series: Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

Published by De Gruyter

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

Edited by: Marcus Deufert, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath and Peter Scholz

ISSN: 1862-1112

Overview
Volumes

The series consists of a variety of monographs from the fields of Classical Philology and Ancient History. While maintaining a broad thematic and methodological scope, the editors are especially keen on studies showing a thorough and critical engagement with the relevant literary texts and primary sources.

Topics

book: Die Zivilisierung der Barbaren

Book 2023

Die Zivilisierung der Barbaren

Eine Diskursgeschichte von Cicero bis Cassius Dio

Jonas Scherr

Volume 156 in this series

The Imperium Romanum was dominated by Roman-Latin and Greek language and culture. Others were – often derogatorily – seen as barbarian. But what did Romans think of Barbarians appropriating Greek-Roman culture? How did this kind of cultural transformation in the multicultural Roman state manifest and how was it negotiated? This book delves into these pertinent and highly topical questions.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111331812
ISBN:: 9783111331812
ISBN:: 9783111331935
ISBN:: 9783111331461
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Culture
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: The Orphic Astrologer Critodemus

Book 2023

The Orphic Astrologer Critodemus

Fragments with Annotated Translation and Commentary

Cristian Tolsa

Volume 155 in this series

Despite the relevance of astrology in Graeco-Roman mentality, our information about the early period of Hellenistic astrology is marred by the scarcity of original sources. Personal astrology did not take off until the late Hellenistic period, due to the more substantial Hellenization of Mesopotamia facilitating the import of Babylonian theories. The most relevant doctrines, mostly surviving as references and partial paraphrases in later authors and astrological miscellanies, are attached to the pseudepigraphical names of Nechepsos and Petosiris, which have been traced back to the Egyptian Demotic tradition. Critodemus, who is classified as a later author even if Firmicus Maternus invokes him as a founding authority, appears as a parallel to these Egyptian transmitters, in that he presented astrology, like them, in the form of a didactic poem, but employing an Orphic frame instead of Egyptian. By collecting, contextualizing, and analyzing all the evidence on this author, this book establishes a relatively early chronology for Critodemus and aims both at distinguishing his original contributions and at explaining the various forms in which his text was used and modified in the later tradition.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111329147
ISBN:: 9783111329147
ISBN:: 9783111328768
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Aulularia sive Querolus

Book Ahead of Publication 2024

Aulularia sive Querolus

Prolegomena und Kommentar

Yannick Brandenburg

Volume 154 in this series

This companion volume to the new Teubner edition of the late antique prose comedy Aulularia sive Querolus combines prolegomena and a text-critical and linguistic commentary. This is the first detailed modern commentary on this play.

The Prolegomena are divided into two parts. In the first part, the play is categorised in the context of its origins and its intellectual and literary-historical environment. It is shown that, contrary to doctrine, Querolus is Christian in character. In addition, the linguistic, stylistic and rhythmic peculiarities of the text are analysed. The second part comprises studies on the history of transmission, on which the new, two-column stemma on which the edition is based. The detailed commentary sheds light on linguistic and content-related peculiarities and difficulties. It also justifies the editorial decisions and the textual constitution of the Teubneriana.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111001036
ISBN:: 9783111001036
ISBN:: 9783111001128
ISBN:: 9783111000503
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Drama, Theater
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Laevius – ein altlateinischer Liebesdichter

Book 2023

Laevius – ein altlateinischer Liebesdichter

Studien, Text und Interpretationskommentar

Erik Pulz

Volume 153 in this series

Laevius is the only pre-Catullan Latin love poet whose work can still be reconstructed. This book collects and discusses approximately 50 fragments from his Erotopaegnia, a collection of narrative poems dealing with various themes from Greek myths. Through comprehensive studies and a detailed interpretative commentary, this publication not only illuminates the significance of Laevius himself but also sheds new light on republican poetry as a whole: The Erotopaegnia are not an example of 'neoteric' poetry, but rather serve as an important representative of archaic Latin love poetry, differing significantly from Catullus and the love elegiacs in both content and style.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111237121
ISBN:: 9783111237121
ISBN:: 9783111237497
ISBN:: 9783111236438
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Poetry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die ›Epistulae ad familiares‹ des Kaisers Augustus

Book 2023

Die ›Epistulae ad familiares‹ des Kaisers Augustus

Studien zur Textgeschichte in der Antike, Edition und Kommentar

Henning Ohst

Volume 152 in this series

Alongside Cicero and Pliny the Younger, Emperor Augustus has been the third important writer of private letters in the Late Republic period and the early Principate. However, his letters have only been preserved by indirect transmission, i.e., as quotations and paraphrases in the work of later authors. Together with a study on the ancient textual and reception history of the letters, this volume contains an edition of the fragments with a commentary.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111193595
ISBN:: 9783111193595
ISBN:: 9783111191515
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Classical Tradition and Reception
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Pindar’s ›First Pythian Ode‹

Book 2023

Pindar’s ›First Pythian Ode‹

Text, Introduction and Commentary

Almut Fries

Volume 151 in this series

This is the first large-scale edition with introduction and commentary of Pindar’s First Pythian Ode. Composed for Hieron of Syracuse to mark his Delphic chariot victory of 470 BC and his recent foundation of the city of Aetna, the poem is not only a literary masterpiece, but also of central importance for our understanding of Greek history and culture in the early fifth century BC. As our only contemporary written source for the Sicilian Wars against the Carthaginians and Etruscans, it stands on a level with Simonides’ Plataea Elegy and Aeschylus’ Persians on the Persian Wars. This is a period where epoch-making Greek victories in the east and west were celebrated by the greatest poets in a way that reveals much about the atmosphere in which their works were created and received.

