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Greek Religion And Epigraphic Corpora: What's Sacrae About Leges Sacrae?, Laura Gawlinski Dec 2020

Greek Religion And Epigraphic Corpora: What's Sacrae About Leges Sacrae?, Laura Gawlinski

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Latin phrase leges sacrae and its various translations (sacred laws, lois
sacrées, heilige Gesetze) have been applied since at least the nineteenth cen-
tury to various collections of inscribed documents. It is a modern invention
born out of the German Wissenschaft ideology of systematic, scientific, com-
prehensive methods of inquiry. This rubric and the collecting of Greek inscrip-
tions under it have always been recognized as problematically subjective, and
in the last decade or so a flurry of scholarship has critiqued the corpora more
directly. Much of this analysis has focused on the leges half of leges sacrae:
whether …


Sensorial Intermedialities In Roman Letters: Cicero, Horace, And Ovid, Jonathan E. Mannering Sep 2019

Sensorial Intermedialities In Roman Letters: Cicero, Horace, And Ovid, Jonathan E. Mannering

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In recent years, much progress has been made towards elucidating the function of ekphrasis in Roman epistolography, especially with relation to the writings of Seneca and Pliny. Following on from these precedents, this article mines the epistles of three prominent Roman letter-writers, Cicero, Horace, and Ovid, for their intermedial elements. The motifs of oral quotations, handwriting, and human tear stains, which interweave the sources analysed, are shown not only to straddle the borders between distinct media, but also to engage with multiple senses as a result of their multiple medialities. Oral quotations integrate speech into written texts and thus necessitate …


Trimalchio In The Windy City: The Next Concept Of Roman Dining, Mike Lippman, Laura Gawlinski Apr 2017

Trimalchio In The Windy City: The Next Concept Of Roman Dining, Mike Lippman, Laura Gawlinski

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An exploration of Roman Dining and its origins in literature. Authors Mike Lippman and Laura Gawlinski discuss a Chicago chef's methods for recapturing these ancient dishes.


“Review Of R. Stroud, Corinth Volume Xviii. 6. The Sanctuary Of Demeter And Kore: The Inscriptions.”, Laura Gawlinski Jan 2014

“Review Of R. Stroud, Corinth Volume Xviii. 6. The Sanctuary Of Demeter And Kore: The Inscriptions.”, Laura Gawlinski

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No abstract provided.


The Sacred Command Of The Lord My Brother The Emperor Should Have Come As Something Not To Neglect, Jacqueline Long Apr 2013

The Sacred Command Of The Lord My Brother The Emperor Should Have Come As Something Not To Neglect, Jacqueline Long

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Late Roman stereotypes assigned women certain powers.1 Thus for example, when the elder but not senior emperor Theodosius faced a choice between defending the interests of Valentinian II, his ineffective colleague from the previous dynasty, or acceding to the aggression of Magnus Maximus, his countryman, an unimpeachably orthodox Catholic, a proven effective general, and as an emperor one whose imperium Theodosius had recognized,2 Valentinian’s Arian mother Justina could be understood to have swayed Theodosius decisively by offering him her daughter Galla in marriage.3 This scenario enabled hostile interpreters to trivialize Theodosius’s decision as irresponsible appetite and to belittle its execution …


Review Of D. Ogden, Drakōn: Dragon Myth And Serpent Cult In The Greek And Roman Worlds, Laura Gawlinski Jan 2013

Review Of D. Ogden, Drakōn: Dragon Myth And Serpent Cult In The Greek And Roman Worlds, Laura Gawlinski

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No abstract provided.


Roman Law And The Legal World Of The Romans, James G. Keenan Jan 2010

Roman Law And The Legal World Of The Romans, James G. Keenan

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A review of Andrew. M Riggsby's book, Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans.


The Wolf And The Lion: Synesius’ Egyptian Sources, Jacqueline Long Nov 2004

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

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No abstract provided.


'Die Binnenwanderung’ In Byzantine Egypt, James G. Keenan Mar 2002

'Die Binnenwanderung’ In Byzantine Egypt, James G. Keenan

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No abstract provided.


Literary Evidence For Roman Arithmetic With Fractions, David W. Maher, John F. Makowski Oct 2001

Literary Evidence For Roman Arithmetic With Fractions, David W. Maher, John F. Makowski

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No abstract provided.


