Klasik Yunanca ve Latince Metinlerde Görülen Bozulmaların Nedenleri
Öz
Ancient texts were written without word-division and an effort was not made to change this custom in Greek or Latin texts until the middle ages. Besides the system of accentuation especially in Greek texts was not invented until the Hellenistic period and it was not completely used for a long time even after its invention and again it was not until the early middle ages that the writing of accents became normal practice. It seems that the primary cause of corruptions of ancient texts is just an effort from the very beginning of the Hellenistic Period and especially in Middle Ages to emend the original text by putting it in order or interpolate by adding new words or pieces. In addition scribes’ inability or ignorance played a great role to make an inaccurate copy of the text as a result of that errors occurred either voluntarily or involuntarily. The aim of this article is to give a brief information about the causes of corruptions occurred in ancient texts.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ancient Greek-Latin language, manuscripts, scribes, emendation, interpolation
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