Dreams in Ancient Medicine
Dreams in Ancient Medicine Medicina Antiqua: University College London Along with many people before and since, most Greeks and Romans believed that dreams…
Forget Aristotle: Alexander the Great and the military origins of modern political organisation
My argument is that it was the political organisation of the Macedonian military, developed by Philip of Macedon, that formed the basis of Alexander the Great’s notion of empire.
Seeing One's Way: The Image and Action of Oidipous Tyrannos
To find ours, let us step back once more and examine Sophokles’ use of words. At a glance we notice a great deal of words related to sight in Oidipous Tyrannos . Roughly twice as many appear to us here than in the Antigone. The number picks up once more where Oidipous makes his final appearance in Oidipous at Kolonos. We can draw little more from this than that seeing and Oidipous are connected, fundamentally connected.
The Essential Value of a Classic Education
Jeffrey Brenzel focuses on Plato and Aristotle, as well as other great writers from throughout history.
The Breath of Life in Aristotle
Thus, answering the question,
Heraclitus and the Work of Awakening
Heraclitus is universally regarded as one of the fathers of western philosophy. However, the characterization of the nature of his contribution varies widely. To some he is an early example of rational, empirical, scientific inquiry into the physical world. To others he was primarily a brilliantly innovative metaphysician.
Justice and the Justification of War in Ancient Greece: Four Authors
The Greeks talked about war and they talked about it in terms of right and wrong. But given the intensely military nature of Ancient Greek society and the fierce concern with justice in Greek philosophy, it is surprising that no Greek thinker fully articulated the idea of Just War.
Aristotle and the Murder of Alexander
In the study of Aristotle’s thought there has been no systematic effort to examine the allegations in relation to Aristotle’s political philosophy.
Children as Office Holders and Benefactors in the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire
One of the most striking features of euergetism in the Román imperial period was the participation in public Ufe of individuáis belonging to previously «marginal» groups: women, children even -to a certain extent- «freed slaves» and their descendants.
From Greek myth to medieval witches: infertile women as monstrous and evil
This paper is going to suggest another possible source: female monsters from Greek mythology, such as the Keres, the Lamia, Scylla, the Harpies and Medusa.