Archive for June 2008

Kóμανoc

CQ has just published my paper on Κόμανοс. Here’s the abstract: Scholars spell and accentuate Comanus’ name in a variety of ways. I show, first, that direct witnesses leave no doubt that the correct spelling is K O M A N O C; and, secondly, that according to Herodian—the ancient authority on orthoepy—the word should be pronounced as proparoxytone. The latter […]

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