The book offers a new edition of the text with a detailed introduction and commentary, which discuss textual problems, language, metre and transmission as well as a variety of literary questions, the historical background and the early performance and reception history of the ode. It will be of interest to scholars and students of archaic and classical Greek poetry and of Greek history of the early fifth century BC.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111128368
ISBN:: 9783111128368
ISBN:: 9783111129570
ISBN:: 9783111126005
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Poetry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Trattati greci sui tropi

Book 2023

Trattati greci sui tropi

Introduzione ed edizione critica

Maria Giovanna Sandri

Volume 150 in this series

In Greek and Latin, tropes (τρόποι) are generally defined as variations from a linguistic and stylistic norm (κυριολογία), either for stylistic purposes or for necessity. In this sense, they lie somewhere between a purely grammatical and a more rhetorical nature, since they may involve alterations of morphology, the semantic sphere of words, or syntactic peculiarities aimed at achieving a special expressive effect. Because of their ambiguous nature, tropes are in close proximity to what are commonly known as rhetorical figures (σχήματα). From the Ancient times all the way to the Byzantine era, Greek grammarians wrote several treatises on tropes (περὶ τρόπων). This book offers a critical edition of the extant texts on tropes transmitted by mediaeval codices, i.e. the ones attributed to grammarians such as Concordius, Georgius Choeroboscus, and the so-called ‘Trypho I’, ‘Trypho II’, ‘Trypho III’, ‘Anonymus III’ and ‘Anonymus IV’. Each text is accompanied by an Italian translation. In the Introduction, besides a generic overview on the concept of trope (its genesis, its meaning(s), its development throughout centuries), an analysis of the contents and of the reciprocal relations between all these treatises is provided.

In greco e in latino, i tropi sono generalmente definiti come variazioni da una norma linguistica e stilistica e sono vicini a quelle che sono comunemente note come figure retoriche. Questo libro offre un'edizione critica di sette trattati greci sui tropi. L'introduzione si apre con una panoramica sul concetto di tropo e fornisce la prima analisi completa della tradizione grammaticale antica e bizantina sui tropi in greco.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111075709
ISBN:: 9783111075709
ISBN:: 9783111072142
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Other Languages of Europe
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: The History of the Diadochoi in Book XIX of Diodoros’ ›Bibliotheke‹

Book 2022

The History of the Diadochoi in Book XIX of Diodoros’ ›Bibliotheke‹

A Historical and Historiographical Commentary

Alexander Meeus

Volume 149 in this series

Diodoros of Sicily’s book XIX is the main source for the history of the Diadochoi, Alexander the Great’s Successors, from 317 to 311 BCE. With the first full-scale commentary on this text in any language Alexander Meeus offers a detailed and reliable guide to the complicated historical narrative and the fascinating ethnographic information transmitted by Diodoros, which includes the earliest accounts of Indian widow burning and Nabataean culture.

Studying both history and historiography, this volume elucidates a crucial stage in the creation of the Hellenistic world in Greece and the Near East as well as the confusing source tradition.

Diodoros, a long neglected author indispensable for much of our knowledge of Antiquity, is currently enjoying growing scholarly interest. An ample introduction discusses his historical methods and sheds light on his language and style and on the manuscript transmission of books XVII-XX. By negotiating between diametrically opposed scholarly opinions a new understanding of Diodoros’ place in the ancient historiographical tradition is offered.

The volume is of interest to scholars of ancient historiography, Hellenistic history, Hellenistic prose and the textual transmission of the Bibliotheke.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110743821
ISBN:: 9783110743821
ISBN:: 9783110743869
ISBN:: 9783110741957
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: La nascita del titolo nella letteratura greca

Book 2020

La nascita del titolo nella letteratura greca

Dall'epica arcaica alla prosa di età classica

Emanuele Castelli

Volume 148 in this series

By examining the forms of literary communication in the Archaic and Classical periods, this volume reconstructs for the first time the emergence of titles in ancient Greek literature, systematically investigating the causes of the phenomenon, analyzing its consequences, as well as its effects, on the manuscript tradition of Classical Greek authors.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110703740
ISBN:: 9783110703740
ISBN:: 9783110703825
ISBN:: 9783110703627
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: I composti nell’›Alessandra‹ di Licofrone

Book 2020

I composti nell’›Alessandra‹ di Licofrone

Studi filologici e linguistici

Andrea Pellettieri

Volume 147 in this series

Although there is no shortage of works on the language of Lycophron's Alexandra, more circumstantial studies on various morphological, lexical, and semantic issues are still needed. The linguistic and philological studies collected here try to partially remedy this lack: the object of research is nominal compounding, a very relevant phenomenon in the Alexandra. Several compounds (hapax and primum dicta) are analyzed in their context of occurrence in order to highlight their pragmatic and literary value; however, where possible, general considerations are not waived. In this sense, this book can also serve as a propaedeutic tool for the exegesis of some passages of the Alexandra.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110704891
ISBN:: 9783110704891
ISBN:: 9783110704198
ISBN:: 9783110704921
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Other Languages of Europe
Subject:: Greek
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Bildung und Reisen in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Book 2021

Bildung und Reisen in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Pepaideumenoi und Mobilität zwischen dem 1. und 4. Jh. n. Chr.

Christian Fron

Volume 146 in this series

This monograph focuses on the mobility of Greek scholars – pepaideumenoi – between the 1^st and 3^rd centuries CE. It examines the required or tacitly accepted mobility in the context of educating physicians, lawyers, philosophers, and sophists. It also explores travel activities in the context of one’s public life as a scholar and for bolstering or publicly displaying one’s own paideia.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110699227
ISBN:: 9783110699227
ISBN:: 9783110699357
ISBN:: 9783110698718
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Amphiaraus

Book 2020

Amphiaraus

Ritual und Schwelle in Statius’ ›Thebais‹

Nils Jäger

Volume 145 in this series

Amphiaraus is the central prophetic character in the Thebaid. In a close reading of selected text passages, the author reveals Statius’ use of liminal and ritual motifs in the text as a means of transforming the character from a prophet on Mount Aphesas into a visionary god in the underworld.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110701333
ISBN:: 9783110701333
ISBN:: 9783110700947
ISBN:: 9783110995077
ISBN:: 9783110701425
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der römische Hexameter

