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Readers And Writers In The Ancient Novel [Review], Lawrence Kim

Lawrence Kim

Are there still new and worthwhile things to be said about the ancient novel? There has certainly been an explosion in publications; the volume under review is the twelfth Ancient Narrative Supplement to appear since 2002, and more are on the way, as the multi-volume proceedings of the fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel begin publication in 2011. The eighteen articles reviewed here were originally delivered at a smaller conference in 2007 at Rethymno, and it was the organizers’ hope that the contributors would “tease out…new perspectives” on the topic of “readers and writers” by focusing on those “ …

Poetry, Extravagance, And The Invention Of The 'Archaic' In Plutarch's De Pythiae Oraculis, Lawrence Kim

Lawrence Kim

No abstract provided.

Homer Between History And Fiction In Imperial Greek Literature, Lawrence Kim

Lawrence Kim

Did Homer tell the ‘truth' about the Trojan War? If so, how much, and if not, why not? The issue was hardly academic to the Greeks living under the Roman Empire, given the centrality of both Homer, the father of Greek culture, and the Trojan War, the event that inaugurated Greek history, to conceptions of Imperial Hellenism. This book examines four Greek texts of the Imperial period that address the topic – Strabo's Geography, Dio of Prusa's Trojan Oration, Lucian's novella True Stories, and Philostratus' fictional dialogue Heroicus – and shows how their imaginative explorations of Homer and his relationship …

Barbarian Bond: Thracian Bendis Among The Athenians, Corinne Pache

Corinne Pache

In this chapter, I gather the evidence for the Athenian cult of the Thracian goddess Bendis, who was officially worshipped both by Thracians and by Athenian citizens from the end of the fifth century B.C. on. I also compare the historical record with the literary characterizations of the Thracians, and I examine the connection between religious, political, and ethnic identity and the ways in which the cult of Bendis reflects ambivalent Athenian attitudes toward their northern neighbors. The cult of Bendis in Athens reproduces on the level of ritual the polarity of Greeks versus barbarians that exists on the level …

Mourning Lions And Penelope’S Revenge, Corinne Pache

Corinne Pache

This paper focuses on the simile comparing Penelope to a lion encircled by men in Odyssey 4.791–94. Lion similes in Homeric poetry typically depict warriors in combat situations and so the description of Penelope as a trapped predator facing battle is surprising. The encircled beast of the simile is in a dangerous situation, but the lion’s plight is left unresolved as Penelope falls asleep. Many critics note the connection between Penelope the lion and Odysseus, who is compared to the same animal on five occasions in the poem, most notably in Books 22 and 23 after he slaughters the suitors. …

Roman Housing [Review], Timothy O'Sullivan

Timothy O'Sullivan

Despite the reawakened interest in the study of Roman domestic space, there has been no general introduction to the topic since Alexander McKay's Houses, Villas, and Palaces in the Roman World 25 years ago. Recent monographs on the topic, though exemplary, have been limited in scope by region (Wallace-Hadrill's Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum) or housing type (Mielsch's Die römische Villa), and almost always exhibit a bias (understandable, given the archaeological record) towards upper-class housing. Simon Ellis' ambitious new book, based on over twenty years of research, is an attempt to fill in these gaps; indeed, the work …

Rome, Ostia, Pompeii: Movement And Space [Review], Timothy O'Sullivan

Timothy O'Sullivan

Archaeologists and historians have set out to reconstruct Rome, in one way or another, from the very beginning of the profession. More recently, scholars have begun to design 3-D simulations of ancient sites and monuments; even Google Earth offers the option of ‘visiting’ ancient Rome as it appeared in A.D. 320. According to the editors of this stimulating volume, however, these reconstructions, with their vast empty spaces and pristine monuments, ignore an important part of ancient Rome: the people, animals, and vehicles that moved through the cityscape. And as anyone who has ever traveled knows, different cities move in different …

The Athenian Agora Museum Guide, Laura Gawlinski

Laura Gawlinski

Written for the general visitor, the Athenian Agora Museum Guide is a companion to the 2010 edition of the Athenian Agora Site Guide and leads the reader through all of the display spaces within the Stoa of Attalos in the Athenian Agora — the terrace, the ground-floor colonnade, and the newly opened upper story. The guide also discusses each case in the museum gallery chronologically, beginning with the prehistoric and continuing with the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Hundreds of artifacts, ranging from common pottery to elite jewelry held in 81 cases, are described and illustrated in …

The Sacred Law Of Andania: A New Text With Commentary, Laura Gawlinski

Laura Gawlinski

The inscribed text referred to as the sacred law of Andania contains almost 200 lines of regulations about a mystery festival and the sanctuary in which it took place. This book presents a new edition of the inscription and examines its rules in the wider context of Greek religious law and the management of sacred space. The regulations touch on a range of issues including finance, pollution, and the role of women, so that this study can be used as a handbook on the daily life of Greek religion.

