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Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, Excavations At Barnavos: Final Report, James C. Wright, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Mary K. Dabney, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Kotzamani, Alexandra Livarda Oct 2008

Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, Excavations At Barnavos: Final Report, James C. Wright, Evangelia Pappi, Sevasti Triantaphyllou, Mary K. Dabney, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Kotzamani, Alexandra Livarda

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

In 2002 and 2003 the 4th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities and the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project (NVAP) excavated a robbed Late Helladic (LH) IIIA2 chamber tomb at Barnavos, west of the village of Ancient Nemea. Through application of a novel method of stratigraphic analysis and careful documentation of the scattered remains, it was ascertained that the tomb was opened as many as six times for four or five interments, including a child and probably both male and female adults. No other tomb was found in the vicinity. This is the first Mycenaean tomb discovered in the valley, and …


Vincent John Bruno, 1926-2008, Russell Scott Oct 2008

Vincent John Bruno, 1926-2008, Russell Scott

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Reception Of Plutarch's 'Lives' In Fifteenth-Century Italy, By Marianne Pade, Julia H. Gaisser Jul 2008

Review Of The Reception Of Plutarch's 'Lives' In Fifteenth-Century Italy, By Marianne Pade, Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Review: Marianne Pade. The Reception Of Plutarch’S Lives In Fifteenth-Century Italy., Julia H. Gaisser Jul 2008

Review: Marianne Pade. The Reception Of Plutarch’S Lives In Fifteenth-Century Italy., Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


In The Shadow Of Aristophanes: The 1903 Iphigeneia In Tauris In Philadelphia, Lee Pearcy Jan 2008

In The Shadow Of Aristophanes: The 1903 Iphigeneia In Tauris In Philadelphia, Lee Pearcy

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Extra-Ordinary People: Mystai And Magoi, Magicians And Orphics In The Derveni Papyrus, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2008

Extra-Ordinary People: Mystai And Magoi, Magicians And Orphics In The Derveni Papyrus, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Beyond The Desert And The Sown: Settlement Intensification In Late Prehistoric Southeastern Arabia, Peter Magee Jan 2007

Beyond The Desert And The Sown: Settlement Intensification In Late Prehistoric Southeastern Arabia, Peter Magee

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Arabia lies outside the focus of most archaeologists working in western Asia and is considered to have been a periphery in the past and therefore peripheral to contemporary research interests. The reasons for this include generalized assumptions about human-environmental dynamics and a belief in the necessity of foreign intervention as a spur for innovation and change in arid environments. In this paper, these two assumptions are examined, and a case study from southeastern Arabia is presented which details evidence for indigenous adaptation and a concomitant emergence of political and economic complexity in the early first millennium B.C.


The Boy Strangling The Goose: Genre Figure Or Mythological Symbol?, Brunilde S. Ridgway Oct 2006

The Boy Strangling The Goose: Genre Figure Or Mythological Symbol?, Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Kunze has suggested that Hellenistic sculpture depicting themes of everyday activities that are traditionally classified as genre Subjects may carry very different meanings. This note argues that, in Graeco-Roman terms, the chubby personage in depictions of the Boy Strangling the Goose is not simply a child but the personification of Dienysos/Harpokrates; the goose is not a household pet but an evil spirit over which the Divine Child triumphs. The manner of the representation is Greek and can be read at a superficial level; the deeper content is Egyptian and contains a symbolic message of rebirth and victory.


Review Of Archäologische Berichte Aus Dem Yemen, Vol. 9 (2002), Peter Magee Apr 2006

Review Of Archäologische Berichte Aus Dem Yemen, Vol. 9 (2002), Peter Magee

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Augustine: De Civitate Dei (The City Of God), Books I & Ii, Edited With An Introduction, Translation And Commentary By P.G. Walsh, Catherine Conybeare Jan 2006

Review Of Augustine: De Civitate Dei (The City Of God), Books I & Ii, Edited With An Introduction, Translation And Commentary By P.G. Walsh, Catherine Conybeare

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


To Sit In Solemn Silence? Thronosis In Ritual, Myth, And Iconography, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2006

To Sit In Solemn Silence? Thronosis In Ritual, Myth, And Iconography, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

To explain Strepsiades' initiation in Aristophanes' Clouds, recent scholars have referred to a thronosis ritual at the Eleusinian mysteries to describe the process wherein the initiate sits on a stool with head covered. The term thronosis, however, properly belongs to Korybantic initiation ritual, not to the Eleusinian Mysteries. Not only are the terms employed to describe the rituals different, but the iconographic representations of the ritual and the mythic paradigms are different as well. The puriticatory silent sitting of the Eleusinian initiate should not be confused with the bewildering and terrifying treatment of the enthroned initiate in a …


The Achaemenid Empire In South Asia And Recent Excavations In Akra In Northwest Pakistan, Peter Magee, Cameron Petrie, Robert Knox, Farid Khan, Ken Thomas Oct 2005

The Achaemenid Empire In South Asia And Recent Excavations In Akra In Northwest Pakistan, Peter Magee, Cameron Petrie, Robert Knox, Farid Khan, Ken Thomas

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

The impact of the Achaemenid annexation of northwestern Pakistan has remained a focus for archaeological research for more than a century. A lack of well-stratified settlements and a focus on artifacts that are not necessarily appropriate for assessing the effects of imperial control have until now obfuscated our understanding of this issue. In this article, we present the results of three seasons of excavations at Akra located in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Although research was cut short in 2001 by global events, our preliminary results indicate that the relation;;hip between urbanism, trade, and the Achaemenid annexation was …


