Biographical note: Robert Oberheid, Oberhausen.
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At the Third Congress of the Society for Ancient Philosophy, philologists and philosophers gave presentations about this point of intersection between philosophical argument and literary forms. This volume seeks to provide insight into the discussion as well as stimulate further…
Introduzione; Walter Wimmel e i rischi del 'pancallimachismo'; L'età flavia: immagini tradizionali, nuove funzioni; 1 Callimaco a Tomi. Fonti delle Muse e lima poetica nell'elegia ovidiana dell'esilio; Haustus ispiratore: dialogo coi destinatari e crisi dell'ingenium; Lima poeti…
This collection of essays explores how epic narratives negotiate, define, and transform genre-specific geographical configurations. A team of international scholars engages in an interdisciplinary discussion about how Greek and Roman epic poetry interacts with the historical and…
Biographical note: Rocío Da Riva, University of Barcelona, Spain. This volume includes critical and collated editions of all the inscriptions of the 1st-millennium Babylonian kings Nabopolassar (626-605), Amel-Marduk (biblical Evil-Merodach, 561-560), and Neriglissar (559-556).…
Main description: This critical edition of the Latin text of Vergil's Bucolica and Georgica is informed by recent research on the author's style as well as the oldest manuscript versions of his works.
This book explores ancient mystery cults and their influence on emerging Christianity. The author discusses the famous Eleusian Mysteries as well as smaller and lesser-known Greek and Roman mysteries, offering an indispensable in-depth analysis of this fascinating phenomenon.
Review text: "Le solide premesse teoriche esplicitate dai curatori fanno sì che il volume, nel suo complesso, sia ricco di interventi anche molto vari, ma sempre coerenti, pertinenti e stimolanti."Claudio Franzoni in: BMCR 2011.05.27.
Classical Archaeology in Context: Theory and Practice in Excavation in the Greek Wo…
by Whitley, James, Small, David B., Kalogeropoulos, Konstantinos, Alexandridou, Alexandra, Bourbou, Chryssi, Christakis, Kostis S., Donati, Jamieson C., Galanaki, Kalliope E., Georgopoulos, Andreas, Hodos, Tamar, Kyriakou, Athanasia, Lagia, Anna, Margaritis, Evi, Mylona, Dimitra, Papadaki, Christina, Stefanakis, Manolis I., Tourtas, Alexandros
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The archaeology of Greece remains ensconced in traditional discourses of classics and art history. In recent decades, fieldwork has led to new research directions, allowing us to reevaluate classical archaeology as a distinct field generating its own research questions. This boo…
Biographical note: Alessandra Gilibert, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Biographical note: Jas Elsner, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK;Janet Huskinson, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Studies in Byzantine Sigillography. Volume 10
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Die Sigillographie als eigenständiger Teilbereich der Byzantinistik ist seit einigen Jahren verstärkt in den Blick sowohl der Byzantinistik als auch der Nachbardisziplinen gerückt, weil sie als einzige in großer Menge noch bisher un. For several years now, sigillography as an i…
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for o…
Review text: "M. does an admirable job by serving both purposes, remaining concise and methodologically accurate on the one hand and writing in a very readable and interesting style on the other. Consequently, for the scholar, the advanced student, and the learned non-specialist…
This book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. While the archaic desire for revenge persisted into the classical period, it was channeled by the civil discourse of the democracy. Forensic speeches, curse tablets, and comedy display …
Die verschiedenen Lebensphasen und ihre Manifestationen in Theorie und sozialer Realität bilden ein etabliertes Forschungsgebiet auf den Gebieten der abendländischen Mediävistik und der antiken Geschichte. In dieser Hinsicht wurde der byzantinische Osten weitgehend vernachlässig…
