Cows, houses, hooks: the Graeco-Semitic letter names as a chapter in the history of the alphabet

Cows, houses, hooks: the Graeco-Semitic letter names as a chapter in the history of the alphabet

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Willi, A
Other Authors:	The Classical Association
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2008
Subjects:	Hellenic (Classical Greek) literature History Hebrew Classical Greek

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