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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 advpros•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. prosopography1. 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
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