Journal article
Δουλεκδουλος. About an Insult and Some Nominal Compounds
Pages 31 to 38
Cite this article
- CASEVITZ, Michel,
- Casevitz, Michel.
- Casevitz, M.
https://doi.org/10.3917/phil.831.0031
Cite this article
- Casevitz, M.
- Casevitz, Michel.
- CASEVITZ, Michel,
https://doi.org/10.3917/phil.831.0031
English
Starting with a fragment of Diodorus of Sicily, where the perfect compound past δουλέκδουλος appears, we examine the forty odd compounds of δοῦλος, of which some are employed early, notably in the tragedies. Many of these compounds are in effect insults.