Forced Dependency: The Subjugation Of Women Through Medicine In Ancient Greece And Rome,
2026
Binghamton University
Forced Dependency: The Subjugation Of Women Through Medicine In Ancient Greece And Rome, Evelyn J. Polovich
Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal
In the ancient Mediterranean men were in charge of every facet of life, including women’s medicine. They forced women out of the oversight of gynecology and reformed it into a method of control that they could assert in order to force women into a position of submission. This paper aims to bring the ways in which ancient medicine was influenced by cultural ideas and worked to subjugate women and allow men to gain further control over their autonomy. This research was inspired by the works of ancient physicians like Hippocrates, Soranus, and Galen, as well as contemporary sources that critique …
The Technology Of Tradition And Biology Of Narrative: New Analogies For The Study Of Homer And Epic,
2026
Furman University
The Technology Of Tradition And Biology Of Narrative: New Analogies For The Study Of Homer And Epic, Eunice Kim
Open Access Fund Publications
In two separate, timely books Bozzone and Christensen draw from a wide range of scientific disciplines and modern parallels to consider how Homeric language and epic stories are in some ways living and alive. For Bozzone, who analyses the various formal features of Homer’s poetic technique by incorporating cognitive and linguistic frameworks, Homeric language is ‘living’ insofar as it operates on mechanisms analogous to those a speaker uses for natural languages and other kinds of speaking performances. Christensen, on the other hand, applies a series of biological analogies to epic poetry and imagines that the narrative of Homeric epic is …
Antigone And Oedipus In The Early American Theater,
2026
East Tennessee State University
Antigone And Oedipus In The Early American Theater, Lauren Mceldowney
McNair Culminating Research Projects
The first production of a Greek drama in North America has been a subject of scholarly debate for at least the last century. Some reference late eighteenth-century theater productions of Medea as the origin of the trend, some the Bowery’s 1834 Oedipus, some the 1845 Philadelphia Antigone, and many Harvard University’s 1881 Oedipus Tyrannus. Due to the large number of sources claiming Harvard’s Oedipus as the kickoff production, likely in part because of its massive success and subsequent inspired productions and news articles, there lacks sufficient discussion on what earlier North American stagings of Greek plays can …
Tel Shor: Jewelry, Dress And Cosmetic Articles From Three Persian Burials,
2026
Israel Antiquities Authority
Tel Shor: Jewelry, Dress And Cosmetic Articles From Three Persian Burials, Amir Golani, Eli Yannai
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel
The excavation northwest of Tel Shor exposed the partial remains of a Persian-period cemetery. Within the burial site were three intact tombs, two belonging to adult females and one to a child of undetermined sex. The burial goods include a rich corpus of jewelry, comprising earrings and finger rings, pendants, beads for necklaces and a few dress and cosmetic articles. The good state of preservation of the tombs allowed the funerary items to be studied in their archaeological context. Two of the tombs were exceptionally rich in finds, indicating the high social status of the deceased.
Tel Shor: The Glass Vessels,
2026
Israel Antiquities Authority
Tel Shor: The Glass Vessels, Tamar Winter
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel
Among the glass vessels from Tel Shor is a cast bowl adorned with beaded decoration, dated to the late Hellenistic period, which contributes to the currently meager data on the distribution of this quite rare type. A third-century CE bottle, unearthed alongside a Roman-period clay bottle, supports the attribution of the tomb in which they were found to the Roman period.
Tel Shor: Stamped Amphora Handles,
2026
Israel Antiquities Authority
Tel Shor: Stamped Amphora Handles, Donald T. Ariel, Tania Panagou
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel
The excavation at Tel Shor yielded three closely dated stamped amphora handles: two Rhodian, dating to 158–137 BCE, and one Knidian, dating to the third quarter of the second century BCE.
