Assyria in the Septuagint

Abstract

IN THE LXX , most proper names are transliterated into Greek without the characteristic case endings of Greek words. Thus, the first verse of Isaiah contains four indeclinable personal names: Amo& , Icr¶usalhm , IoaÑam , Axa& . One of these, Amo& , has a Greek ending, 1 but is not declinable. At the same time, four other words in that verse have Greek endings and are declinable: Hsaía& , •zí¶u (nom. •zía& ), Czckí¶u (nom. Czckía& ), I¶udaía& (nom. I¶udaía ). According to Thackeray, 2 most names of places and peoples reflect their Hellenized forms, 3 with a minority representing