Hermes and Heracles
by Jennifer Larson Abstract: The similarities between the myths of Hermes (especially as presented in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes) and certain elements of the Heracles myths are substantial enough to indicate a…
by Jennifer Larson Abstract: The similarities between the myths of Hermes (especially as presented in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes) and certain elements of the Heracles myths are substantial enough to indicate a…
By Ruth Scodel Abstract: The Homeric poems were not intended for readers, but for a listening audience. Traditional in their basic elements, the stories were learned by oral poets from earlier poets and recreated at…
By Nicole Loraux, translated by Alan Sheridan Abstract: How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become an occasion to praise the city of…
By Ruby Blondell Abstract: Homer in general, and Helen in particular, were of great interest to the lyric poets. This article examines ways in which major fragments of Alcaeus, Ibycus, and Sappho select and combine…
By Aristophanes, translated, with introduction, notes, and commentaries, by Sarah Ruden Abstract: This rollicking new translation of Aristophanes’ comic masterpiece is rendered in blank verse for dialogue and in lyric…
By Sappho, translated and with an introduction by Josephine Balmer Abstract: This second, expanded edition of Josephine Balmer’s classic translation of the Greek poet Sappho has new, recently-discovered fragments,…
By Lilah Grace Canevaro Abstract: This book argues that the structure of Hesiod’s Works and Days and the modes of reading the poem which it encourages reflect the interplay between self-sufficiency – Hesiod2019s Iron…
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…
By Grace Starry West Abstract: This article considers how Virgil uses Andromache to characterise and contrast Dido. Article in The American Journal of Philology Vol. 104, No. 3, p257-267. The Johns Hopkins University…
by Yiqun Zhou Abstract: Ancient China and Greece are two classical civilisations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West…