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Reviewed Work(S): The Anatomy Of Myth: The Art Of Interpretation From The Presocratics To The Church Fathers By Michael W. Herren, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2017

Reviewed Work(S): The Anatomy Of Myth: The Art Of Interpretation From The Presocratics To The Church Fathers By Michael W. Herren, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Case For Another Son Of P. Quinctilius Varus: A Re-Examination Of The Textual And Scholarly Traditions Around Joseph. Bj 2.68 And Aj 17.288, Daniel J. Crosby Jun 2016

The Case For Another Son Of P. Quinctilius Varus: A Re-Examination Of The Textual And Scholarly Traditions Around Joseph. Bj 2.68 And Aj 17.288, Daniel J. Crosby

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

This paper addresses the issue of the historicity of another, older son of P. Quinctilius Varus who is attested in Joseph. AJ 17.288, but not in the parallel version at BJ 2.68. Modern scholarship, as evidenced by Ladislav Vidman (1998) and Klaus Wachtel (1999), finds itself at a loss as to which opinion, that of Walther John (1958) or of Meyer Reinhold (1972), to support. Whereas John rejects the evidence for an older son of Varus in AJ and proposes L. Nonius Asprenas (cos. suff. 6 CE) instead, Reinhold tersely rebuts John, supporting the validity of the text. This article …


Euripides And The Politics Of Form, Joel A. Schlosser Jan 2016

Euripides And The Politics Of Form, Joel A. Schlosser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Three Late Medieval Kilns From The Athenian Agora, Camilla Mackay Jan 2015

Three Late Medieval Kilns From The Athenian Agora, Camilla Mackay

Library Staff Research and Scholarship

This article presents pottery from three late medieval kilns excavated in the Athenian Agora in the 1930s. Wasters from the kilns provide important proof of the local production of lead-glazed wares that come into use in the early Ottoman period and are found in surveys and excavations throughout Attica and Boeotia. Some of this pottery has been identified as maiolica, but portable x-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis has not indicated the presence of tin in the glaze. While distinctive in appearance, the pottery from these kilns seems to continue the ceramic tradition of earlier medieval Athens.


When I Walked The Dark Road Of Hades: Orphic Katabasis And The Katabasis Of Orpheus, Radcliffe Edmonds Iii Jan 2015

When I Walked The Dark Road Of Hades: Orphic Katabasis And The Katabasis Of Orpheus, Radcliffe Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

Accounts of the descent to the Underworld attributed to Orpheus have been presumed to provide privileged information about the Underworld from the first hand experience of the narrator Orpheus, giving such accounts a special eschatological significance (R. PARKER [1995]). The surviving evidence, however, suggests that accounts of katábasis in texts attributed to Orpheus are not in the first person, while accounts of Orpheus’ katábasisare not attributed to Orpheus (with exception of the allusion in the late Orphic Argonautica). The possibility that the Orphic katabáseis might have recounted the descent of Herakles or Theseus rather than Orpheus himself opens …


Imagining The Afterlife In Greek Religion, Radcliffe Emonds Iii Jan 2015

Imagining The Afterlife In Greek Religion, Radcliffe Emonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Engaging With Digital Humanities: Becoming Productive Scholars Of The Humanities In A Digital Age, Daniel J. Crosby Jan 2015

Engaging With Digital Humanities: Becoming Productive Scholars Of The Humanities In A Digital Age, Daniel J. Crosby

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

No abstract provided.


Review: Julia Kindt, Rethinking Greek Religion, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2014

Review: Julia Kindt, Rethinking Greek Religion, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


There And Back Again: Temporary Immortality In The Mithras Liturgy, Radcliffe Edmonds Iii Jan 2014

There And Back Again: Temporary Immortality In The Mithras Liturgy, Radcliffe Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Lively Afterlife And Beyond: The Soul In Plato, Homer, And The Orphica, Radcliffe Edmonds Iii Jan 2014

A Lively Afterlife And Beyond: The Soul In Plato, Homer, And The Orphica, Radcliffe Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Harpists, Flute-Players, And The Early Musical Contests At Delphi, Daniel J. Crosby Jan 2013

Harpists, Flute-Players, And The Early Musical Contests At Delphi, Daniel J. Crosby

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

No abstract provided.


Talfourd’S Ion: Classical Reception And Gender In Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia, Lee Pearcy Jan 2013

Talfourd’S Ion: Classical Reception And Gender In Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia, Lee Pearcy

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

In mid-nineteenth-century Philadelphia, plays with classical subjects were nearly as popular as Shakespeare. Contemporary reac- tion to one of these plays, Thomas Talfourd’s Ion, or The Foundling of Argos, reveals its audiences’ expectations about gender on stage and in society. American audiences, unlike their English counterparts, expected to see the role of Ion played by a woman. Especially in the 1830s, actresses playing Ion faced audiences who expected to see their feminine qualities preserved. They were disguised as a boy on the edge of manhood, but to be successful, the disguise had to fail by preserving their essential character as …


Review: Renate Schlesier (Ed.), A Different God? Dionysos And Ancient Polytheism., Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2013

Review: Renate Schlesier (Ed.), A Different God? Dionysos And Ancient Polytheism., Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Dionysos In Egypt? Epaphian Dionysos In The Orphic Hymns, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2013

