Review of Viti, Ancient Greek and Latin in the linguistic context of the ancient Mediterranean

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Ancient Greek and Latin in the linguistic context of the ancient Mediterranean.

Carlotta Viti, Ancient Greek and Latin in the linguistic context of the ancient Mediterranean. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2024. Pp. 460. ISBN 9783823385851.

Review by
James Clackson, University of Cambridge. jptc1@cam.ac.uk

The title of this volume is broad; the papers within range even wider, although most deal with some aspect of the linguistic study of Latin and Ancient Greek. The introduction (and synopsis of the book on the back cover) stress that the book privileges the perspective of language contact as a productive way of looking at Latin and Greek, offering new insights into the developments of ancient languages through the effect of contact. This is certainly a laudable aim, and the many studies on multilingualism and language contact in the ancient world show that there is still much to be done in this area. ...

A couple of the articles deal with biblical languages and translations.

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