In Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates. Traditionally rendered as ‘piety’, hosios was a key notion in Classical Greek religion and reflected a core value in Athenian democracy. Since antiquity, its meaning and usage have puzzled many. This study sets out to resolve various scholarly debates on the semantics of hosios by focusing on the idea of lexical competition. It illuminates the semantic relationship between hosios and its near-synonyms eusebês and dikaios, and the connection to the notion of the ‘sacred’. Using insights from modern linguistic theory, the book also aims to improve methods for research into the lexical semantics of a dead language.

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Mnemosyne. Supplements ; volume 387, Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava -- v. 387., Leiden, Boston, Netherlands, 2015

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava, volume 387, Leiden, 2016

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Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety 4
Contents 6
Preface 10
Acknowledgments 12
Abbreviated Sources 13
1 Introduction 16
1. hosios & cognates 16
2. Research Questions and Goals 19
3. A Theory of Meaning 29
4. Outline and Sources 38
2 The Semantics of ‭ὅσιος‬ 42
1. Distribution 42
1.1. General Distribution 42
1.2. Distribution: Authors 43
1.3. Distribution: Grammatical Configuration 44
1.4. Distribution: Self- and Other-Attributed 48
1.5. Distribution: Argumentative Orientation 48
1.6. Distribution across Themes 49
1.7. Distribution within Themes 51
2. Internal Organisation of the Semantic Network 56
3. ‭ὅσιος‬ on an Evaluative Scale 60
4. The Cultural Frame(s) 64
5. The Appearance of a Mentality? 70
6. Conclusion 81
3 ‭ὅσιος‬ vs. ‭εὐσεβής‬ 83
1. Actions vs. Attitudes? 83
2. hosios & cognates vs. eusebês & cognates: Distributions 87
2.1. General Distribution 87
2.2. Distribution: Authors 88
2.3. Distribution: Themes 90
2.4. Distribution: Grammatical Configuration 93
2.5. Distribution: Self- or Other-Attributed 97
2.6. Distribution: Argumentative Orientation 97
2.7. Discussion 98
3. Affect in Disqualification 99
3.1. Beating up Lycus 100
3.2. Teiresias in Anger 102
3.3. Danaus’s Daughters in Fear 106
3.4. The Impious Six of Seven against Thebes 110
3.5. Parallel Cases 114
3.6. Discussion 119
4. Conclusion 121
4 ‭ὅσιος‬ vs. ‭δίκαιος‬ 122
1. Pleasing Gods and Pleasing Humans 122
2. hosios & cognates vs. dikaios & cognates: Frames 127
2.1. A Case Study: Ancient Supplication 128
2.2. Justice and Piety Equated 139
2.3. Justice and Piety in the Plataean Debate 142
2.4. Justice and Piety in Oedipus’s Supplication 144
2.5. The Rightful Share 149
2.6. (Un)quantifiable Claims 151
2.7. The Ambiguity of ‭δίκη‬ 153
2.8. Ambiguity Undermines 159
3. The Fine-Tuning of Evaluative Vocabulary 162
4. Conclusion 163
5 Pious Gods: The Marked Usage of ὅσιος for Divinities 164
1. Markedness 164
2. ‭ὅσιος‬ and ‭ἀνόσιος‬ Gods 169
2.1. Impious Apollo 169
2.2. Pious Apollo 171
2.3. Apollo in Love 173
2.4. Zeus Knows ... 178
3. Conclusion 181
6 ‭ὅσιος‬ vs. ∅: Religious Evaluation in Ritual Norms 183
1. Religious Evaluation in Ritual Norms 183
2. Cultural Knowledge of the Unwritten Norm 188
3. ‭ὁσία‬ and ‭ὅσιος‬ in the Context of Ritual Practice in Literary Texts 190
4. Two Ideal Types of Sacred Law 194
5. Religious Disqualifications in Ritual Norms with Other Sanctions 198
5.1. Animals in Alectrona’s Sanctuary 198
5.2. Cutting Wood on Cos 201
5.3. Discussion 203
6. Religious Disqualifications in Ritual Norms without Other Sanctions 204
6.1. No Entry for ‭ξένοι‬ 204
6.2. A Ban on Women 211
7. Conclusion 220
7 The Semantic Paradox 222
1. ‘Sacred’, ‘Pious’ and ‘Profane’ 222
2. Three Famous Cases of the Semantic Paradox 227
2.1. The Athenian Plague 228
2.2. The Horse Ritual at Onchestus 230
2.3. A ‘Profane Spot’ to Give Birth 237
3. The Semantic Paradox in the Set Phrase ‭ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια‬ 240
4. The Semantic Paradox in Denominative Verb Forms 245
4.1. Denominative Verbs from ‭ὅσιος‬ or ‭ὁσία‬ 246
4.2. ‭ἀφοσιόω‬ / ‭ἀφοσιόομαι‬ 247
4.3. ‭ὁσιόω‬ / ‭ἐξοσιόω‬ 249
4.4. ‭καθοσιόομαι‬ 254
5. Semantic Paradox or Marked Language? Hermes Confused 257
6. Conclusion 266
Conclusion 267
Bibliography 272
Index Locorum 296
Index of Greek Terms 306
General Index 308

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviated Sources
1. Introduction
1 hosios & cognates
2 Research Questions and Goals
3 A Theory of Meaning
4 Outline and Sources
2. The Semantics of ὅσιος - A Preliminary Investigation
1 Distribution
2 Internal Organisation of the Semantic Network
3 ὅσιος on an Evaluative Scale
4 The Cultural Frame(s)
5 The Appearance of a Mentality?
6 Conclusion
3. ὅσιος vs. εὐσεβής
1 Actions vs. Attitudes?
2 hosios & cognates vs. eusebes & cognates: Distributions
3 Affect in Disqualification
4 Conclusion
4. ὅσιος vs. δίκαιος
1 Pleasing Gods and Pleasing Humans
2 hosios & cognates vs. dikaios & cognates: Frames
3 The Fine-Tuning of Evaluative Vocabulary
4 Conclusion
5. Pious Gods - The Marked Usage of ὅσιος for Divinities
1 Markedness
2 ὅσιος and ἀνόσιος Gods
3 Conclusion
6. ὅσιος vs. ∅ - Religious Evaluation in Ritual Norms
1 Religious Evaluation in Ritual Norms
2 Cultural Knowledge of the Unwritten Norm
3 ὁσία and ὅσιος in the Context of Ritual Practice in Literary Texts
4 Two Ideal Types of Sacred Law
5 Religious Disqualifications in Ritual Norms with Other Sanctions
6 Religious Disqualifications in Ritual Norms without Other Sanctions
7 Conclusion
7. The Semantic Paradox
1 ‘Sacred’, ‘Pious’ and ‘Profane’
2 Three Famous Cases of the Semantic Paradox
3 The Semantic Paradox in the Set Phrase ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια
4 The Semantic Paradox in Denominative Verb Forms
5 Semantic Paradox or Marked Language? Hermes Confused
6 Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index Locorum
Index of Greek Terms
General Index

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