Book 2020

Der römische Hexameter

Statistische Untersuchungen zur epischen Verstechnik

Jonathan Geiger

Volume 144 in this series

The book examines the structure of the Latin hexameter. Focused on the six great epics from the Augustinian and Flavian periods, it applies statistical methods to investigate basic phenomena, including issues of word boundaries, punctuation, breaks, and the distribution of dactyls and spondees. Moreover, using quantitative methods, the author determines and compares the versification styles of the texts and authors.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110699302
ISBN:: 9783110699302
ISBN:: 9783110699388
ISBN:: 9783110698916
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Poetry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Gorgias’ ›Lobrede auf Helena‹

Book 2020

Gorgias’ ›Lobrede auf Helena‹

Literaturgeschichtliche Untersuchungen und Kommentar

Jonas Schollmeyer

Volume 143 in this series

Gorgias’ Helen is an essential sophist text. The first comprehensive commentary on the work, this book considers its philological, literary, philosophical and historical significance in every aspect. The introduction places Helen in the context of Gorgias’ life, work and legacy, making this volume an important contribution to the field of Gorgias studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110644074
ISBN:: 9783110644074
ISBN:: 9783110643909
ISBN:: 9783110644296
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Entstehung der Welt

Book 2020

Die Entstehung der Welt

Studien zum Straßburger Empedokles-Papyrus

Tom Wellmann

Volume 142 in this series

The discovery of the Strasbourg Empedocles Papyrus and its publication in 1999 was a unique stroke of luck for the study of ancient philosophy. The newly discovered texts supplemented the fragmentary tradition of Empedocles' natural philosophical poem Physika (the title commonly used in antiquity) at crucial points. However, the potential of the papyrus to clarify unresolved problems of interpretation has not yet been fully utilised in the research discussion that followed its publication. In the present work, an overall reconstruction of the Empedoclean theoretical structure is presented on the basis of a continuous analysis of the content and language of the text. In particular, the cyclical structure of all becoming, the functions of love and conflict, the individual stages of cosmogony and zoogony and the relationship between Physika and another of the author's poems, the Katharmoi, are analysed. Finally, the results are also brought together in a new translation of the parts of the poem recovered through the inclusion of the Strasbourg papyrus.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110635263
ISBN:: 9783110635263
ISBN:: 9783110635584
ISBN:: 9783110633726
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Valerius Maximus, ›Facta et dicta memorabilia‹, Book 8

Book 2019

Valerius Maximus, ›Facta et dicta memorabilia‹, Book 8

Text, Introduction, and Commentary

John Briscoe

Volume 141 in this series

There is no modern commentary on the whole of Valerius Maximus’ Facta et dicta memorabilia, though commentaries on books 1 and 2 have been published by, respectively, David Wardle (1998) and Andrea Themann-Steinke. Progress is likely to be made by further commentaries on individual books and John Briscoe contributes to this with a commentary on Book 8, of particular interest because of the variegated nature of its subject matter.

The commentary, like those of Briscoe’s commentaries on Livy Books 31-45 (OUP, 1973-2012), deals with matters of content, textual issues, language and style, and literary aspects. An ample introduction discusses what is known about the author, the time of writing, the structure both of the work as a whole and of Book 8 itself, Valerius’ sources, language and style, the transmission of the text, editions of Valerius, and the methods of citation used in the commentary. The commentary is preceded by a text of Book 8, a slightly revised version of that in Briscoe’s edition in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana (1998), with an apparatus limited to passages where the commentary discusses a textual problem.

The book will give readers an understanding of an author once very popular, then long neglected and now enjoying a revival.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664331
ISBN:: 9783110664331
ISBN:: 9783110763690
ISBN:: 9783110664249
ISBN:: 9783110664379
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Erzähler und Figur in Interaktion

Book 2022

Erzähler und Figur in Interaktion

Metalepsen in Homers ›Ilias‹

Leonie von Alvensleben

Volume 139 in this series

Time and again in Homer's Iliad there are implicit interactions between the narrator and his characters. This monograph examines these interactions as 'metalepses' (transgressions between narrative levels), which lend the epic an immanent dialogicality. Numerous individual analyses show how metalepses decisively shape the Homeric narrative style and how they expand the scope of interpretation of entire passages. It becomes clear that metaleptic interactivity creates an apparent immediacy and closeness between the narrator and his characters (especially Achilles). The narrator and characters refer to each other in their speeches in very different ways, for example when the narrator contradicts a character or a character takes up and modifies an image used by the narrator. The Homeric characters thus appear less as textual products (as 'products' of the narrator) than as real people with whom the narrator appears to enter into direct dialogue, indeed whom he has actually created as interlocutors.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110791051
ISBN:: 9783110791051
ISBN:: 9783110791105
ISBN:: 9783110790641
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Narratology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Chrésima

Exemplarische Studien zur frühchristlichen Chrêsis

Markus Mülke

Volume 138 in this series

Those cultural assets of the ancient world that the fathers of early Christianity recognised as usable according to the standard of Christian truth, they liked to call χρήσιμα. Their Χρῆσις (Chrêsis; Latin: usus iustus) itself, i.e. the method of diacritical judgement and selective use, was not only practised in practice, but was also repeatedly thought through theoretically, without ever turning it into an abstract concept detached from the concrete object. Anyone researching chrêsis, one of the decisive forces of that world-changing transformation that represents the transformation of ancient culture into early Christian culture, therefore always starts from the exploration of a χρήσιμον.

