The Resurrection of Jesus in its Jewish Context
In other words, the bodily resurrection of Jesus can only be understood correctly within the faith and theology about resurrection present in certain circles of his contemporary Judaism. In this paper, therefore, I am asking historical questions, questions about the meaning of Jesus
The female body in Latin love poetry
My study examines the female body
Livy and the Bacchanalia
Livy begins his account by claiming that the Bacchanalia had come to Rome from Etruria and Campania.9 Classical Bacchic cult was a ritual enactment of the maenads
Plague and theatre in ancient Athens
Until a recent archaeological discovery, our understanding of what happened in Athens during the plague had been almost entirely reliant on the gripping narrative of Thucydides, which seems so dramatically shaped that some have wondered whether the historian embellished his vivid, harrowing eye-witness report.
Sexual Morality in Ancient Egyptian Literature
Ancient Egyptian literature often incorporates sexual ethics that are not fully explained or comprehensively explored within the works. The ancient Egyptian literary corpus assumes a cultural context with which ancient Egyptian readers were familiar. Notably, the pervasive religious and cultural practices of ancient Egypt were inseparable from common customs, including sexual, reproductive, and erotic customs.
New and Old-School Poets at the End of the Republic
Perhaps you
Cicero and the Roman Republic
As an active politician, Cicero composed and published many law court and political speeches; but he also produced treatises on philosophical, political and oratorical matters, and he wrote numerous letters to friends, family and fellow politicians and even tried some poetry.
Ancient Spellcasting
This dichotomy is clearly the partial result of the ancients
Girls are wicked: gender and magic
In Greek and Roman literature, we find lots of similar figures. Women from the Greek region of Thessaly, for example, were known for their ability to bring down the moon from the sky.
Alexandria: Library of Dreams
My title does not intend to suggest that the Alexandrian Library did not exist, but it does point to what I regard as the unreal character of much that has been said about it.