Vivian Nutton, Αρχαία Ιατρική, University Studio Press, Θεσσαλονίκη 2018. Το βιβλίο πραγματεύεται την Ιατρική της ελληνικής και της ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας, από τα πρώτα γραπτά μνημεία έως και τον 7ο αιώνα μ.Χ. Έχει λάβει υπόψιν το τί ήταν η Ιατρική και πώς ασκούνταν, επιχειρώντας πάνω από όλα να την τοποθετήσει σε Read more…
Nancy H. Ramage Andrew Ramage, Ρωμαϊκή Τέχνη: Από τον Ρωμύλο έως τον Κωνσταντίνο, University Studio Press, Θεσσαλονίκη 2018. Η δεύτερη ελληνική έκδοση της Ρωμαϊκής Τέχνης, επιστημονικά αναθεωρημένη και με πολλές νέες έγχρωμες εικόνες, αποτελεί μια ιδιαιτέρως ενδιαφέρουσα εισαγωγή στη ζωγραφική, γλυπτική, αρχιτεκτονική και στις διακοσμητικές τέχνες του ρωμαϊκού κόσμου. Με Read more…
Serinity Young, Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. From the asparas of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, tales of flying women-some with wings, others with clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, or flying horses-reveal both fascination with Read more…
Barbara K. Gold, Perpetua: Athlete of God, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one Read more…
Christian H. Bull, The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus. The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom, Brill, Leiden 2018. In The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian H. Bull argues that the treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus reflect the spiritual exercises and ritual practices of loosely organized brotherhoods in Read more…
David Konstan, In the Orbit of Love: Affection in Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. This book is about love in the classical world – not erotic passion but the kind of love that binds together intimate members of a family and very close friends, Read more…
Alexandra K. Bartzoka, Le Tribunal de L’Héliée: Justice et Politique Dans l’Athènes du VIe Au IVe Siècles Avant J. -C., Peter Lang, 2018. Le tribunal de l’Héliée est une des institutions les plus importantes de la démocratie athénienne aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C. Au début de chaque année, Read more…
The book series “Berlin Studies of the Ancient World”, issued by the Excellence Cluster Topoi, brings together contributions from all fields of classical studies, from pre- and early history and classical archeology to ancient philosophy, theory of science and theology. Monographs and volumes which present the research results of the Read more…
Heidi Wendt, At the Temple Gates: The Religion of Freelance Experts in the Roman Empire, Oxford University Press, New York, 2016. This book examines evidence for varieties of self-authorized or “freelance” religious experts in the first two centuries of the Roman Empire. Whereas the figures in question tend to be Read more…
David E. Nyström, The Apology of Justin Martyr: Literary Strategies and the Defence of Christianity, Mohr Siebeck, 2018. In his Apologia pro Christianis, Justin Martyr uses some major apologetic strategies to defend and promote Christianity. These are here identified as the ‘logos doctrine’, the ‘theft theory’, the ‘proof from prophecy’ Read more…