Letter on a Leaden Lamella from Berezan

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.contributor.author	Boffa Giovanni
dc.title	Letter on a Leaden Lamella from Berezan
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://doi.org/10.14277/Axon/2532-6848/2018/02/001
dc.description.abstract	The Berezan lead letter is a document of paramount importance with regard to several epigraphic questions (first of all, the writing on lead platters) and to many historical issues too (the Greek presence, mainly Milesian, within ancient Scythia and the diffusion of writing in this area; the ionic dialect; the relationship between literacy and commerce; archaic Greek prose; Greek epistolography; the right of seizure and the regulation of syle); moreover, it is a human life story that vividly shows us the dramatic situation of Achillodoros who, harassed by Matasys, sends a heartfelt letter to two recipients, his son Protagoras and Anaxagoras.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 2 \| Issue 2 \| Dicember 2018
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.date.issued	2018-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2018-06-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-09-11
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Olbia
dc.subject	Boristene
dc.subject	Mar Nero
dc.subject	Arbinatai
dc.subject	Molybdion
dc.subject	Phortegesion
dc.subject	Neoros

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Letter on a Leaden Lamella from Berezan

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Giovanni Boffa Università del Salento

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The Berezan lead letter is a document of paramount importance with regard to several epigraphic questions (first of all, the writing on lead platters) and to many historical issues too (the Greek presence, mainly Milesian, within ancient Scythia and the diffusion of writing in this area; the ionic dialect; the relationship between literacy and commerce; archaic Greek prose; Greek epistolography; the right of seizure and the regulation of syle); moreover, it is a human life story that vividly shows us the dramatic situation of Achillodoros who, harassed by Matasys, sends a heartfelt letter to two recipients, his son Protagoras and Anaxagoras.

Keywords: Olbia. Boristene. Mar Nero. Arbinatai. Molybdion. Phortegesion. Neoros.

Language: it

Submitted: June 29, 2018
Accepted: Sept. 11, 2018
Published: Dec. 20, 2018

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2018/02/001

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