Tel Shor: A Cemetery From The Persian Period And Finds From The Late Chalcolithic–Roman And Ottoman Periods In The Western Jezreel Valley / תל שור: בית קברות מהתקופה הפרסית וממצאים מהתקופות הכלקוליתית המאוחרת–הרומית והעות׳מאנית במערב עמק יזרעאל,
2026
Israel Antiquities Authority
Tel Shor: A Cemetery From The Persian Period And Finds From The Late Chalcolithic–Roman And Ottoman Periods In The Western Jezreel Valley / תל שור: בית קברות מהתקופה הפרסית וממצאים מהתקופות הכלקוליתית המאוחרת–הרומית והעות׳מאנית במערב עמק יזרעאל, Eli Yannai
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel
A salvage excavation c. 50 m northwest of Tel Shor uncovered a cemetery dating to the Persian period, as well as two Iron Age graves and one Roman-period grave that overlies a Persian-period cist grave. Pottery sherds dating from the late Chalcolithic period, the Early, Intermediate and Middle Bronze Ages and the Iron Age were also found, indicating settlement at the site from the fourth millennium BCE through the Persian period. Above the Persian-period cemetery stratum were a settlement surface and refuse heaps dating from the Hellenistic period. The Roman-period grave may indicate that the area continued to serve as …
The Historical Persistence Of Working-Class Culture: How Laborers Created The Ethical Foundation Of Western Civilization,
2026
University of Northern Iowa
The Historical Persistence Of Working-Class Culture: How Laborers Created The Ethical Foundation Of Western Civilization, Kenneth Atkinson
Faculty Publications
This article highlights four historical events that shape our present: the world’s first industrial strike in ancient Egypt to protest workers’ health and safety; working-class efforts to improve labor conditions during the Roman Republic and Middle Ages through strikes and the creation of guilds; the social justice activism of the prophets of Western religions (all working-class folks!); and the creation of the selfie and the transition from a culture of character to our present obsession with celebrities and individualism that began during the Renaissance. Each case highlights unique features of working-class culture, working class reactions to societal changes, and the …
Aphrodite In Movement And Miniature: Knidian Statuettes Of The Ancient And Modern,
2026
CUNY Graduate Center
Aphrodite In Movement And Miniature: Knidian Statuettes Of The Ancient And Modern, Jacqueline M. Lewis
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis examines Hellenistic statuettes of the Knidian Aphrodite as independent works of art with distinct ancient contexts and modern collecting histories. Drawing on archaeological evidence from Delos, archival and public records from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and a comparative framework that places Hellenistic and modern collecting cultures in dialogue, this thesis aims to present the Knidia within the dynamic, interactive history of statuettes. Evaluated on its own terms rather than in relation to a lost original, Knidian Aphrodite statuettes illuminate both the richness of Hellenistic domestic religious life and …
The Hope Dionysos (After Augustus): A Post-Actian Reading Of Dionysian Imagery,
2026
CUNY Graduate Center
The Hope Dionysos (After Augustus): A Post-Actian Reading Of Dionysian Imagery, Jane Horman
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
At the center of the Roman court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York stands an almost seven-foot-tall statue of an androgynous looking figure, leaning on a smaller statue of a woman. This piece, formally known as Statue of Dionysos Leaning on a Female Figure, has been nicknamed the Hope Dionysos for both the archaic statue he is leaning on, as well as the family to whose collection he belonged for many years. However, in its day, the statue occupied a complicated place in Roman culture. This paper will examine the ways in which Dionysos, specifically through …
No Reply: The Exclusus Amator Through Ancient And Modern Love Poetry,
2026
CUNY Graduate Center
No Reply: The Exclusus Amator Through Ancient And Modern Love Poetry, Ayla Wing
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis examines the exclusus amator, or “shut-out lover” trope as it appears in Greek and Roman texts, surveying the many examples of this motif and picking out its main elements: Intense Pain, Strong Emotions, Rejection, Interaction with the Door. It also notes the universality of the trope (anyone of any sexuality from any walk of life can be an exclusus amator) and the many references to the motif in other types of ancient media, including in graffiti, which shows that the exclusus amator was a real-life occurrence. This paper then examines modern songwriting, a genre chosen for its similarities …
De Astronomiā: A Comparison Of Kepler’S Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae And Ancient Astronomical Literature,
2026
Dartmouth College
De Astronomiā: A Comparison Of Kepler’S Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae And Ancient Astronomical Literature, Jillian Lees Darcy
Classics Undergraduate Senior Theses
My thesis is part translation and part analysis. I chose to translate an early modern astronomical text written in Neo-Latin and analyze this text through ancient writing on astronomy and cosmology. I chose to translate Kepler’s Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae because of the many ancient allusions he makes in the introduction. While this text is valued for its scientific content and contributions, but I was interested in Kepler’s literary strategies, specifically how he engages in authorial self-fashioning, and how classical strategies of knowledge construction are distorted or mirrored in their style and content. After my translation, I will analyze Kepler’s literary …
Teaching Telemachus: Learning To Live And Lead In A Flawed World,
2026
University of Michigan Law School
Teaching Telemachus: Learning To Live And Lead In A Flawed World, Sherman J. Clark
Michigan Law Review
A review of The Odyssey By Homer. Translated by Emily Wilson.