Early Christian chrêsis has received particular attention in recent research, not least due to the studies of Christian Gnilka. However, meaningful individual studies in which the principle of usus iustus in praxi is proven and demonstrated are urgently needed. This volume aims to fulfil this desideratum and the authors have dedicated the contributions to Christian Gnilka on the occasion of his 80th birthday in December 2016. The value of his research approach is also demonstrated by the fact that the studies presented here cover the entire period of early Christianity up to late antiquity (from the Apologists to the Cappadocians, Jerome, Augustine and Prudentius), starting with an Old Testament text, and also deal with archaeological and art-historical monuments in addition to literature.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650167
ISBN:: 9783110650167
ISBN:: 9783110646580
ISBN:: 9783110646412
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Early Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Von der Naturanlage zur Spitzenleistung

Book 2019

Von der Naturanlage zur Spitzenleistung

Eine Studie zu Pindars Menschenbild

Christian Vogel

Volume 137 in this series

Pindar sings of successful athletes in his victory odes. But what part does the poet ascribe to people themselves in their success, but also in their failure? This book examines the role played in Pindar's view of man by factors such as natural disposition, the willingness to learn, one's own attitude and, last but not least, divine help. Comparisons with and recourse to Aristotle's reflections on dynamis and energeia prove to be particularly revealing and productive. On the one hand, this makes it possible to reveal factual connections and distinctions in Pindar's poetry, for which Aristotle first developed the terms. This reveals that the Songs of Victory are based on a performance ethic that makes Pindar an astonishingly contemporary poet. On the other hand, it can be shown in this context how the archaic poet Pindar and the classical philosopher Aristotle draw on common, widespread insights and models of thought and convey and develop these in accordance with the demands of their specific art form.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110647549
ISBN:: 9783110647549
ISBN:: 9783110646184
ISBN:: 9783110645453
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Selected Philosophers
Subject:: Aristoteles
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: L’ ›Ermotimo‹ di Luciano

Book 2020

L’ ›Ermotimo‹ di Luciano

Introduzione, traduzione e commento

Michele Solitario

Volume 136 in this series

Unlike most of Lucian’s satirical dialogues, Hermotimus pursues a rather serious theoretical question: which are the fundaments of true philosophy? The introduction to this study of Lucian’s longest dialogue contextualises the work within the multifaceted phenomenon of the Second Sophistic, the Italian translation makes the Greek text accessible to a wider public, and the commentary examines the wide range of literary and philosophical contents.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110611823
ISBN:: 9783110611823
ISBN:: 9783110991987
ISBN:: 9783110610024
ISBN:: 9783110609516
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Trattati greci su barbarismo e solecismo

Book 2020

Trattati greci su barbarismo e solecismo

Introduzione ed edizione critica

Maria Giovanna Sandri

Volume 135 in this series

Scholarship has rarely taken into consideration the Greek grammatical treatises on barbarism and solecism. While some of them remain unpublished down to the present day, others were edited within the large 18th- and 19th-century collections of Greek grammatical and rhetorical works, although the chosen manuscript basis was inadequate, sometimes indeed wholly arbitrary. For this reason, a new edition was urgently needed. The book is opened by a general critical overview of the phenomenon of linguistic correctness in the Greek-speaking world: it is against this benchmark of Hellenismós that barbarism and solecism acquire their sense as phenomena of corruption. The present critical edition has the ambition to publish the known ancient and Byzantine texts related to these phenomena, as they appear in manuscripts preserved throughout the world: a fresh check of all printed library catalogues has revealed 88 relevant codices, all of which are here described, philologically investigated, and used for the constitutio textus. Three texts receive here their editio princeps, others rest on a wider textual basis, and each is equipped with a selective critical apparatus: hypotheses on chronology and authorship can therefore rely on much firmer elements than before.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110659900
ISBN:: 9783110659900
ISBN:: 9783110659177
ISBN:: 9783110659085
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Généalogies épiques

Book 2019

Généalogies épiques

Les fonctions de la parenté et les femmes ancêtres dans la poésie épique grecque archaïque

Irini Kyriakou

Volume 134 in this series

This book proposes to rethink kinship in early Greek epic poetry, and argues that the depiction of parenthood as a poetic practice in epic poetry is socially motivated. Thus, the discursive form and the narrative function of genealogical relations are studied within the poetic context that encompasses them and according to the criterion of gender in order to interpret the references to the female and/or masculine ancestors in the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Theogony, the Catalogue of Women and the Homeric Hymns.
Furthermore, this book makes an important step towards a female-centered catalogic poetics. Through the study of the analytic female-centered catalogues attested in archaic Greek epic poetry, this book highlights the hypothesis of the existence of a female-centered poetic tradition that sang the klea gynaikôn in terms of kinship and procreation.
Within a reception perspective that expands beyond classical disciplines, the study of the function of kinship in early Greek epic poetry touches on anthropological, literary and historical subjects that fall within several disciplinary fields such as ancient history, anthropology of kinship, women's history and gender studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110656237
ISBN:: 9783110656237
ISBN:: 9783110653199
ISBN:: 9783110653151
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die ›Carmina christiana‹ des Dracontius

Book 2019

Die ›Carmina christiana‹ des Dracontius

Kritischer Kommentar

Otto Zwierlein

Volume 133 in this series

The concise critical commentary on Dracontius' 'Carmina christiana' presented here serves to prepare the new Teubner edition announced by R. Jakobi. Following the example of the previous volume that accompanied the Teubner edition of the 'Carmina profana' (UaLG 127, 2017), it aims to clarify controversial passages, heal corrupt ones and explain misunderstood ones. Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, an advocate of senatorial descent in Carthage, was imprisoned by the Vandal king Gunthamund (484-496) for a loyalty offence.

During this time, he wrote an elegiac 'penitential poem' (Satisfactio) in 316 verses and three hexametric books De laudibus Dei, which are indebted to late antique biblical poetry (approx. 2,430 verses). The Satisfactio is a poetic plea for mercy that is addressed to both God and the king. The hexametric work praises the benefits that God has shown mankind from the beginning of creation, his fatherly love and his constant willingness to turn anger at human iniquity into gracious mercy. It ends with the poet's confession of guilt and a plea for God's mercy, which should also be understood as an invitation to the king to do the same as the heavenly Lord.

