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Sacrificial Ritual And The Palace Of Nestor: A Reanalysis Of The Ta Tablets, J. Morton, N. G. Blackwell, Kyle W. Mahoney
Sacrificial Ritual And The Palace Of Nestor: A Reanalysis Of The Ta Tablets, J. Morton, N. G. Blackwell, Kyle W. Mahoney
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The Ta tablets are a series of Linear B documents from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos that inventory vessels, fire implements, slaughtering paraphernalia, and furniture. This article argues that all the equipment documented on the Ta tablets pertains to a single large-scale ritual cattle sacrifice and was not equipment for the banquet that would have followed the sacrifice. The argument is rooted in a reanalysis of the tables listed on the Ta tablets that concludes that they were used for the slaughter and butchery of sacrificial cattle. Discussion proceeds from there to the sacrificial ritual use of the other …
Fabulous Style: Learning To Compose Fables In The Progymnasmata, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Fabulous Style: Learning To Compose Fables In The Progymnasmata, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Review Of "Selections From Horace Odes Iii: An Edition For Intermediate Students. Odes Iii.2, Iii.3, Iii.4, Iii.6" By J. Godwin, William Turpin
Review Of "Selections From Horace Odes Iii: An Edition For Intermediate Students. Odes Iii.2, Iii.3, Iii.4, Iii.6" By J. Godwin, William Turpin
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Reading The Aesopic Corpus: Slavery, Freedom, And Storytelling In The Life Of Aesop, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Reading The Aesopic Corpus: Slavery, Freedom, And Storytelling In The Life Of Aesop, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Truth And Self At Colonus, Grace M. Ledbetter
Truth And Self At Colonus, Grace M. Ledbetter
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Listening To Aesop's Animals, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Listening To Aesop's Animals, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Review Of "Phaedrus: Ein Interpretationskommentar Zum Ersten Buch Der Fabeln" By U. Gärtner, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Review Of "Phaedrus: Ein Interpretationskommentar Zum Ersten Buch Der Fabeln" By U. Gärtner, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Thucydides And Myth: A Complex Relation To Past And Present, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Thucydides And Myth: A Complex Relation To Past And Present, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
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Grand Allusions: Vergil In Phaedrus, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Grand Allusions: Vergil In Phaedrus, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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This article focuses on two allusions to Vergil in the opening of the third book of Phaedrus’ Aesopic fables (3.Prol.) and suggests that Vergilian poetry plays a surprisingly central role in Phaedrus’ reflections on the nature and purpose of his poetic project. By linking his own avowedly humble poetry to the Aeneid and Eclogues, Phaedrus draws attention to some unexpected points of contact with Vergil; but he also quite clearly presents himself as a relatively unimportant poet who has had a particularly difficult time finding acceptance in Rome. The engagements with Vergil thus provide contexts for Phaedrus to highlight a …
Ovid, Amores (Book 1), William Turpin
Ovid, Amores (Book 1), William Turpin
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From Catullus to Horace, the tradition of Latin erotic poetry produced works of literature which are still read throughout the world. Ovid’s Amores, written in the first century BC, is arguably the best-known and most popular collection in this tradition. Born in 43 BC, Ovid was educated in Rome in preparation for a career in public services before finding his calling as a poet. He may have begun writing his Amores as early as 25 BC. Although influenced by poets such as Catullus, Ovid demonstrates a much greater awareness of the funny side of love than any of his predecessors. …
Natural Upheavals In Thucydides (And Herodotus), Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Natural Upheavals In Thucydides (And Herodotus), Rosaria Vignolo Munson
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Croesus, Xerxes, And The Denial Of Death (Herodotus 1.29-34; 7.44-53), William Turpin
Croesus, Xerxes, And The Denial Of Death (Herodotus 1.29-34; 7.44-53), William Turpin
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Herodotus portrays both Croesus and Xerxes as resolutely unaware of their own mortality, despite conversations about the life span of an ordinary human (Croesus), and the mortality of his massive army (Xerxes). Part of what makes Croesus and Xerxes hubristic, for Herodotus, is their obliviousness to this salient aspect of their humanity.
