“Perceptions and social uses of the Ancient Greek dialects”
University of Oxford, Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
21-22 September 2023
Programme
Thursday, 21 September 2023
09:15 Welcome and opening remarks
Session I: Poetic dialects and epigraphic poetry
09:30 S. Kaczko (Roma): “Doric” and Ionic-epic forms vs. epichoric counterparts in the Attic poetic traditions
10:10 P. Guijarro Ruano (Madrid). Dialect variation, literary languages and unexpected features in Greek epigraphic poetry down to 500 BC
10:50 Coffee/Tea
11:10 A. Alonso Déniz (Lyon): Local dialects and “literary language(s)” in Classical and Hellenistic inscribed sacred songs: tradition, linguistic adaptation, and transmission
11:50 D. Pratali Maffei (Cambridge): Coan Hellenistic inscribed epigrams: between dialectal regularisation and local influence
12:30 Lunch
Session II: Regional histories of dialect use and variation
13:30 A. Striano (Madrid): Dialect competition: Arcadian as a test case
14:10 M. Bile (Nancy): Le dialecte crétois ancien: cadre sociopolitique
14:50 Coffee/Tea
15:10 G. Vottéro (Nancy): Le dialecte béotien (8ef/7ed – 2e s.): écologie d’un système
15:50 R. Hodot (Nancy): Le dialecte, la koiné et le latin à Lesbos
Keynote lecture
17:00 P. Filos (Ioannina): Koineization across North-West Doric areas: evidence from personal names
Friday, 22 September 2023
Session III: When and how to switch to Koine Greek
09:30 M. Garré (Paris): Competing influences and dialectal models in the language of Boeotian proxeny decrees (4th-2nd c. BCE): between Attic, North-West koina and Ionic-Attic koine
10:10 F. Réveilhac (Marburg): Writing to gods and humans: dialect and koine in the Cnidian inscriptions
10:50 Coffee/Tea
11:10 E. Crespo (Madrid) & G. Giannakis (Thessaloniki): Koine as a mark of formal interpersonal linguistic communication in the Dodona lead tablets
11:50 S. Minon (Paris): À l’avant-garde de la koinè: les noms de personnes
12:30 Lunch
Session IV: Perceptions and classifications of the Greek dialects in antiquity and beyond
13:30 A. Novokhatko (Thessaloniki): κέστραν μὲν ὔμμες ὡττικοὶ κικλήσκετε: perceptions of linguistic divergence in Greek comedy
14:10 F. Favi (Vercelli): Unlicensed Greek: the “dialect of Alexandria” as a sociolinguistic category
14:50 Coffee/Tea
15:10 N. Schoubben (Leiden): Historical perceptual dialectology meets/needs textual criticism: the Grammaticus Leidensis and Gregory of Corinth on the Aeolic dialect
15:50 C. Monaco (Gent): The Aeolodoric theory: a reflection on the perception of ancient Greek dialects
Keynote lecture
17:00 O. Tribulato (Venezia): Sounding Attic in imperial inscriptions
Registration
The conference is open to the public. Those interested in participating are asked to pre-register by 1 September 2023; to do so, please contact the organisers via e-mail (andreas.willi@worc.ox.ac.uk, philomen.probert@wolfson.ox.ac.uk).
To cover the cost of lunch and refreshments, a registration fee of £20 will be charged to participants other than speakers as well as student and other members of the University of Oxford. A limited number of places for the conference dinner on 21 September 2023 may be available; the cost for this will be £65. Please indicate at the time of registration whether you would like to attend the dinner.
Note: this is a fee-paying event run by an organisation which is not affiliated to, or funded by, the Classical Association