Mycenaean Greek

Japanese: Mycenaean Greek(英語表記)MycenaeanGreek
Mycenaean Greek

...Classical Greece, the medieval Byzantine Empire, and the Christian Church and their cultures had an immeasurable influence on the formation of the Western world, but their linguistic legacy is also enormous.
[Prehistoric times]
Its history begins with documents written in Linear B, known as Mycenaean Greek. These documents, inscribed on clay tablets, burned by fire, and buried in dry soil until they were discovered in modern times, were unearthed at the Palace of Knossos on Crete and in various parts of the Peloponnese, but for a long time no one involved suspected that the language was indigenous and therefore Greek.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Mycenaean Greek" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古典ギリシアと中世のビザンティン帝国,そしてキリスト教教会と,その文化は,西欧世界の形成にはかり知れない影響をあたえたが,言語的にもその遺産はきわめて大きい。
[先史時代]
 その歴史は〈ミュケナイのギリシア語Mycenaean Greek〉とよばれる線文字Bで書かれた文書に始まる。粘土板に刻まれ,火災に焼かれ,乾燥した土地で埋没したまま近代にいたって発見されたこの文書は,クレタ島のクノッソス宮殿とペロポネソス半島の各地から出土したものだが,長い間当事者のだれもが,その言語は先住民族のもので,ギリシア語であろうとは予想しなかった。…

※「Mycenaean Greek」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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