The headings inserted in the commentary are intended as a guide: in the sense of an organisation of the structure of the work, they provide information about the respective context in which the text passages dealt with stand. As a rule, these are made accessible for understanding through translations.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650426
ISBN:: 9783110650426
ISBN:: 9783110648621
ISBN:: 9783110648348
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Early Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Cassiodor, ›Variae‹ 6

Book 2019

Cassiodor, ›Variae‹ 6

Einführung, Übersetzung und Kommentar

Friederike Gatzka

Volume 132 in this series

Books 6 and 7 occupy a special position within Cassiodorus' Variae. They contain formulae, i.e. sample letters without specific addressees. Until now, they have hardly been taken into account by scholars, and have sometimes been used unfiltered as a source of information. This has ignored the fact that - contrary to what the praefatio might suggest - this is not a mere collection of forms to make administrative procedures easier, but a literary documentation of the Roman administration. This provides unique insights into the final period of the Ostrogothic Empire, but only if the linguistically demanding text is correctly understood and appreciated as a literary construct.
This work is the first to present a complete German translation of Book 6, flanked by a Latin reading text (closely based on Fridh's edition) and a comprehensive philological commentary. The preceding introduction examines the circumstances of origin, aims and possible literary models of the formulae; it also provides an overview of the linguistic, stylistic and argumentative characteristics of the text.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110595819
ISBN:: 9783110595819
ISBN:: 9783110595468
ISBN:: 9783110593471
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Valerius Maximus-Epitome des Ianuarius Nepotianus

Book Ahead of Publication 2024

Die Valerius Maximus-Epitome des Ianuarius Nepotianus

Rainer Jakobi

Volume 131 in this series

The book contains a new critical edition of the incomplete late antique epitome of Valerius Maximus by Ianuarius Nepotianus as well as a first edition of the fragments of books III-IX of Valerius Maximus still preserved in Landulfus Sagax. In the exegetical commentary, the text-critical decisions are justified and the late antique Latinity of the text is analysed. In addition to the exempla collection of Valerius Maximus, republican and imperial authors such as Cicero, Livy and Quintilian are used.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110266948
ISBN:: 9783110266948
ISBN:: 9783110385434
ISBN:: 9783110266009
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Gebrochener Glanz

Book 2018

Gebrochener Glanz

Klassische Tradition und Alltagswelt im Spiegel neuer und alter Grabepigramme des griechischen Ostens

Gregor Staab

Volume 130 in this series

Around 5000 Greek funerary poems on stone are known from antiquity. The peculiarity of this inscription genre lies in its sub-literary character: the deceased are to be permanently recognised under the diverse, individual conditions of the everyday world, but at the same time through the means of expression of a 'classical' tradition.

The study explores this tension systematically and through detailed commentary on 19 texts from the Greek East, some of which are new. For example, the relationship between the stone poems and book epigrammar is examined and the extent to which Homer's epics, with their language, motifs and figures, which were familiar from ancient school lessons, were paradigmatic for the epigrams compared to other literary models. The educational milieu of the stone poets and their patrons comes to light, as do the methods used to compose the poems.

This study of epigraphic sources against the background of the literary tradition contributes to the literary-theoretical localisation of sepulchral stone epigrammar and also opens up important approaches to the history of education and everyday life in antiquity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110597394
ISBN:: 9783110597394
ISBN:: 9783110595529
ISBN:: 9783110594300
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Prolegomena a Donato, "Commentum ad Andriam"

Book 2018

Prolegomena a Donato, "Commentum ad Andriam"

Carmela Cioffi

Volume 129 in this series

The first part of this companion volume to the new Editio Teubneriana of Donato’s commentary on Terence’s Andria offers a detailed presentation of the work’s history of transmission from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. The second part includes a critical commentary with detailed explanations of the contested portions of the text.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110584653
ISBN:: 9783110584653
ISBN:: 9783110583472
ISBN:: 9783110582802
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: "Fabellae"

Book Open Access 2018

"Fabellae"

Frammenti di favole latine e bilingui latino-greche di tradizione diretta (III-IV d.C.)

Maria Chiara Scappaticcio

Volume 128 in this series

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Lying between the grammarians' and rhetors' domains, Aesop's fables were known and employed in the Western and Eastern educational environments mainly for their intrinsically moral essence. Once having explored the literary and grammatical texts concerning the educational role of fables, the book is focussed on the direct witnesses of Latin and bilingual Latin-Greek fables (III-IV AD) coming from the Eastern school environments, of which a new annotated edition is given.

A relevant contribution is offered both: 1. to the complex and (almost) anonymous tradition of fables between the ancient Greek Aesop and the Medieval Latin Romulus, and through Phaedrus, Avian and the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana; 2. and to the role fables played in the second-language (L2) acquisition and in teaching/learning Latin as L2 between East and West.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110568509
ISBN:: 9783110568509
ISBN:: 9783110565317
ISBN:: 9783110568523
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Tradition and Reception
Subject:: Papyrology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die "Carmina profana" des Dracontius

Book 2017

Die "Carmina profana" des Dracontius

Prolegomena und kritischer Kommentar zur Editio Teubneriana. Mit einem Anhang: Dracontius und die 'Aegritudo Perdicae'

Otto Zwierlein

Volume 127 in this series

In this companion volume to the new Editio Teubneriana of Carmina Profana by Dracontius (ca. 480–510 CE), the first part (Prolegomena) sheds lights on the tradition and organization of the written manuscripts. The second part accounts for the constitution of the text, justifies necessary amendments, and explains controversial aspects. In the appendix Dracontius’ chronological priority over the “Aegritudo Perdicae” is demonstrated.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110527537
ISBN:: 9783110527537
ISBN:: 9783110526578
ISBN:: 9783110522372
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Aristobulos in Alexandria

Book Print Only 2018

Aristobulos in Alexandria

Jüdische Bibelexegese zwischen Griechen und Ägyptern unter Ptolemaios VI. Philometor

Markus Mülke

Volume 126 in this series

Under Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC), the Jewish author Aristobulus wrote a comprehensive treatise in Alexandria, which he addressed to the ruler himself and dedicated to the correct interpretation of the Pentateuch. The few surviving fragments still allow a multifaceted insight into the early phase of Jewish biblical exegesis - 200 years before Philon, in the area of conflict between Alexandrian Greeks and Egyptians. Aristobulus, the oldest surviving non-biblical exegete in the Greek language, understands the books of Moses as a divine and therefore sacred and sublime revelation, but at the same time a revelation conveyed linguistically by the prophet, and establishes an exegetical method that he himself characterises as metaphorical in key passages such as the biblical anthropomorphisms, making intensive, yet critical use of Greek-Hellenistic scholarship. The political significance of his writing lies in the fact that he theologically and ethically prioritises the biblical nomos of God over competing claims of both Greek and Egyptian religion and philosophy.

