Search Results - "Hermathena"

War, Wisdom, and other gods: philological allegory in the Argonautica by Orpheus by Madeła, Alexandra

“…This article aims to shed new light on the portrayal of divine beings in the anonymous Argonautica by Orpheus. It argues that at certain points in the…”
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Tibullus 2 and 2.4: going for broke by Henderson, John

“…This article presents a review of criticism on the revisionary ratios obtaining between Book 1 and Book 2 of Tibullus through the replacement of Delia by…”
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Greek inscriptions in Ireland, Part III: Trinity College, Dublin by Liddel, Peter

“…This is the third in a series of articles publishing the non-indigenous ancient Greek inscriptions of Ireland which were imported to the island in the period…”
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Hesiod, Op. 750-752 by O’Mahoney, Paul

“…The article offers an interpretation of Hesiod’s enigmatic injunction in Works and Days 750-752 concerning seating a child upon ‘unmoveables’. It identifies…”
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Living philosophical fiction: Plato’s Myth of Er in the Clementina by De Vos, Benjamin

“…In the past three centuries, the role of philosophy in the Pseudo-Clementines has been underexamined. This article first offers an overview of earlier…”
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Bright stars and wide whorls by Keyser, Paul T.

“…Plato’s Republic culminates in a model of the cosmos based on a spindle, with eight nested cups (‘whorls’) representing the moon, sun, planets, and fixed stars…”
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Locating theatre in Herodotus’ Histories by Stone, Irene

“…This article is a reflection on aspects of Herodotus as an oral prose performer. Central to its deliberation is the effect of Homeric epic and Attic tragedy on…”
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Versaque … Arctos erat: Ovid’s Callisto by Tomcik, Melissande

“…By repeatedly referring to the constellation of the Great Bear (=Big Dipper) in the Tristia and the Epistulae ex Ponto, Ovid encourages his readers to look…”
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Hume's "Delicacy" and Contemporary Art by Smith, Steve, Hein, Jeremy

“…David Hume's paper "Of the Standard of Taste," represents an important step in clarifying the twilight aesthetics of the eighteenth-century philosophy from the…”
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Milesian elite responses to Persia: the Ionian Revolt in context by Greaves, Alan M., Knight, John Brendan, Rutland, Françoise

“…This article applies concepts of agency, habitus, and postcolonialism to a close textual criticism of Herodotus’ narrative in order to construct a nuanced…”
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ἐμήδισαν προθύμως οὐδ᾽ ἔτι ἐνδοιαστῶς: Thessalian Medism and its repercussions by Aston, Emma

“…This article argues that certain religious trends in fifth-century Thessaly can best be understood in relation to the Persian Wars and their aftermath…”
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Egyptian elites before the Persian conquest by Schütze, Alexander

“…This article explores how monuments of high officials of the Egyptian administration reflect the political situation of Egypt before the Persian conquest…”
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Silk purses and sows’ ears: Thebans, Boeotians, and the second Persian invasion 480-479 BCE by Gartland, Samuel D.

“…Theban interaction with Persia is routinely described in pejorative terms: Medism was a betrayal of Greece and the Greeks, and Thebes was mediser-in-chief…”
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Our court shall be a little academe: Judaean elites and the Persian Great King in the early Persian Empire by Silverman, Jason M.

“…It has become trendy to describe Judaean literature as ‘resisting empire’. This essay challenges this trope with three theses: 1) local elite cultural…”
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Religious responses in Babylonia to the rise of Persia by Medenieks, Selga

“…It is an axiom of the ancient world that politics and religion were inseparable; the example of the urban elite of Babylon and their response to the rise of…”
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The only one to medise? Notes on the career of King Demaratus of Sparta by Lupi, Marcello

“…The only way to grasp intra-elite strife at Sparta is to focus on the two royal families of the Agiads and Eurypontids. The continuing rivalry that marked…”
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The paradox of allegiances: Alexander I of Macedon and Persian power by Moloney, E. P.

“…This article considers the impact of the European campaigns of successive Persian kings on the development of early Macedon. The focus is on the challenges…”
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Pro Marcello without Caesar: grief, exile and death in Cicero’s Epistulae ad familiares 4 by Gibson, Roy

“…The ancient editor of Cicero’s ad familiares 4 delivers a striking storyline and a cluster of thematic connections that are coherent and meaningful. The…”
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Last but not least: ad M. Brutum by Whitton, Christopher

“…Cicero’s surviving correspondence with Marcus Brutus, all dating from mid-43 BCE, is historically exciting but aesthetically challenging. Uncertainties over…”
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Un-parallel lives? The younger Quintus and Marcus Cicero in Cicero’s Letters by Ash, Rhiannon

“…This article considers the characterisation of two intertwined but increasingly contrasting figures from Cicero’s letters, namely the younger Marcus (Cicero’s…”
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