Rethinking The Canon: A Conceptual History Of The Layered Foundations Of Western Politics,
2026
Programa de Apoio das Capacidades Administrativas (PARCA), Guinea-Bissau
Rethinking The Canon: A Conceptual History Of The Layered Foundations Of Western Politics, Dembael Seidi, Muhammad Andi Firmansyah
Jurnal Wacana Politik
Many accounts of Western political history suggest a direct, straight line from Ancient Greece to modern democracy. This article argues that this “Great Books” narrative is a myth that ignores how political ideas actually change over time. Using Reinhart Koselleck’s Begriffsgeschichte (conceptual history) framework, we demonstrate that key terms such as “law” and “citizenship” were not merely preserved but fundamentally transformed as they moved through Greco-Roman, Islamic, and Judeo-Christian civilizations. We call this transformation “conceptual alchemy”: a series of semantic translations through which Greek rationalism was retheorized via Islamic metaphysics and later synthesized by medieval scholasticism. Consequently, rather than a …
Inaugural Lmu Prize For Social Justice For Fiction — Closing Ceremony Remarks: 20th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival,
2026
Loyola Marymount University
Inaugural Lmu Prize For Social Justice For Fiction — Closing Ceremony Remarks: 20th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, Katerina Zacharia
Classics and Archaeology Faculty Works
This document comprises the closing ceremony remarks delivered by Professor Katerina Zacharia on May 31, 2026, at the 20th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF). The award, funded by the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Department of Classics & Archaeology at Loyola Marymount University, recognizes outstanding fiction films that engage with themes of migration, displacement, identity, and social inclusion in contemporary Greece and the Greek diaspora. The remarks present two inaugural LMU Prizes for Social Justice in the fiction categories. The first award — Best Fiction Short Film — goes to The Wolves Return, written and directed by Stelios …
Rome Goes West: The Influence Of Classical Antiquity Upon The American Founding,
2026
Liberty University
Rome Goes West: The Influence Of Classical Antiquity Upon The American Founding, Rebecca Felton
Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History
To the American founding generation, the history of classical antiquity—of Rome in particular—not only supplied a common vernacular capable of transcending geographical and social boundaries, but also imparted important lessons regarding statecraft and the destinies of nations. Over the course of the 1760s and 1770s, the founders increasingly regarded America as the inheritor of Roman imperium, politically, culturally, and even religiously. Thus, alongside British constitutionalism, Enlightenment philosophy, and Christian resistance theory, the memory of Rome contributed to the declaration of American independence from Great Britain.
Review Of Ruby Blondell. 2023. Helen Of Troy In Hollywood. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pp. 352. Hardcover (Isbn 978-0-691-22962-1) $39.95.,
2026
Harvard University
Review Of Ruby Blondell. 2023. Helen Of Troy In Hollywood. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pp. 352. Hardcover (Isbn 978-0-691-22962-1) $39.95., Shubert I. Silveira
New England Classical Journal
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Full Issue - 53.1,
2026
College of the Holy Cross
Masthead - 53.1,
2026
College of the Holy Cross
Oral Tradition And Literary Innovation In An Epigraphic Oracle: Claros And Caesarea Trocetta During The Antonine Plague,
2026
Yale University
Oral Tradition And Literary Innovation In An Epigraphic Oracle: Claros And Caesarea Trocetta During The Antonine Plague, Ryo Nagao
New England Classical Journal
During the Antonine Plague, the Lydian community of Caesarea Trocetta consulted the oracle of Apollo at Claros and inscribed its response, which was exceptional in form and language. This paper argues that Claros drew on performative literature and oracular traditions to provide an authoritative and innovative response that mediated the distress of the client community. Polymetry, diction, and intertexts with Pausanias and Statius combine to enhance both the aesthetic and religious function of the text. This analysis contributes to the study of epigraphy as literature, the mechanisms of oracular institutions, and civic responses to pandemic.