Vaballathus And Zenobia (270-272 A.D.), Jacqueline Long Jul 1997

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

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No abstract provided.


Roman Criminal Law In A Berlin Papyrus Codex (Bgu Iv 1024–1027), James G. Keenan Jan 1989

Roman Criminal Law In A Berlin Papyrus Codex (Bgu Iv 1024–1027), James G. Keenan

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No abstract provided.


Pastoralism In Roman Egypt, James G. Keenan Jan 1989

Pastoralism In Roman Egypt, James G. Keenan

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No abstract provided.


Tacitus, Roman Wills And Political Freedom, James G. Keenan Jan 1987

Tacitus, Roman Wills And Political Freedom, James G. Keenan

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No abstract provided.


Ptolemaic Account (P. Teb. 131), James G. Keenan, Michael Toumazou Jan 1981

Ptolemaic Account (P. Teb. 131), James G. Keenan, Michael Toumazou

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No abstract provided.


The Case Of Flavia Christodote: Observations On Psi I 76, James G. Keenan Jan 1978

The Case Of Flavia Christodote: Observations On Psi I 76, James G. Keenan

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No abstract provided.


Oracula Mortis In The Pharsalia, John F. Makowski Jul 1977

Oracula Mortis In The Pharsalia, John F. Makowski

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No abstract provided.


F.M. Ahl, Lucan: An Introduction, John F. Makowski Jul 1977

F.M. Ahl, Lucan: An Introduction, John F. Makowski

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No abstract provided.


Three Short Notes On Late Roman Documents From Egypt, James G. Keenan Jan 1977

Three Short Notes On Late Roman Documents From Egypt, James G. Keenan

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The observations printed below were made in the course of research on social mobility in late Roman Egypt conducted under a Summer Faculty Fellowship for 1976 from Loyola University Chicago.


Two Notes On P. Merton Ii 100, James G. Keenan Jan 1975

Two Notes On P. Merton Ii 100, James G. Keenan

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The papyrus now accessible as P. Merton II 100 was first edited by H.I. Bell as "A Requisitioning Order for Taxes in Kind," in Aegyptus, fasc.2 (1951) (Raccolta Vitelli), pp. 307-12, and subsequently reprinted as SB VI 9232. The document, written during the emirate of Jordanes (ca. A.D. 699-704), is dated 23 Phaophi of the thirteen indiction (21 October 699). Difficulties of decipherment are owed to the colors of the inks that were used (they fade into the color of papyrus itself), the frequent use of abbreviation, and the extreme cursiveness of the second hand (lines 5-8). Nevertheless, some improvements …


On Law And Society In Late Roman Egypt, James G. Keenan Jan 1975

On Law And Society In Late Roman Egypt, James G. Keenan

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No abstract provided.


The Names Flavius And Aurelius As Status Designations In Later Roman Egypt, James G. Keenan Jan 1974

The Names Flavius And Aurelius As Status Designations In Later Roman Egypt, James G. Keenan

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An examination of the uses of the names Flavius and Aurelius.


Two Loan Repayments From Second-Century Tebtunis, James G. Keenan Jan 1972

Two Loan Repayments From Second-Century Tebtunis, James G. Keenan

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The type of document commonly referred to as the repayment, or return of a loan has been recently discussed in the introduction to P. Yale 63. The editors there conclude (p. 198) that "written repayments of loans were not given for repayment itself, but to cover peculiar circumstances" (spaced by me), such as the decease of the original creditor or debtor, or occasions when repayment was made in a place different from that in which the loan was taken out. The two papyri presented below lend confirmation to this conclusion: No. 1 is the repayment in Tebtunis of a loan …


Four Papyri From Second-Century Tebtunis, James G. Keenan, John C. Shelton Jan 1971

Four Papyri From Second-Century Tebtunis, James G. Keenan, John C. Shelton

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The texts presented here have until now been known to papyrologists only from short descriptions in the back of P. Teb. Vol. II. We print below full transcripts together with a commentary to take account of scholarship since the original publication in 1907. The texts have a common feature in their concern with weaving: nr. 1 is an apprenticeship to a weaver, the remainder are receipts for weavers' tax.