Studia Maritima
Bandits and/or pirates – the meaning of the words ó λησητής and ó πειρατής in ancient Greek novel
DOI: 10.18276/sm.2020.33-01
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| ISSN: | 0137-3587 |
| eISSN: | 2353-303X |
| Authors: |
Małgorzata
Cieśluk
Uniwersytet Szczeciński |
| Keywords: | piracy in antiquity ancient Greek novel historical semantics |
| Issue / book publication date: | 2020 |
| Page range: | 24 (9-32) |
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Abstract
The present article deals with the problem of the meaning range of the words ὁ πειρατής and ὁ λῃστής in ancient Greek novels. The aim was to verify Philip de Souza’s claim that ancient authors used these terms interchangeably as synonyms. The analyses confirmed de Souza’s assumption only with regard to Chariton’s Callirhoe, the oldest of the surviving nov- els dating back to the first half of the 1st century AD. In later novels, especially in the works of Xenophon of Ephesus and Heliodorus, the noun ὁ πειρατής is used as a hyponym of the noun ὁ λῃστής. This means that in the investigated texts, the referents (designata) of the word ὁ πειρατής have features specific only to the meaning range of this term which partial- ly differentiate its denotation from that of the general term ὁ λῃστής. This is an important clue for interpreting written sources related to ancient piracy.
The study was conducted from a semantic perspective using the methods of comparative philological analysis.
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