Other Works in Greek – A Cornucopia of Classics Resources: Diverse Food for Thought

Bleeding Trees in Ancient Myth and Modern Deforestation

By Miriam Kamil Abstract: Kamil explores bleeding trees as an important motif in ancient literature both in the West and the East, suggesting that ‘transcultural anxiety around the wellbeing of trees’ has racked…

Date: 16 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Latin Language and Literature Latin/Roman Resources Other Ancient Cultures

The Pastoral Parents of Daphnis and Chloe

by Arum Park Abstract: It can be argued that Longus’s pastoral landscapes, signaled by the « locus amoenus », have a primarily reproductive rather than erotic function. These landscapes introduce parenthood and child…

Date: 18 August 2021
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Other Works in Greek

Imagining Xerxes: Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King

By Emma Bridges Xerxes, the Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BC, quickly earned a notoriety that endured throughout antiquity and beyond. The Greeks’ historical encounter with this eastern king – which resulted,…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Art and Culture Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Language and Literature

Polis Histories, Collective Memories and the Greek World

By Rosalind Thomas Abstract: Greek ‘local histories’, better called polis and island histories, have usually been seen as the poor relation of mainstream ‘great’ Greek historiography, and yet they were demonstrably…

Date: 13 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Hellenistic History

Sophrosune in the Greek Novel: Reading Reactions to Desire

By Rachel Bird Abstract: This book offers the first comprehensive evaluation of ethics in the ancient Greek novel, demonstrating how their representation of the cardinal virtue sophrosune positions these texts in their…

Date: 13 July 2021
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Other Works in Greek

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

By Kathryn Bosher Abstract: Studies of ancient theatre have traditionally taken Athens as their creative centre. In this book, however, the lens is widened to examine the origins and development of ancient drama, and…

Date: 11 July 2021
Category: Greek Comedy/Satire Greek Language and Literature Greek Tragedy Other Ancient Cultures Other Works in Greek

An Ambiguous Literary Genre: The Origins of Early Greek Mythography

By Ilaria Andolfi Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the origins of early Greek mythography, exemplarily represented by Hecataeus of Miletus and Acusilaus of Argos. The paucity of verbatim quotations…

Date: 5 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Resources Other Works in Greek

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Bleeding Trees in Ancient Myth and Modern Deforestation

The Pastoral Parents of Daphnis and Chloe

Imagining Xerxes: Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King

Polis Histories, Collective Memories and the Greek World

Sophrosune in the Greek Novel: Reading Reactions to Desire

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

An Ambiguous Literary Genre: The Origins of Early Greek Mythography

Greek Language and Literature

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Bleeding Trees in Ancient Myth and Modern Deforestation

The Pastoral Parents of Daphnis and Chloe

Imagining Xerxes: Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King

Polis Histories, Collective Memories and the Greek World

Sophrosune in the Greek Novel: Reading Reactions to Desire

Greek Theater in Ancient Sicily

An Ambiguous Literary Genre: The Origins of Early Greek Mythography

Greek Language and Literature

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