Anders Cullhed’s studyexplores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as a remote anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a carefu
A research project at the University of Nottingham between 2004 and 2007 collected nearly four thousand references to oaths and swearing in Greek texts of all kinds from the introduction of alphabetic
In addition to being the author of the Parallel Lives of noble Greeks and Romans, Plutarch of Chaeronea (AD c.46-c.120) is widely known for his rich ethical theory, which has ensured him a reputation
As part of his ongoing research into ancient utopias, Polish classicist Winiarczyk has expanded his 2002 study, in German, of fourth-century BC Greek mythographer Euhemerus, who argued that deities ha
A companion to the author's Papers on Roman Elegy, this volume contains roughly 30 articles and book excerpts on Catullus and Horace published during the years 1969-2010, in the UK, the US, and variou
This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, w
This volume examines various aspects of oaths and swearing as a cultural phenomenon in ancient Greece. The authors examine the definition of an oath; oaths and self-curse; oaths in traditional myth; o
In a revised version of his 2008 doctoral dissertation in classics at Princeton University, Noriega-Olmos presents, not a running commentary on the passage in Aristotle's treatise, but a detailed disc
This book presents an introduction to a new edition of Diogenes Laertios’ Greek text (Cambridge University Press) by Tiziano Dorandi. It consists of three parts. The first contains the list of manuscr
From a May 2011 conference in Warsaw, 19 essays consider playful language in Greek and Latin from the perspectives of discourses of play, theory and practice of the ancient riddle, visual poetry in th
The volumepresents the papers delivered to an international conference on Hellenistic biography.Besides literary portraits of individual authors, often presented for the first time,the volume includes
