jahrbuch der österreichischen Byzantinistik 72, 2022.
• Olga Tribulato, "'Aristophanes with his chorus': Citations and uses of comedy in the lexica of Phrynichus Atticista". In F. Favi, V. Mastellari (eds.), Lampada tradere. Berlin, Boston, De Gruyter.

2023

• ἄθλιος (Moer. α 96, Poll. 3.116, Poll. 5.162–3, Poll. 9.24–5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/001
• αἰκάλλοντες (Phryn. PS 36.1–4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/002
• ἀκολουθεῖν μετ’ αὐτοῦ (Antiatt. α 122, Phryn. Ecl. 330, Σb α 747 [= Phot. α 789]). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/021
• ἀκροφύσιον, ἀπ’ ἀκροφυσίων λόγους ἐπιδεικνύναι (Phryn. PS fr. 236). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/003
• ἁμαξιαῖα ῥήματα (Phryn. PS 43.5–8). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/022
• ἀμείνω, ἥττω (Moer. α 75, Moer. η 10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/004
• ἀνθέων (Antiatt. α 137, [Hdn.] Philet. 7). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/005
• ἄπαρνος, ἔξαρνος (Phryn. PS 11.13, Poll. 5.104). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/006
• ἀριθμός (Philemo [Laur.] 355). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/007
• ἄρτι (Phryn. Ecl. 11, Phryn. PS 17.3–9, Thom.Mag. 29.11). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/008
• ἀρχῆθεν (Phryn. Ecl. 66, Phryn. PS 9.9–11, Antiatt. α 138, Σb α 2201). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/009
• ἄψοφον ἔχειν στόμα (Phryn. PS 11.22–3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/023
• βρωμᾶσθαι (Moer. β 21, Poll. 5.88). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/010 
• γόης (Moer. γ 15, Poll. 4.47–9, Poll. 6.122–3, Poll. 9.135, Phryn. PS 56.8). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/011
• γυναί (Antiatt. γ 1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/012
• ἔξηβος (Phryn. PS 65.20–1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/024
• ἥρῳ (Moer. η 9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/013
• κνισοκόλαξ (Phryn. PS 81.6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/014
• μεῖραξ, μειράκιον (Phryn. Ecl. 183, Moer. α 15, [Hdn.] Philet. 107, Thom.Mag. 231.16–232.5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/015
• νεογνός, νεόγονος (Philemo [Vindob.] 395.24, Poll. 2.8). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/016
• οἶσε (Moer. ο 31). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/017
• σέες (Moer. σ 1, Phot. σ 110 [~ Orus fr. B 145, Σ σ 40], Phot. σ 161, Thom.Mag. 328.14–5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/018
• στρωματόδεσμον (Antiatt. σ 7, Phryn. Ecl. 380, Poll. 7.79, Moer. σ 44, Thom.Mag. 332.9–11). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/025
• τυμβογέρων (Phryn. PS 114.3–9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/019
• φροίμιον, φροῦδος (Moer. φ 5, Philemo [Vindob.] 396.20, Moer. φ 6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/020
• ψυχορροφεῖν (Phryn. PS 128.11–3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2974-8240/2022/01/026

2022

	Olga Tribulato, "Photius, ἀναλφάβητος and Atticist Lexica" "Classical Quarterly" 72, 2022, 914-933 (Open access).	361 KB
	Federico Favi, "A Contribution to the Study of P.Oxy. 1803 (Atticist Lexicon)" "Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies" 62, 2022, 309-327.	320 KB
	Federico Favi, "Procopio di Gaza lettore di Frinico l’Arabo (e di Cratino)" "Medioevo greco" 22, 2022, 137-146.	115 KB

