The birth of rhetoric istraced back to the 5th century B.C.E., when the first theoretical treatises on rhetoric were drafted. As early as in the speeches of the Iliad however, one canrecognize a deliberate and thoughtful use of refined rhetorical techniques, although these techn…
Until now, the image of the Amazons that prevailed in classical antiquity has been predominantly interpreted within the framework of gender discourse. However,Amazons have been paradigmatic in all literary and pictorial genres and through all epochs of antiquity as representativ…
Main description: Ciceros Schrift De inventione, die in der Antike unter dem Titel Rhetorica verbreitet war, ist in Antike und Mittelalter das meist benutzte Lehrbuch zur Rhetorik gewesen (über 1500 Hss. sind noch erhalten). Gelesen wurde die Schrift stets mit 2 Kommentaren des …
Main description: This volume pursues a key topic in the current study of Latin literature - the way in which literary texts of all periods in Latin, while usually written in an identifiable genre, characteristically allude to and interact with other genres. It pushes research f…
Biographical note: Ernst Vogt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Erich Lamberz, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, München. Dieser Sammelband enthält etwa 60 ausgewählte Beiträge aus dem Gesamtwerk des Philologen Ernst Vogt. Die Aufsätze behandeln dabei ganz untersch…
Plato's criticism of writing has engendered much controversy - and it is where interpretations of Platonic philosophy often part ways. This study uses textual and philosophical analysis to shed light on the debate. By comparing Plato's views to Plotinus's thoughts about the cond…
Biographical note: Bernhard Paul, Universität Regensburg, Germany. Biographical note: Bernhard Paul, Universität Regensburg. Mit dieser Untersuchung wirdein neulateinisches Drama exemplarisch erschlossen. Der französische Jesuit Petrus Mussonius veröffentlichte 1621 die Tragöd…
Biographical note: Otto Zwierlein, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. In Auseinandersetzung mit der Debatte über Petrus und Paulus in Rom und dem daraus abgeleiteten Primat der römischen Kirche werden die Thesen des Petrusbuchs UaLG 96 (2009, 22010) verteidigt und …
Review text: "She [Poulheria Kyriakou] has produced a responsible and accurate reference work that will repay consultation by scholars working on Aeschylus or Sophocles, while developing a topic that can be fruitfully studied in any tragedy."Justina Gregory in: BMCR 2012.05.46.
This unique volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides' Alcestis. It contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology an…
Pierluigi Leone Gatti beleuchtet die Geschichte der philologischen Rezeption von Ovids Werk. Anhand von exegetischem Material (Scholien, Glossen und Zusammenfassungen) verfolgt er die Stellung Ovids und seiner Werke von der Antike bis ins Mittelalter. Die verschiedenen Sprachten…
Biographical note: P. Schmitz, Universität Leipzig. Book 3 of Cicero's de finibus is generally regarded as an accurate description of Stoic ethics. This study shows that Cicero did not present Stoic orthodoxy but combined it with contemporary peripatetic theory. This has implic…
Book 3 of Cicero's de finibus is generally regarded as an accurate description of Stoic ethics. This study shows that Cicero did not present Stoic orthodoxy but combined it with contemporary peripatetic theory. This has implications for our understanding of Stoa and Peripatos an…