The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity database is making readily accessible and searchable as much as possible of the early evidence for the cult of Christian saints (up to around AD 700), with key texts presented in their original language, all with English translation and brief contextual commentary. The Read more…
Hölscher, Tonio Krieg und Kunst im antiken Griechenland und Rom (2019) Rome and The Guidebook Tradition (2019) Ed. by Blennow, Anna / Fogelberg Rota, Stefano Sacred Scripture / Sacred Space (2019) Ed. by Frese, Tobias / Keil, Wilfried E. / Krüger, Kristina Read more…
Stephanie Ann Frampton, Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought from Lucretius to Ovid, Oxford University Press, New York 2019. Shedding new light on the history of the book in antiquity, Empire of Letters tells the story of writing at Rome at the pivotal moment of transition Read more…
Les saints ermites et moines dans la peinture murale byzantine Svetlana Tomekovic 2011 Économie et société à Byzance (viiie-xiie siècle) Textes et documents Sophie Métivier (dir.) 2007 Monastères, images, pouvoirs et société à Byzance Michel Kaplan (dir.) Read more…
L. Athanassaki, C. Nappa and A. Vergados, edd. Gods and Mortals in Greek and Latin Poetry. Studies in Honor of Jenny Strauss Clay, Ariadne Supplement 2, Rethymnon 2018 ISSN 2623-4726 ISBN 978-618-82229-2-2. Price: 24 Euros. The book is distributed by the Crete University Press (www.cup.gr). Please click on the cover Read more…
As part of its mission of bringing together a variety of research interests centered on Hellenic civilization and sharing them with a wider audience, the Center for Hellenic Studies publishes books, journals, proceedings of colloquia, discussions, databases, lectures, and other materials, both online and in print. The CHS website features a Read more…
Christos Kremmydas, Jonathan Powell, Lene Rubinstein, Profession and Performance: Aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman World, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2017. This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects of oratorical Read more…
John Sellars, Hellenistic Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important developments in Plato’s Academy. Aristotelians and Cynics were also active during the period, all Read more…
Runar M. Thorsteinsson, Jesus as Philosopher: The Moral Sage in the Synoptic Gospels, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. Jesus as Philosopher: The Philosophical Sage in the Synoptic Gospels examines the possible ways in which the authors of the Synoptic Gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke, were inspired by contemporary philosophical Read more…
Ζίνα Ζωγράφου Καραχρήστου, Επιτύμβια Ναυτικών και Ναυαγών, Εταιρεία Μεσσηνιακών Αρχαιολογικών Σπουδών, Αθήνα 2018. «…Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι η προσθήκη στην έρευνα νέων πληροφοριών, που αθροιστικά θα βοηθήσουν, ώστε να ολοκληρωθεί σταδιακά η εικόνα για την αρχαία ελληνική ναυτιλία. Στα πλαίσια αυτά προσπαθήσαμε: – Να συγκεντρωθούν όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερα Read more…