prosopography


pros·o·pog·ra·phy

P0608300 (prŏs′ə-pŏg′rə-fē)n. A study, often using statistics, that identifies and draws relationships between various characters or people within a specific historical, social, or literary context: "an authentic tour de force of historical writing: part intellectual history, part cultural history, part prosopography" (Josiah Bunting III).
[Greek prosōpon, character; see prosopopeia + -graphy.]
pros′o·po·graph′i·cal (-pə-grăf′ĭ-kəl) adj.

prosopography

(ˌprɒsəˈpɒɡrəfɪ) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a description of a person's life and career2. (Education) the study of such descriptions as part of history, esp Roman history[C16: from New Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon face, person + -graphy] ˌprosoˈpographer n prosopographical adj ˌprosopoˈgraphically adv

pros•o•pog•ra•phy

(ˌprɒs əˈpɒg rə fi)
n. the collective investigation, esp. in ancient history, of the careers of people involved in the same enterprise or affiliated by kinship. [1925–30; < Greek prósōpo(n) face, person + -graphy] pros`o•pog′ra•pher, n.

prosopography

1. a biographical sketch containing a description of a person’s appearance, qualities, and history.
2. a collection of such sketches. — prosopographer, n. See also facial features.See also: History
1. Obsolete, a description of the face. See also history.See also: Facial Features