ISBN:: 9783110533231
ISBN:: 9783110710106
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Early Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Aristoteles gegen Epikur

Book 2017

Aristoteles gegen Epikur

Eine Untersuchung über die Prinzipien der hellenistischen Philosophie ausgehend vom Phänomen der Bewegung

Andree Hahmann

Volume 125 in this series

It is well known that Early Modern philosophers rejected Aristotelian philosophy of nature. At the same time, they passionately embraced the major Hellenistic schools of philosophy. The study takes this fact as a point of departure to explain the fundamental differences between Aristotle and his Hellenistic successors. At the heart of the investigation lies Aristotle’s discussion of motion, which is essential for many Aristotelian conceptions.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499209
ISBN:: 9783110499209
ISBN:: 9783110500257
ISBN:: 9783110660258
ISBN:: 9783110498080
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Prolegomena zur Editio Teubneriana des Lukrez

Book 2017

Prolegomena zur Editio Teubneriana des Lukrez

Marcus Deufert

Volume 124 in this series

In two large chapters, the volume introduces the Carolingian and humanistic tradition of Lucretius’s text, basing its analysis in the new Teubner edition of Lucretius. Two additional chapters discuss how the new edition deals with the Lucretian paratexts and the orthography of the Lucretius text.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110552058
ISBN:: 9783110552058
ISBN:: 9783110550344
ISBN:: 9783110549980
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die "Alethia" des Claudius Marius Victorius

Book 2016

Die "Alethia" des Claudius Marius Victorius

Bibeldichtung zwischen Epos und Lehrgedicht

Thomas Kuhn-Treichel

Volume 123 in this series

Unlike most of the biblical poetry of late antiquity, the Alethia of Claudius Marius Victorius has major links to didactic poetry as well as the pagan epic, especially to the works of Lucretius. This is the first systematic study to examine the relationship between epic and didactic elements in the Alethia and their implications for situating the work within the Christian poetry of late antiquity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110516333
ISBN:: 9783110516333
ISBN:: 9783110515534
ISBN:: 9783110501254
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Patristic Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Poesie-Erotik-Witz

Book 2016

Poesie-Erotik-Witz

Humorvoll-spöttische Versinschriften zu Liebe und Körperlichkeit in Pompeji und Umgebung

Andreas Spal

Volume 122 in this series

The places destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., especially Pompeii, have preserved a precious trove of non-monumental inscriptions relating to ancient daily life. Then as now, eroticism and humor were often combined and sometimes put into verse. These carmina are presented here for the first time in a critical edition with German translation and extensive commentary.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110449143
ISBN:: 9783110449143
ISBN:: 9783110448542
ISBN:: 9783110447750
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Word Order and Expressiveness in the "Aeneid"

Book 2015

Word Order and Expressiveness in the "Aeneid"

Paolo Dainotti, Ailsa Campbell

Volume 121 in this series

When can word order be considered expressive? And what we do mean by “expressiveness”? This work, based upon a statistical and stylistical enquiry into Virgil’s Aeneid as well of other hexametric poetry, aims to answer these questions from an appropriate perspective.

Through offering a detailed analysis of selected passages, the author stresses the evident recurrence of the same figures in similar contexts and with the same stylistic effects. In this view, a rare word order as well as a relevant metrical and syntactical pattern appear to constitute a deviation from the norm stylistically motivated, that can highlight significant words or iconically stress the semantics of a passage. By combining the main notes on style from the Aeneid commentaries and the stylistic readings also applied to modern texts, the author, with a clear approach, systematically discusses the various structures of Latin hexameter – enjambement, synaloepha, hiatus, four-word lines, name-lines, relevant juxtapositions etc. – in terms of “effects”, showing how they interact and converge in the text. This introduction to Virgil’s expressiveness aims to be an effective tool for a stylistic reading of any Latin hexametric text.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110401028
ISBN:: 9783110384222
ISBN:: 9783110401028
ISBN:: 9783110401127
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: C. Marius Victorinus, “Commenta in Ciceronis Rhetorica”

Book 2015

C. Marius Victorinus, “Commenta in Ciceronis Rhetorica”

Band 1: Prolegomena. Band 2: Kritischer Kommentar und Indices

Thomas Riesenweber

Volume 120 in this series

As accompaniments to the edition of the Commenta in Ciceronis Rhetorica (BT), these volumes provide prolegomena and a critical commentary. The first volume lists for the first time all extant textual sources with their stemmatic interrelationships. It traces the reception history of the Commenta from late antiquity through modern era. The second volume explains the choice of variants and conjectures in the edition and includes detailed indices.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110316483
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031637-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031648-3
ISBN:: 9783110388497
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Patristic Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die meteorologische Medizin des Corpus Hippocraticum

Book 2015

Die meteorologische Medizin des Corpus Hippocraticum

Anne Liewert

Volume 119 in this series

The tractate “On the Environment” is one of the oldest and most famous writings of the Hippocratic corpus. It includes a discourse on the influence of the environment on human health. This complex medical theory, which finds confirmation in many other works in the collection, is closely related to the theory of the humors, which significantly shaped the view of human nature in early academic medicine.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110417388
ISBN:: 978-3-11-041699-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-041738-8
ISBN:: 9783110417494
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Texte zur Handlungsgliederung in Nea und Palliata