Aesop And Animal Fable, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Aesop And Animal Fable, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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This chapter examines the tensions between the symbolic valence of anthropomorphic animals and authentic concerns about real animals in fables of ancient times. It provides an overview of sources and scholarly approach in this study of the Graeco-Latin fable and explores the boundaries between human and animal in early Greek fable-telling. This chapter suggests that the fable tradition occasionally eschews symbolism and anthropomorphism entirely, which reveals a deep and abiding interest in animal behaviour and in material that could be considered as natural history. It also mentions that the fable was linked to the lower classes and affiliated with slaves …
Aristophanes' Bestiary, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Aristophanes' Bestiary, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Herodotus, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Review Of "Aristophanes: Sex Und Spott Und Politik" By N. Holzberg, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Review Of "Aristophanes: Sex Und Spott Und Politik" By N. Holzberg, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Review Of "Aesopic Conversations: Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, And The Invention Of Greek Prose" By L. Kurke, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Review Of "Aesopic Conversations: Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, And The Invention Of Greek Prose" By L. Kurke, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Gli Studi Classici E Il Precario Raggiungimento Della "Rilevanza", Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Gli Studi Classici E Il Precario Raggiungimento Della "Rilevanza", Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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This talk addresses how the concept of 'relevance' has tended to be used and abused in our time, and how it has affected public attitudes towards the place of Classics in the academy. As the modern world has become increasingly pluralistic and internationalised, Classics has lost not so much its ability to appear an, indeed, be, relevant to our times, but rather its status as a cultural marker of class, sophistication, or even virtue. Over the next decades, a major challenge facing the Classics will be to discover ways in which it can reconstruct itself as a discipline so as …
Herodotus And The Heroic Age: The Case Of Minos, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Herodotus And The Heroic Age: The Case Of Minos, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
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In the fifth century, traditional myths about gods and heroes of a remote age still constituted a shared cultural language for speaking about a variety of more or less specific current issues of a philosophical, ethical, social, and political nature. Other than tragedy and epinician poetry, we should especially remember the role of myth in Thucydides, whose ‘Archaeology’ sets down his fundamental, and ideologically charged, view of history. It is time to reassess Herodotus' participation in this contemporary coded discourse and examine the ways in which he uses the mythical past as well as the cases when he appears to …
Persians In Thucydides, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Persians In Thucydides, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
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Review Of "Contemporary Art And Classical Myth" Edited By J. Hirsh And I. L. Wallace, Grace M. Ledbetter
Review Of "Contemporary Art And Classical Myth" Edited By J. Hirsh And I. L. Wallace, Grace M. Ledbetter
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Review Of "Rome: Day One" By A. Carandini, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Review Of "Rome: Day One" By A. Carandini, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Review Of "Masks Of Authority: Fiction And Pragmatics In Ancient Greek Poetics" By C. Calame, Translated By P.M. Burk, Grace M. Ledbetter
Review Of "Masks Of Authority: Fiction And Pragmatics In Ancient Greek Poetics" By C. Calame, Translated By P.M. Burk, Grace M. Ledbetter
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Review Of "Aristophanes The Democrat: The Politics Of Satirical Comedy During The Peloponnesian War" By K. Sidwell, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Review Of "Aristophanes The Democrat: The Politics Of Satirical Comedy During The Peloponnesian War" By K. Sidwell, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Oaths, Roman, William Turpin
Names, Roman, William Turpin
Who Are Herodotus' Persians?, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Who Are Herodotus' Persians?, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
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In analyzing how Herodotus' descriptions of foreign societies reflect Greek assumptions and prejudices, we have sometimes failed to recognize the extent to which he reports persuasive and historically valid information. This is particularly true of the Persians for whom Herodotus appears to have had access to very good sources, especially perhaps among Medes and Persians living in Asia Minor. This paper argues that Herodotus' representation of Persian character and customs and his understanding of the relationship between the king and his subjects is based on genuine native traditions that reflect an internal debate within Persian elites in the aftermath of …
Review Of "Aesop's Fables In Latin: Ancient Wit And Wisdom From The Animal Kingdom" By L. Gibbs, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
Review Of "Aesop's Fables In Latin: Ancient Wit And Wisdom From The Animal Kingdom" By L. Gibbs, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
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Tacitus, Stoic "Exempla", And The "Praecipuum Munus Annalium", William Turpin
Tacitus, Stoic "Exempla", And The "Praecipuum Munus Annalium", William Turpin
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Tacitus' claim that history should inspire good deeds and deter bad ones (Annals 3.65) should be taken seriously: his exempla are supposed to help his readers think through their own moral difficulties. This approach to history is found in historians with clear connections to Stoicism, and in Stoic philosophers like Seneca. It is no coincidence that Tacitus is particularly interested in the behavior of Stoics like Thrasea Paetus, Barea Soranus, and Seneca himself. They, and even non-Stoic characters like Epicharis and Petronius, exemplify the behavior necessary if Roman freedom was to survive the monarchy.
Review Of "Erodoto E Il "Modello Erodoteo": Formazione E Trasmissione Delle Tradizioni Storiche In Grecia" Edited By M. Giangiulio, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Review Of "Erodoto E Il "Modello Erodoteo": Formazione E Trasmissione Delle Tradizioni Storiche In Grecia" Edited By M. Giangiulio, Rosaria Vignolo Munson
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