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Book review

Roger D. Woodard. Greek writing from Knossos to Homer: A linguistic interpretation of the origin of the Greek alphabet and the continuity of Ancient Greek literacy
Oxford: University Press, 1997. xiv, 287 pp. Hb. $65.00

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Published online: 23 July 1999
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