This dissertation has been written as part of the MA Program in the Classical
Archaeology and the Ancient History of Macedonia at the International Hellenic
University. In this paper I examine aspects of onomastics in ancient Macedonia and
Epirus from the Archaic period down to the Roman era.
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze major linguistic affinities and
divergences between Macedonia and Epirus as demonstrated in the case of feminine
compound names attested in epigraphic texts from these two regions. The text is
structured as follows: the first chapter provides a basic theoretical analysis of the
ancient Greek dialects from the Mycenaean period until the Roman era. The second
chapter is concerned with the dialectal varieties of ancient Macedonia and Epirus in
particular, as well as with a brief analysis of the epigraphic evidence found in these
two areas respectively. The next chapter focuses on some aspects of the ancient
Greek personal names, while the fourth and fifth chapters are a semantic and
morphological analysis respectively of the Macedonian and Epirote feminine
compound names. Finally, there is a catalogue in the form of an appendix listing the
attested feminine compound names from both regions. The names are categorized
alphabetically, but also with chronological and geographical references
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