"Jon D. Mikalson offers for classical and Hellenistic Athens a study of the terminology and contexts of praises of religious actions and artefacts and an investigation of the various authorities in religious activities. The terms of approbation apply to priests, priestesses, and…
""Greek drama demands a story of origins," writes Karen Bassi in Acting Like Men. Abandoning the search for ritual and autochthonous origins of Greek drama, Bassi argues for a more secular and less formalist approach to the emergence of theatrical production in ancient Greece. T…
The studies in this volume provide new insights into the traditional historians' question, What actually happened at Sparta?"
"From imprisonment to stoning to refusal of burial, instances of punishment in ancient Athens fueled conversations among ordinary citizens and political and literary figures about the nature of justice. Allen shows that punishment gave the community an opportunity to establish a…