Charles Martin Robertson, 1911-2004, Brunilde S. Ridgway Jul 2005

Charles Martin Robertson, 1911-2004, Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Printing The Classical Text, By Howard Jones, Julia H. Gaisser Jul 2005

Review Of Printing The Classical Text, By Howard Jones, Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review: Howard Jones, Printing The Classical Text, Julia H. Gaisser Jul 2005

Review: Howard Jones, Printing The Classical Text, Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Women Writing Latin, From Roman Antiquity To Early Modern Europe, Edited By Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, And Jane E. Jeffrey, Catherine Conybeare Apr 2005

Review Of Women Writing Latin, From Roman Antiquity To Early Modern Europe, Edited By Laurie J. Churchill, Phyllis R. Brown, And Jane E. Jeffrey, Catherine Conybeare

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Gla And The Kopais In The 13th Century B.C., By Spyros E. Iakovides, James C. Wright Jul 2004

Review Of Gla And The Kopais In The 13th Century B.C., By Spyros E. Iakovides, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of Evidence For Feasting In Mycenaean Society, James C. Wright Apr 2004

A Survey Of Evidence For Feasting In Mycenaean Society, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

The study of feasting on the Greek mainland during the Middle and Late Bronze Age provides insights into the nature of Mycenaean society. Grave goods demonstrate changes in feasting and drinking practices and their importance in the formation of an elite identity. Cooking, serving, and drinking vessels are also recorded in Linear B documents. Feasting scenes appear in the frescoes of Crete and the islands, and the Mycenaeans adapt this tradition for representation in their palaces. Feasting iconography is also found in vase painting, particularly in examples of the Pictorial Style. Mycenaean feasting is an expression of the hierarchical sociopolitical …


The Mycenaean Feast: An Introduction, James C. Wright Apr 2004

The Mycenaean Feast: An Introduction, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Faces Of The Moon: Cosmology, Genesis, And The Mithras Liturgy, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2004

The Faces Of The Moon: Cosmology, Genesis, And The Mithras Liturgy, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of A Comparative Study Of Thirty City-State Cultures: An Investigation Conducted By The Copenhagen Polis Centre, Edited By Mogens Herman Hansen, James C. Wright Apr 2003

Review Of A Comparative Study Of Thirty City-State Cultures: An Investigation Conducted By The Copenhagen Polis Centre, Edited By Mogens Herman Hansen, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Who In Hell Is Heracles? Dionysos' Disastrous Disguise In Aristophanes' Frogs, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2003

Who In Hell Is Heracles? Dionysos' Disastrous Disguise In Aristophanes' Frogs, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


At The Seizure Of The Moon: The Absence Of The Moon In The Mithras Liturgy, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2003

At The Seizure Of The Moon: The Absence Of The Moon In The Mithras Liturgy, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Aristophanes In Philadelphia: The "Acharnians" Of 1886, Lee Pearcy Jan 2003

Aristophanes In Philadelphia: The "Acharnians" Of 1886, Lee Pearcy

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Thrown Away Like Rubbish - Disposal Of The Dead In Ancient Greece, Astrid Lindenlauf Jan 2001

Thrown Away Like Rubbish - Disposal Of The Dead In Ancient Greece, Astrid Lindenlauf

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

In this article, the literary and archaeological evidence for burial practices that can be associated with the English expression ‘to be disposed of like rubbish’ are discussed. These disposal methods (átaphon rhíptesthai) include the exposure of corpses to carrion animals, to the elements, as well as the disposal of corpses into the sea, pits or natural fissures without burial rites. They also include cases in which graves were dug up in order to throw their contents out. Here, the Greek expressions for the English phrase ‘to be thrown away like rubbish’ are explored, as well as its relation …


Review Of Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Limc), Vol. 8 (Thespiades-Zodiacus Et Supplementum) And Indices, Brunilde S. Ridgway Jan 2001

Review Of Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Limc), Vol. 8 (Thespiades-Zodiacus Et Supplementum) And Indices, Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Did The Mithraists Inhale? - A Technique For Theurgic Ascent In The Mithras Liturgy, The Chaldaean Oracles, And Some Mithraic Frescoes, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii Jan 2001

Did The Mithraists Inhale? - A Technique For Theurgic Ascent In The Mithras Liturgy, The Chaldaean Oracles, And Some Mithraic Frescoes, Radcliffe G. Edmonds Iii

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Archaic States, Edited By Gary M. Feinman And Joyce Marcus, James C. Wright Jul 2000

Review Of Archaic States, Edited By Gary M. Feinman And Joyce Marcus, James C. Wright

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Latin Commentaries On Ovid From The Renaissance, By A. Moss, Julia H. Gaisser Jan 2000

Review Of Latin Commentaries On Ovid From The Renaissance, By A. Moss, Julia H. Gaisser

Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Review Of Regional Schools In Hellenistic Sculpture: Proceedings Of An International Conference Held At The American School Of Classical Studies At Athens, March 15-17, 1996, Edited By Olga Palagia And William Coulson, Brunilde S. Ridgway Oct 1999

Review Of Regional Schools In Hellenistic Sculpture: Proceedings Of An International Conference Held At The American School Of Classical Studies At Athens, March 15-17, 1996, Edited By Olga Palagia And William Coulson, Brunilde S. Ridgway

Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.