A two-volume academic dictionary of Greek etymology (Brill, 2010), completed by Lucien van Beek from Robert Beekes' unfinished manuscript after his death. Its distinguishing scholarly contribution is a systematic identification of a large stratum of Greek vocabulary, including many personal and mythological names, as Pre-Greek: words with no successful derivation from Proto-Indo-European roots, inherited instead from a substrate language spoken in the Aegean before Greek arrived. This atlas uses it for exactly what it is built to answer, whether a given Greek name has a settled Indo-European derivation or not, rather than as a general mythography source.
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Citation
AuthorRobert S. P. Beekes, with Lucien van Beek
PublisherBrill
Publication Year2010
Source TypeDictionary
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
A peer-reviewed academic reference dictionary from a specialist university press, the standard modern authority historical linguists cite for Greek word origins; used here strictly for its own subject, whether a name's derivation is settled, not for mythographic narrative. Connections
Associated With
This source names Proto-Indo-European directly: "with no successful derivation from Proto-Indo-European roots, inherited instead from a substrate language spoken in the Aegean before Greek arrived."
Source Etymological Dictionary of GreekRobert S. P. Beekes, with Lucien van Beek
Claims Backed By This Source (27 claims)
This source backs 27 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested, 2 open question. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Open Questions, 16 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Mythical Creatures, 4 claims: 2 open question, 2 general references.
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