Edited by Adrienn Almásy-Martin and Yanne Broux
This is the latest volume of research papers on Greek onomastics published in association with the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names and results from a collaboration between this Oxford project and the Leuven-based Trismegistos. Onomastics in Graeco-Roman Egypt has received much attention from the beginning of papyrology as a discipline. The digital turn, embraced early on in this field, and the launch of Trismegistos People, provided a new boost in the twenty-first century. The partnership of these two projects presented several challenges, not just due to the sheer quantity of data from Egypt, but also its unique nature, as papyri hardly survive in other regions of the Mediterranean. They offer exceptional insights into naming practices that are rarely observable in epigraphic or literary evidence and thus provide valuably different perspectives, which are highlighted in this volume.
Greek Personal Names in Egypt explores current research questions and future directions in onomastic studies of Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. The topics discussed and analysed include: (1) a survey of naming practices; (2) the social significance of name choice and use; (3) the local interpretation of foreign names; (4) names and name change in a diverse religious and cultural environment; (5) bilingualism and language change; (6) names as indicators of ethnic and religious identity; (7) names as evidence for cross-cultural interchange. The chapters offer a range of different perspectives and approaches to the field.
Please follow this link to read Greek Personal Names in Egypt | Oxford Academic. The hard copies will be published on the 25th of September 2025.
