Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
To what might we owe this modern-day cultural amnesia surrounding one of the world’s greatest works of ancient literature?
Guide to the Classics: Homer’s Odyssey
The Odyssey of Homer is a Greek epic poem that tells of the return journey of Odysseus to the island of Ithaca from the war at Troy, which Homer addressed in The Iliad.
Guide to the classics: Homer’s Iliad
Homer’s Iliad is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there.
From Aesop to Erasmus: Scholar examines the roles of animals in literature
From lions to lice, owls to octopi, animals played a big role in ancient lessons on speaking and writing.
The Trojan Exodus: The Initiation of a Nation
The second book of the Aeneid, a familiar and favourite reading of a number of Latin stu- dents, focuses on the drama that unfolded during the last night of Troy.
The Trojan Exodus: The Initiation of a Nation
The second book of the Aeneid, a familiar and favourite reading of a number of Latin stu- dents, focuses on the drama that unfolded during the last night of Troy.
Maidens, Matrons, and Magicians: Women and Personal Ritual Power in Late Antique Egypt
The majority of this study consists of a series of case studies of different types of women’s rituals of power, which emphasize examples of significant trends in ritual iconography, praxis, and context, both those which were typical of late antique Egyptian magic as a whole, and those which were uniquely female in character.
Ovid, Tristia 1.2 : high drama on the high seas
In this paper, I explore the political implications of Tristia 1.2 by examining three important elements of the poem: (a) exploitation of the Aeneid and the Odyssey; (b) allusions to Ovid
Isocrates
The main sources in Greek literature for the cult of Helen and/or Menelaus at Therapn? are Herodotus (6.61.3), Isocrates 10 (Encomium of Helen), and Pausanias (3.19.9-10). Isocrates is the one who speaks of joint-worship of Helen and Menelaus (10.63).
THUCYDIDES CONSTRUCTS HIS SPEAKERS: THE CASE OF DIODOTUS
In a nutshell: there is no way to avoid the conclusion that Thucydides himself is responsible for the most important parts of his speakers’ speeches, that is, that for all practical purposes he composed them.