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A Greek Akroterion by Richter, Gisela M. A.

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An Akroterion from the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora by Boulter, Patricia Neils

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Classical Sculpture from the Athenian Agora, Part 1: The Pediments and Akroteria of the Hephaisteion by Stewart, Andrew

“…This article attributes 25 fragmentary sculptures from the Agora excavations to the pediments and akroteria of the Hephaisteion on the basis of their compatibility with the akroterion bases…”
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Editorial by Thom, J.C.

“…With this volume, Akroterion celebrates 60 years of classical scholarship and service to the academic community…”
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Mapping women’s bodies and the male ‘gaze’ : reconciliation in Aristophanes’ Lysistrata by Lambert, M.

“…’ Lysistrata (recently aired in Akroterion by Pauw 2014) and of the Reconciliation scene, in particular, in which the terms of the peace treaty between Sparta and Athens…”
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EDITORIAL / REDAKSIONEEL

“…This issue of Akroterion has a distinct focus on literary analysis, presenting studies in a variety of genres from the great Homer to the less known, late antique author of riddles, Symphosius. Silvio…”
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LE CONSEGUENZE DELLA GUERRA ANNIBALICA NELLA LOCRIDE MAGNOGRECA PIÙ MERIDIONALE TRA ROMANI, GRECI E BRETTII by Cordiano, Giuseppe

“…At the end of the second punic war the Lokroi Epizephyrioi were impeded from obtaining back the southern part of their chora. Previously, damaging this Greek…”
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Editorial by J.C., J.C.

“…After serving two terms as editor of Akroterion (1996-2001 and 2009-2019, 17 years in total…”
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Editorial by Bosman, Phlip

“…: 2020, the 65th anniversary of Akroterion and the (first) year of the Covid 19-pandemic, with business certainly not as usual…”
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A CASE OF (GALENIC?) NATURAL ΠΝΕΥΜΑ IN A LATE-ANTIQUE HOMILY OF JOHN CHRYSOSTOM? by de Wet, Chris L.

“…The purpose of this article is to investigate evidence for a possible case of (Galenic?) natural πνεῦμα in John Chrysostom’s 39th homily on 1 Corinthians and…”
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HOW TO READ A PLATONIC DIALOGUE by Futter, Dylan

“…In this essay, I explain and clarify Jacob Klein’s significant yet difficult account of how to read a Platonic dialogue. I argue that Klein takes Plato’s…”
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METAPOETIC REFLECTIONS IN THREE AETIA OF THE ARGONAUTICA by Bustos, M N

“…This article studies three aetia in the Argonautica that have metapoetic significance as comments on Apollonius’ Callimachean poetics. In the first aetion…”
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TERMS FOR HOMELAND IN THE WRITINGS OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN AND IN THE AETHIOPICA OF HELIODORUS by Hilton, J

“…In his writings the emperor Julian states that he has three homelands: Constantinople, Athens and Rome, and yet he refers to his youthful relegation to…”
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SYMPHOSIUS, A NORTH AFRICAN MARTIAL? by Leary, T J

“…The late-Latin compendium known as the Latin anthology includes a carefully composed verse collection of a hundred riddles. It was probably called the…”
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DYNAMICS OF DESIRE: GIFT GIVING AND RECIPROCITY IN ANCIENT GREEK HOMOEROTIC COURTSHIP COURTSHIP by Bednarek, Bartłomiej

“…The article addresses the problem of reciprocity in homoerotic relationships in classical Athens. According to the more traditional approach, the pecking ord…”
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SULLA AND THE ‘PROPHECY’ OF CAESAR’S DESTRUCTION OF THE OPTIMATES (SUET. IUL. 1.3) by Wardle, D

“…The extant life of Julius Caesar by Suetonius begins with the dictator Sulla predicting that Caesar will destroy the Optimates, i.e., undo all that Sulla…”
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ILL-FATED SHIELDS AND MAN-SLAYING SPEARS: ANYTE AND NOSSIS ON THE ‘HEROIC CODE’ IN THE HELLENISTIC EPIGRAM by Martin, A

“…In Anyte’s dedicatory epigram AP 6.123, the poetic speaker paints a gruesome image of a bloody, ‘man-slaying’ spear residing in an Arcadian temple of the…”
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CASA Essay (T Stranex) by Stranex, T

“…Reason can be defined in many ways, and more than one definition would be fertile ground for investigation in the Ajax. Perhaps the most tempting way to…”
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THE SECOND DIVINE COUNCIL AT ODYSSEY 5.1–42 RECONSIDERED by Bär, S F

“…This article reconsiders the much-discussed second divine council at the beginning of Book 5 of the Odyssey (5.1–42). It is demonstrated that this assembly is…”
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NOSTALGIA, EXPULSION AND THE POETIC I: THE POETICS OF DIASPORA IN THE CORPUS THEOGNIDEUM by Skarbek-Kazanecki, J

“…In the anthology of archaic elegiac poetry called the Corpus Theognideum, the poetic I often eludes traditional approaches to the ‘poetic authority’. Instead…”
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