Classical Place Names in New York State: Origins, Histories and Meanings

xx,168 pp. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. The Military Tract: Cradle of Classical Naming; II. Greek Personalities as Population Centers; III. Roman Personalities as Population Centers; IV. Non Greco-Roman Personalities as Population Centers; V. Greek Place Names in New York State and the Old World; VI. Roman (Italian) Place Names in New York State and the Old World; VII. Non Greco-Roman Place Names in New York State and the Old World; VIII. Mythology, New York; IX. Biblical, New York; X. Latin (Latinalia), New York; XI. Derivative, New York; XII. Caveat Lector; XIII. Classical Cartography; Epilogue; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index.