pros·o·pog·ra·phy (pr s  -pg r-f )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 pros  pon, character (pros-, pros- + ps, p-, face; see okw- in Indo-European roots) + -graphy.]pros o·po·graphi·cal (-p-gr f -kl) adj. |
prosopography [ˌprɒsəˈpɒgrəfɪ]
n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a description of a person's life and career
2. (Social Science / Education) the study of such descriptions as part of history, esp Roman history
[from New Latin prosopographia, from Greek prosōpon face, person + -graphy]
prosopographer n
prosopographical [ˌprɒsəpəˈgræfɪkəl] adj
prosopographically adv
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: History2. a collection of such sketches. — prosopographer, n. See also facial features.
1. Obsolete, a description of the face. See also history.
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