Project Presentation
MYTHICAL EUROPEAN TOPONIMY.
INTERACTIVE GLOSSARY AND DATABASE FOR THE STUDY OF MYTHOLOGICALLY RELEVANT
PLACE NAMES IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN DOMAIN THE PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY AND HIGHLIGHT, IN THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THE EUROPEAN PLACE NAMES, BELONGING MOSTLY TO MEDITERRANEAN AND PONTUS SPACE, CONNECTED TO THE MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCES OF ANTIQUITY AND GREEK AND ROMAN MIDDLE AGES. ON THE FIRST LEVEL – THE LINGUISTIC LEVEL – WE INTEND TO ACCOMPLISH A
GLOSSARY OF GREEK AND LATIN PLACE NAMES IN ROMANIAN TRANSLITERATION (OR, IF
NECESSARY, TRANSLATION), SUSTAINED BY GEOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY NOTES: THESE
NOTES TARGET TO IDENTIFY THE PLACE, REGION OR RELIEF MAP. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED SET OF RULES IN ROMANIAN
LANGUAGE, MEANT TO REPRESENT A NORM THAT WORKS EFFICIENTLY AND EXHAUSTIVE ON
THE GREEK AND LATIN NAMES (EITHER PLACE NAMES OR PERSON NAMES). ON THE SECOND LEVEL – THE CULTURE ANTHROPOLOGICAL LEVEL – THE PROJECT AIMS
TO IDENTIFY THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS CONNECTED TO PLACE NAMES OF THIS SPECIFIC
DOMAIN AND EPOCH: THE PRECISE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ATLAS
(GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL). BY ACHIEVING A DATABASE ACCESSIBLE
ON WEB AND CD-ROM, AS AN INTERACTIVE MAP, THIS PROJECT ENVISAGES IN AN UPDATED
MANNER AN AREA OF VAST INTEREST, THAT HAS NOT YET BENEFITED IN THE ROMANIAN
CULTURE BY AN APPROACH BASED ON MODERN METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS OF THE SCIENCES
INVOLVED. THE RESEARCH TEAM HAS INTENDS TO ACCOMPLISH A PARADIGM OF KNOWLEDGE AND
LEARNING CAPABLE TO OFFER A FLEXIBLE AND INTERACTIVE MODEL ADDRESSED TO
STUDENTS (BOTH FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY) AND TEACHERS/PROFESSORS,
NEVERTHELESS TO RESEARCHERS, TRANSLATORS, JOURNALISTS, EDITORS AND, LAST BUT
NOT LEAST, TO A WIDE PUBLIC. THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS A KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
SYSTEM, BUILT ON A LARGE BASIS, MEANT TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION FOR A
WIDE-RANGING PUBLIC, ON DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AGE AND INSTRUCTION, IN BOTH
EDUCATIONAL/SCIENTIFIC AND INDIVIDUAL CONTEXT.????? |