Book 2014

Texte zur Handlungsgliederung in Nea und Palliata

Adolf Primmer, Matthias J. Pernerstorfer, Alfred Dunshirn, Christine Ratkowitsch

Volume 118 in this series

Primmer’s Papers on the Structure of Action in the Nea and Palliata brings together the writings of the late Viennese classical philologist in the field of research on comedy. Reviewing the full corpus of his work on this topic makes it possible to track Primmer’s quest for structural principles in Greek and Roman comedy, which formed the foundation for his unitary analytic research.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110402247
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037097-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040224-7
ISBN:: 9783110402360
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Il "Carmen Saliare"

Book 2014

Il "Carmen Saliare"

Indagini filologiche e riflessioni linguistiche

Giulia Sarullo

Volume 117 in this series

The fragmentary remains of the Carmen Saliare have been the object of scholarly discussions for centuries, but no exhaustive collection has been published after 1894. This work intends to fill this gap by gathering all the testimonies on this ancient hymn. This new commentary takes into account all the various issues posed by the text. First of all, it undertakes a philological reassessment of the most important manuscripts in which the fragments are preserved (Varro’s De Lingua Latina, T. Scaurus’ De Orthographia and Festus’ De Verborum Significatione). The readings thus established are the basis for the ensuing linguistic analysis conducted on the fragments, in which new suggestions are proposed. In the hypothetical restoration of the text, a scheme of antiphonic recitation is reconstructed in which different ‘voices’ are identified. The review of the testimonies as a whole - together with a comprehensive collection of the classical sources on the Salian tradition - presents a picture of the linguistic and cultural frame in which the hymn was composed. By combining linguistic, philological and cultural data, this work offers a thorough survey of the Carmen Saliare to scholars interested in the most ancient phase of old Latin.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110401042
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040044-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040104-2
ISBN:: 9783110401110
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Urfassungen der Martyria Polycarpi et Pionii und das Corpus Polycarpianum

Book 2014

Die Urfassungen der Martyria Polycarpi et Pionii und das Corpus Polycarpianum

Band 1: Editiones criticae. Mit armenisch-deutschem Text und englischer Übersetzung. Band 2: Textgeschichte und Rekonstruktion. Polykarp, Ignatius und der Redaktor Ps.-Pionius

Otto Zwierlein, Daniel Kölligan

Volume 116 in this series

Using ancient Armenian versions, it has been possible to retrieve the original Greek short version of both martyrologies. The textual layers can be interpreted as a mirror of the norms of Christian behavior during the period of persecution. The critical editions are followed in Volume 2 by a textual history and reconstruction.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110369168
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037100-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036916-8
ISBN:: 9783110386097
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Early Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Playful Philosophy and Serious Sophistry

Book 2014

Playful Philosophy and Serious Sophistry

A Reading of Plato’s "Euthydemus"

Georgia Sermamoglou-Soulmaidi

Volume 115 in this series

This book provides an interpretation of Plato’s Euthydemus as a unified piece of literature, taking into account both its dramatic and its philosophical aspects. It aims to do justice to a major Platonic work which has so far received comparatively little treatment. Except for the sections of the dialogue in which Socrates presents an argument on the pursuit of eudaimonia, the Euthydemus seems to have been largely ignored. The reason for this is that much of the work’s philosophical import lies hidden underneath a veil of riotous comedy. This book shows how a reading of the dialogue as a whole, rather than a limited focus on the Socratic scenes, sheds light on the work’s central philosophical questions. It argues the Euthydemus points not only to the differences between Socrates and the sophists, but also to actual and alleged similarities between them. The framing scenes comment precisely on this aspect of the internal dialogue, with Crito still lumping together philosophy and eristic shortly before his discussion with Socrates comes to an end. Hence the question that permeates the Euthydemus is raised afresh at the end of the dialogue: what is properly to be termed philosophy?

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110365870
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036809-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036587-0
ISBN:: 9783110391381
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Pseudo-Euripides, "Rhesus"

Book 2014

Pseudo-Euripides, "Rhesus"

Edited with Introduction and Commentary

Almut Fries

Volume 114 in this series

The pseudo-Euripidean Rhesus is the only extant Greek tragedy based on an episode from Homer’s Iliad and a unique witness for the history of the genre in the 4^th century BC. This new edition, with introduction and commentary, discusses textual problems, language, metre and dramaturgy as well as the mythological and literary-historical background of the play. It is an indispensable aid for serious students of the text.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110342253
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034207-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034225-3
ISBN:: 9783110365016
ISBN:: 9783110382587
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: "Cato Peripateticus" – stoische und peripatetische Ethik im Dialog

Book 2014

"Cato Peripateticus" – stoische und peripatetische Ethik im Dialog

Cic. "fin." 3 und der Aristotelismus des ersten Jh. v. Chr. (Xenarchos, Boethos und 'Areios Didymos')

Philip Schmitz

Volume 113 in this series

Book 3 of Cicero’s de finibus is generally regarded as an accurate description of Stoic ethics. This study shows that Cicero did not present Stoic orthodoxy but combined it with contemporary peripatetic theory. This has implications for our understanding of Stoa and Peripatos and offers new insights into Cicero’s methods and the philosophical discourse of the 1st century BC.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110337655
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033707-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033765-5
ISBN:: 9783110371161
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Euripides' "Alcestis"

Book 2013

Euripides' "Alcestis"

