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Hellenistic Poetry
A major new collection of use to all students and scholars working on Hellenistic Greek poetry
Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean Letters
In Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean Letters: Philosophers of the Household, Annette Bourland Huizenga examines the Greco-Roman moral-philosophical “curriculum” for women by comparing these two pseudepigraphic epistolary collections.
The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women
This collection of essays offers an exploration of the meaning and significance of the Catalogue of Women, attributed to Hesiod.
Supplementum Hellenisticum
The Supplement to the Supplementum Hellenisticum, edited by Hugh Lloyd-Jones and Peter Parsons in 1983, presents new papyrus material, along with a succession of new suggestions regarding the texts and their meanings. It also provides references and brief analyses of the scholarly discussions that concern them. As in the original volume, all information is arranged alphabetically by author name and includes readings of the texts, addenda from new papyri, and references to recent scholarship. Indices of the Greek word forms of all newly added texts and of the sources follow the format of the original volume's indices. On the occasion of the publication of Supplementum Supplementi Hellenistici (SSH), Supplementum Hellenisticum (SH) is being offered at a lower price. Both volumes are available as a set for 198.00.
Zero to Hero, Hero to Zero
Hercules is a hero; we were all brought up to appreciate the basic idea of the ancient hero. But what about him makes him one? This book aims to challenge some of the standard expectations as to what constitutes a hero, considering the phenomenon of heroism from a range of viewpoints. In this book we invite you to walk around the monumental notions of the hero and heroism, and endeavour to reach out and touch them on all sides. The chapters in this volume testify to the difficulty of answering the question ‘what is a hero?’ and engage with a variety of themes in attempting to offer some replies. They demonstrate not just the variety of ways in which the protagonists of ancient literature...
Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca
In modern times the Theriaca of Nicander of Colophon (2nd century BCE) has not attracted many enthusiasts. Its complicated style, abstruse diction and technical subject matter – venomous bites and their remedies – have long put off classical scholars. In the wake of renewed interest in Hellenistic poetry, however, Nicander’s dark poetry deserves new appreciation. In this book Floris Overduin provides a literary commentary on the Theriaca, focusing on Nicander’s artistic merits. Viewed against the background of Alexandrian aesthetics and the didactic epic tradition, Nicander deserves pride of place among his Hellenistic peers. This book, the first full commentary in English, may thus contribute to the reappraisal of Nicander’s Theriaca as a work of literature, not science.
Orpheus in Macedonia
The mythological hero Orpheus occupied a central role in ancient Greek culture, but 'the son of Oeagrus' and 'Thracian musician' venerated by the Greeks has also become a prominent figure in a long tradition of classical reception of Greek myth. This book challenges our entrenched idea of Orpheus and demonstrates that in the Classical and Hellenistic periods depictions of his identity and image were not as unequivocal as we tend to believe today. Concentrating on Orpheus' ethnicity and geographical references in ancient sources, Tomasz Mojsik traces the development of, and changes in, the mythological image of the hero in antiquity and sheds new light on contemporary constructions of cultura...
Colloquium Propertianum secundum: atti: Assisi, 9-11 novembre 1979
Pubblicazione Assisi : [s.n.], 1981 (Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi : Porziuncola)