Dionysos In Egypt? Epaphian Dionysos In The Orphic Hymns, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Ephesia Grammata: Logos Orphaikos Or Apolline Alexima Pharmaka?, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2013

The Ephesia Grammata: Logos Orphaikos Or Apolline Alexima Pharmaka?, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Whip Scars On The Naked Soul: Myth And Elenchos In Plato's Gorgias, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2012

Whip Scars On The Naked Soul: Myth And Elenchos In Plato's Gorgias, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

Stripped of his regal robes and all the trappings of his worldly power, the soul of the Great King cowers naked before Rhadamanthys, who looks down upon the crippled wretch before him, disfigured like the basest slave by the marks of the whip and covered with festering sores. Many scholars (most importantly Annas, "Plato's Myths of Judgement," Phronesis, Vol. XXVII 1982, pp. 119-143) have interpreted this horrific image of the judgement of the soul from Plato's Gorgias as a threat of hell-fire designed to convince the skeptical Callicles that justice pays 'in the end.' Socrates' myth, however, does not supply …


Does Dying Hurt? Philodemus Of Gadara, De Morte And Asclepiades Of Bithynia, Lee Pearcy Jan 2012

Does Dying Hurt? Philodemus Of Gadara, De Morte And Asclepiades Of Bithynia, Lee Pearcy

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review: Tzifopoulos, Yannis. ‘Paradise’ Earned: The Bacchic-Orphic Lamellae Of Crete, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2012

Review: Tzifopoulos, Yannis. ‘Paradise’ Earned: The Bacchic-Orphic Lamellae Of Crete, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Naming The Witch: Magic, Ideology, And Stereotype In The Ancient World, By Kimberly B. Stratton, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2011

Review Of Naming The Witch: Magic, Ideology, And Stereotype In The Ancient World, By Kimberly B. Stratton, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Festivals In The Afterlife: A New Reading Of The Petelia Tablet (Of 476.11), Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2011

Festivals In The Afterlife: A New Reading Of The Petelia Tablet (Of 476.11), Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Approaches To The Study Of Personhood In The Early Mycenaean Era, James C. Wright Jun 2010

Approaches To The Study Of Personhood In The Early Mycenaean Era, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Handbuch Der Illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502-1840: Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen Und Kommentierter Katalog Der Holzschnitte Und Kupferstiche Zur Aeneis In Alten Drucken, By W. Suerbaum, Julia H. Gaisser Apr 2010

Review Of Handbuch Der Illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502-1840: Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen Und Kommentierter Katalog Der Holzschnitte Und Kupferstiche Zur Aeneis In Alten Drucken, By W. Suerbaum, Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Blaming The Witch: Some Reflections Upon Unexpected Death, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2010

Blaming The Witch: Some Reflections Upon Unexpected Death, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware And The Impact Of Indian Ocean Trade In Early Historic South Asia, Peter Magee Jan 2010

Revisiting Indian Rouletted Ware And The Impact Of Indian Ocean Trade In Early Historic South Asia, Peter Magee

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Indian Rouletted Ware pottery is the iconic marker of the overseas reach of the subcontinent at the turn of the first millennium AD. In the mid twentieth century this was naturally seen as prompted by the contemporary Roman Empire, while the later post-colonial discourse has emphasised the independence and long life of Indian initiatives. In this new analysis the author demonstrates a more complex socio-economic situation. While Greyware is distributed long term over south India, Rouletted ware is made in at least two regional centres for coastal communities using a new ceramic language, one appropriate to an emerging international merchant …


The Children Of Earth And Starry Heaven: The Meaning And Function Of The Formula In The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2010

The Children Of Earth And Starry Heaven: The Meaning And Function Of The Formula In The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Bright Cypress Of The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets: Direction And Illumination In Myths Of The Underworld, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2010

The Bright Cypress Of The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets: Direction And Illumination In Myths Of The Underworld, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Unthinking The Greek Polis: Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism, By K. Vlassopoulos, James C. Wright Oct 2009

Review Of Unthinking The Greek Polis: Ancient Greek History Beyond Eurocentrism, By K. Vlassopoulos, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Curious Concoction: Tradition And Innovation In Olympiodorus' "Orphic" Creation Of Mankind, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2009

A Curious Concoction: Tradition And Innovation In Olympiodorus' "Orphic" Creation Of Mankind, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

Olympiodorus' Commentary on Plato's Phaedo I.3-6 has been the linchpin of the reconstructions of the supposed Orphic doctrine of original sin. While Olympiodorus links the Titans' dismemberment of Dionysus and anthropogony, he does not include any element of inherited guilt, either in his narration of the myth or in his interpretation. Moreover, his telling of the-myth, which makes the anthropogony the sequel to the dismemberment of Dionysus, is an innovation made for the purposes of his own argument. Rather than preserving in fossilized form a sacred myth more than a millennium old, Olympiodorus concocts an innovative tale of his own.


Who Are You? Mythic Narrative And Identity In The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2009

Who Are You? Mythic Narrative And Identity In The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of In The Shadow Of The Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations Of The Early Arabian Civilization In Oman, By Serge Cleuziou And Maurizio Tosi, Peter Magee Oct 2008

Review Of In The Shadow Of The Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundations Of The Early Arabian Civilization In Oman, By Serge Cleuziou And Maurizio Tosi, Peter Magee

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.