• Federica Benuzzi, 'ἀναρριχάομαι (Phryn. PS 32.2–4, Moer. α 129)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/044
• Federica Benuzzi, 'εὐθύς, εὐθύ, εὐθέως (Phryn. Ecl. 113, Antiatt. ε 96, Moer. ε 11)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/021
• Federica Benuzzi, 'κόβαλος (Antiatt. κ 7)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/007
• Federico Favi, 'ἀγαθώτερος, ἀγαθώτατος (Phryn. Ecl. 65)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/037
• Federico Favi, 'ἀλεκτορίς (Phryn. Ecl. 200)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/028
• Federico Favi, 'ἀμεινότερος, ῥᾳότερος (Phryn. Ecl. 106, Phryn. Ecl. 382)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/020
• Federico Favi, 'ἀμφαρίστερος, ἐπαρίστερος (Phryn. PS 2.7–8, Phryn. Ecl. 227, Poll. 2.160)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/041
• Federico Favi, 'ἀπαρκεῖ, ἀπήρκει (Moer. ο 34, Poll. 9.154)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/019
• Federico Favi, 'ἄπλυτος πώγων (Phryn. PS 4.1–2)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/045
• Federico Favi, 'ἄτεγκτος (Phryn. PS 7.7–9)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/049
• Federico Favi, 'αὐτόκερας, αὐτόκρατον (Phryn. PS 1.9–11, Phryn. PS 29.13–5, Poll. 6.23–4)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/040
• Federico Favi, 'αὐτοσχεδιάζειν, ἥκειν, λαμβάνειν (Phryn. PS 3.11–6, Moer. λ 1)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/002
• Federico Favi, 'ἀφῆλιξ, ἀφηλικέστερος (Phryn. Ecl. 56, Phryn. PS 1.1–6, Poll. 2.17, Moer. α 153, [Hdn.] Philet. 168)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/036
• Federico Favi, 'γίγνομαι, γιγνώσκω (Moer. γ 3)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/018
• Federico Favi, 'δυσέριστος (Phryn. PS 65.13)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism.https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/048
• Federico Favi, 'εἰ with neuter adjective and future (Phryn. PS 3.8–10, Phryn. PS fr. 199)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/043
• Federico Favi, 'εἶμι, ἐλεύσομαι (Phryn. Ecl. 24, Phryn. Ecl. 161, Poll. 5.155, Moer. α 29)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/001
• Federico Favi, 'εἰσιέτω, ἰέτω (Phryn. Ecl. 141)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism.https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/024
• Federico Favi, 'ἴναι and compounds (Phryn. Ecl. 7, Philemo 395.33, [Hdn.] Philet. 288)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/038
• Federico Favi, 'καμμύω (Antiatt. κ 54, Phryn. Ecl. 316)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/006
• Federico Favi, 'κυναγός, κυνηγός, κυνηγέτης (Phryn. Ecl. 401)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/034
• Federico Favi, 'Λάκαινα, Λακωνική (Antiatt. λ 16, Phryn. Ecl. 318)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/008
• Federico Favi, 'ὀπωροπώλης, ὀπωρώνης (Phryn. Ecl. 176, Poll. 6.128)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/026
• Federico Favi, 'οὐδ’ ὅσον, ὅσον ὅσον (Phryn. PS 3.3–4)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/042
• Federico Favi, 'πρόσφατος (Phryn. Ecl. 351, Phryn. Ecl. 27)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/033
• Federico Favi, 'σμῆγμα, σμήχω, σμῆμα, σμάω (Phryn. Ecl. 224, Moer. σ 35)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/029
• Federico Favi, 'υἱεύς, υἱέως, υἱέα (Phryn. Ecl. 45, Phryn. Ecl. 234, Phryn. PS 118.3–4, Phryn. PS 118.5–6)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/035
• Federico Favi, 'ὤτοις (Phryn. Ecl. 182)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2022/01/027
• Olga Tribulato, 'αἴδεσις (Αntiatt. α 72)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/016
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἀληθεστέρως, καταδεεστέρως (Antiatt. α 39, Antiatt. κ 48)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/010
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἀμεινόνως (Antiatt. α 40)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/011
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἀμφίκαυστις (Phryn. PS fr. 18)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/050
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἀνατοιχέω, διατοιχέω (Phryn. PS 62.1–3, Phryn. Ecl. 132, Antiatt. δ 28, Poll. 1.114)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/000
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἀφθονέστερον, ἀρχαιέστερον (Antiatt. α 74, Antiatt. α 75)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/003
• Olga Tribulato, 'βρέχει (Phryn. Ecl. 255)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/030
• Olga Tribulato, 'γυναικίζω, γυναικισμός, γυναικηρός, γυναικάριον (Phryn. PS 56.6–7, Phryn. PS 55.16, Antiatt. γ 10, Antiatt. γ 11)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/046
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἐνδoμενία (Phryn. Ecl. 310, Poll. 10.12–3)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/031
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἔνδον, εἴσω (Phryn. Ecl. 99, Antiatt. ε 9)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/039
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἐπιχαιρέκακος (Antiatt. ε 5, Phryn. PS 71.1–2, Poll. 3.101)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/004
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἐχθροτέρως, ἐπιτηδειοτέρως (Antiatt. ε 21)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/012
• Olga Tribulato, 'ζωρότερος, εὔζωρος, εὐζωρότερος (Phryn. Ecl. 114)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/022
• Olga Tribulato, 'ἡσύχιος, ἡσυχώτερος, ἡσύχιμος (Antiatt. η 6, Antiatt. η 7)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/005
• Olga Tribulato, 'θυμέλη (Phryn. Ecl. 135, Phryn. PS 74.9–11, Poll. 4.123)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/023
• Olga Tribulato, 'κυνίδιον, κυνάριον (Phryn. Ecl. 151, Antiatt. κ 87, Phryn. PS 84.22)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/025
• Olga Tribulato, 'μάλιστα ὁμοιότατος (Antiatt. μ 29)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/009
• Olga Tribulato, 'μᾶλλον μᾶλλον (Antiatt. μ 21)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism.https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/014
• Olga Tribulato, 'μεῖζον μεῖζον, μικρὸν μικρόν (Antiatt. μ 22, Antiatt. μ 23)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/017
• Olga Tribulato, 'μειζόνως (Antiatt. μ 13)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism.https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/013
• Olga Tribulato, 'μίαν μίαν (Antiatt. μ 24)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism.https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/015
• Olga Tribulato, 'ὁρκόω, ὁρκωτής, ὁρκίζω (Phryn. Ecl. 337)', in Olga Tribulato (ed.), Digital Encyclopedia of Atticism. https://doi.org/10.30687/DEA/2021/01/032

2021

• Olga Tribulato, "Antiatticist η 6 Valente (ἡσύχιος). A Proposal for a Different Textual Arrangement", Cambridge Classical Journal 67, 119-134. (DOI with open access file: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1750270521000063).
• Olga Tribulato, "ἀφθόνητος αἶνος. Su tre lemmi pindarici dell'Antiatticista". In E. E. Prodi, S. Vecchiato (eds.), ΦΑΙΔΙΜΟΣ ΕΚΤΩΡ. Studi in onore di Willy Cingano per il suo 70° compleanno. Venezia, Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 564-584 (DOI with open access file: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-548-3/035).

 

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