J. Henderson, Aristophanes Volumes I-Iii (Loeb Classical Library 2000), John Makowski

John F Makowski

No abstract provided.

R. Mayer, Lucan Civil War Viii, John Makowski

John F Makowski

No abstract provided.

E. Fantham, Lucan. De Bello Civili (Cambridge 1992), John Makowski

John F Makowski

No abstract provided.

The Wolf And The Lion: Synesius’ Egyptian Sources, Jacqueline Long

Jacqueline Long

No abstract provided.

A New Solidus Of Julian Caesar, Jacqueline Long

Jacqueline Long

No abstract provided.

Georges Depeyrot, Le Bas-Empire Romain: Économie Et Numismatique (284-491), Collection Des Hesperides (Paris:Ditions Errance 1987), Jacqueline Long

Jacqueline Long

No abstract provided.

Vaballathus And Zenobia (270-272 A.D.), Jacqueline Long

Jacqueline Long

No abstract provided.

Confidential Business: P. Col. Inv. 316, Jacqueline Long

Jacqueline Long

No abstract provided.

Undertaking Under Oath For A Military Recruit (P.Mich. Inv. 3470), James Keenan

James G. Keenan

This is an edition of P.Mich. inv. 3470, the lefthand side of a papyrus from Oxyrhynchus dating to AD 350. In it Aurelius Eulogius guarantees the appearance of a recruit named Isak, from the Oxyrhynchite village Episemou, at Alexandria or other required posting.

Fiscalité Et Société En Égypte Byzantine, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

Census Return Of Herakleides, Son Of Didymos The Younger, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

P.Lond. V 1876 Desc.: Which Landowner?, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

Payment Order For Cavalry Fodder: Sb Xiv 12116, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

From The Ptolemies To The Romaris. Political And Economic Change In Egypt, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

Il Dossier Della “Domus Divina” In Egitto, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

A Papyrus Letter About Epicurean Philosophy Books, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

George Sphrantzes: A Brief Review, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

Federico Morelli, L’ Archivio Di Senouthios Anystes E Testi Connessi. Lettere E Documenti Per La Costruzione Di Una Capitale, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

No abstract provided.

The Mediterranean Before Modernity, James Keenan

James G. Keenan

"The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History" by Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell is reviewed.

Plenary Session: Faith, Hope And Democracy: Lessons Learned From Chicago Latino Immigration Activists, María Hinojosa, Dr. Hector Garcia, Jacqueline Long

Jacqueline Long

Introduction: Jacqueline Long, PhD, Modern Languages and Literatures Interim Chair, Loyola University Chicago

a) Plenary Session: María Hinojosa, Mexican American and Chicago native, Journalist and Producer of NPR's Latino USA

María Hinojosa is an award-winning news anchor and reporter for PBS and NPR. She is anchor of her own Emmy Award-winning talk show One on One with Maria Hinojosa from WGBH/La Plaza. Hinojosa has won top honors in US American journalism including four Emmy Awards, the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Reporting on the Disadvantaged, and the Overseas Press Club's Edward R. Murrow Award for best documentary. She also serves …

Antiquity Now: The Classical World In The Contemporary American Imagination, Thomas Jenkins

Thomas E Jenkins

Written in a lively and accessible style, Antiquity Now opens our gaze to the myriad uses and abuses of classical antiquity in contemporary fiction, film, comics, drama, television - and even internet forums. With every chapter focusing on a different aspect of classical reception - including sexuality, politics, gender and ethnicity - this book explores the ideological motivations behind contemporary American allusions to the classical world. Ultimately, this kaleidoscope of receptions - from calls for marriage equality to examinations of gang violence to passionate pleas for peace (or war) - reveals a 'classical antiquity' that reconfigures itself daily, as modernity …