Published on the occasion of the scientist’s 85th birthday, N. S. Greenbaum’s book is a collection of articles devoted to the problems of Mycenology, a complex science that deals with the language, history and culture of Greece in the 2nd millennium BC. e. The main part of the collection consists of studies and reviews from different years, reflecting the history of the formation of Mycenology as a scientific discipline. The book is intended for readers interested in the problems of the early history of Greek culture. CONTENTS: PREFACE 5 INTRODUCTION 10I. DECORDING OF LINEAR WRITING J3, ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND CONSEQUENCES Mycenology. Its successes and tasks 12Classical philology and Mycenology 14I I. “MYCENEAN” AND BASIC GREEK DIALECTSCreto-Mycenaean texts and ancient Greek dialects 22Language of Crete-Mycenaean texts and its analysis 34I I I. The language of CRITO-MYCENEAN WRITINGS AND THE ANCIENT GREEK POETIC LANGUAGEThe Mycenaean Koine and the problem of the formation of the language of ancient Greek choral lyrics 47Creto-Mycenaean texts and the language of ancient Greek choral lyrics (Pindar) 53The problem of the ancient Greek literary language 68From the history of the formation of the ancient Greek literary language 74At the origins of the first poetic language of Europe 84 І?.INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS MYCENOLOGISTSMycenological Symposium (Brno, 1966) 91First International Congress of Mycenologists (Rome, 1967) 98V. REVIEWS of Mycenology 20 years 125 Mycenology in the USSR 131 Mycenological studies (1973-1977) 141 Mycenological research (1978-1988) 151 Mycenological studies (1989-1993) 160 REVIEWS. Ya. Lurie. Language and culture of Mycenaean Greece. M.-L., 1957 170J.-P. Olivier, L. Godart, S. Seydel, S. Sourvinov. Index generaux du Lineaire B. (Incunabula Graeca. Roma, 1973. Vol. LII) 179E. L. Bennett, J.-P. Olivier. The Pylos Tablets Transcribed.Part I—II. Roma, 1973-1976 18425° Anniversario della decifrazione della Lineare B (1953-1978). Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici. Fasc. XX. Roma, 1979 186A. A. Molchanov, V. P. Neroznak, S. Ya. Sharypkin. Monuments of ancient Greek writing. M., 1988 193PERSONALIA 203Salomon Jakovlevich Lur'e (1891-1964) 203I. ?. Troysky and the problems of Mycenology (on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth) 212 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MYCENOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE USSR (1953-1988) 217 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING N. S. GREENBAUM’S WORKS ON MYCENOLOGY 228 INDEXES 2 29Name index 229Index of Greek words 235Index of Cretan-Mycenaean forms 237Index of syllabic and ideograms of the Mycenaean script B 240Index of geographical names 241