Narrative, Myth, and Religion

Andreas Markantonatos

Volume 112 in this series

This volume is an accessible yet in-depth narratological study of Euripides’ Alcestis - the earliest extant play of Euripides and one of the most experimental masterpieces of Greek tragedy, not only standing in place of a satyr-play but also preserving at least some of its typical features. Commencing from the widely-held view, so lamentably ignored within the domain of Classics, that a narratology of drama should be predicated upon the notion of narrative as verbal, as well as visual, rendition of a story, this unique volume contextualizes the play in terms of its reception by the original audience, locating the intricate narrative tropes of the plot in the dynamics of fifth-century Athenian mythology and religion.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110330977
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033085-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033097-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Bildungsvorstellungen im 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Book 2013

Bildungsvorstellungen im 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Macrobius, Martianus Capella und Sidonius Apollinaris

Matthias Gerth

Volume 111 in this series

This book provides insight into the ideas and practice of learning in late antiquity. In Macrobius’s Saturnalia and Martianus Capella’s De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii two fathers write letters to their son with advice for life. In his Letters Sidonius Apollinaris offers a clear vision of his ideas about education.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110303186
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030197-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030318-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Early Christianity
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die "Geographie" des Ptolemaios im Spiegel der griechischen Handschriften

Book 2013

Die "Geographie" des Ptolemaios im Spiegel der griechischen Handschriften

Renate Burri

Volume 110 in this series

The present volume taps into the heretofore scarcely leveraged potential offered by a codicological and paleographic approach to reconstruct the history of Ptolemy’s Geography. The author presents many of the work’s manuscripts for the first time, and also provides a number of illuminating insights about the history of the reception of Ptolemy’s Geography.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110281576
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028016-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028157-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Subject:: Byzantine Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Petrus und Paulus in Jerusalem und Rom

Book 2012

Petrus und Paulus in Jerusalem und Rom

Vom Neuen Testament zu den apokryphen Apostelakten

Otto Zwierlein

Volume 109 in this series

In studying the debate between Peter and Paul and the resulting primacy on the Latin Church, Otto Zwierlein defends the arguments of Petrus in Rom (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 96; 2009, 2010) and provides additional evidence backing up his claims. The second part of the book contains three studies on the acts of Peter, Paul, and John. The focus lies on the Third Epistle to the Corinthians, which is shown to be part of the apocryphal acts of Paul.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110303414
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030331-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030341-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: New Testament
Subject:: Paul
Subject:: New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Unsterblichkeitsglaube in den griechischen Versinschriften

Book 2012

Unsterblichkeitsglaube in den griechischen Versinschriften

Matylda Obryk

Volume 108 in this series

The author uses metrical funerary inscriptions to reconstruct the beliefs about immortality held by ancient Greeks. In her analysis, she illuminates not only their ideas about the afterlife and thoughts about activities after death, but also their diffuse conceptions of the immortal soul. The beliefs examined in this volume illustrate the reciprocal interplay between high culture and popular religion.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110281965
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028177-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028196-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: New Testament
Subject:: Historical, Political and Cultural Background
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Beiträge zu den Fragmenten des Klearchos von Soloi

Book 2013

Beiträge zu den Fragmenten des Klearchos von Soloi

Stavros Tsitsiridis

Volume 107 in this series

In Antiquity Klearchos of Soloi enjoyed a reputation as a first-class peripatetic. However, mainstream modern research has not yet given him due credit. This work contributes to a better understanding of some of the fragments of Klearchos. It demonstrates how various philosophical schools and directions influenced his work. His writings also provide interesting evidence for the history of the early Peripatos.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110259681
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025967-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025968-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Götter, Mythen, Philosophen

Book 2011

Götter, Mythen, Philosophen

Lukian und die paganen Göttervorstellungen seiner Zeit

Fabio Berdozzo

Volume 106 in this series

One of Lucian’s main topics is the critical observation of religious life. His criticism of religious ideas, however, takes place exclusively as dispute with the forms and models of literary tradition. Even when discussing the positions of philosophers, he remains a writer; his gods are literary gods. Nowhere in his oeuvre is there evidence of a personal religious feeling. As a consequence of this study, the traditional image of Lucian as a revolutionary and nihilist is put into another perspective.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110254624
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025459-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025462-4
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: The Ideology of Classicism

Book 2011

The Ideology of Classicism

Language, History, and Identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Nicolas Wiater

Volume 105 in this series

So far, the critical writings of Dionysius of Halicarnassus have mainly attracted interest from historians of ancient linguistics. The Ideology of Classicism proposes a novel approach to Dionysius’ œuvre as a whole by providing the first systematic study of Greek classicism from the perspective of cultural identity. Drawing on cultural anthropology and Social Identity Theory, Wiater explores the world-view bound up with classicist criticism. Only from within this ideological framework can we understand why Greek and Roman intellectuals in Augustan Rome strove to speak and write like Demosthenes, Lysias, and Isocrates.

Topics addressed by this study include Dionysius’ view of the classical past; mimesis and the aesthetics of reading; language and identity; Dionysius’ view of the Romans, their power and the role of Greek culture within it; Greek classicism and the contemporary controversy about Roman identity among Roman intellectuals; the self-image as Greek intellectuals in the Roman empire of Dionysius and his addressees; the dialogic design of Dionysius’ essays and how it implements a sense of elitism and distinction; Dionysius’ attitudes towards communities competing with him for leadership in rhetorical education and criticism, such as the Peripatetics and Stoics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110259117
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025658-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025911-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Macht der memoria

Book 2011

Die Macht der memoria

Die "Noctes Atticae" des Aulus Gellius im Licht der Erinnerungskultur des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr.

Christine Heusch

Volume 104 in this series

In Aulus Gellius’ Noctes Atticae the lack of homogeneity of form and content is an explicitly declared programme, and the work has been assigned to the miscellanies of the 2nd century AD. This volume finds and follows a common thread through the confusing variety of forms of representation and themes of Gellius’ commonplace book. Starting with the ancient author’s opening remarks and drawing on modern cultural sciences, memoria is described as a concept that permeates the entire work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110245387
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024537-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024538-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Sonne und Mond, Kalender und Uhr

Book 2011

Sonne und Mond, Kalender und Uhr

Studien zur Darstellung und poetischen Reflexion der Zeitordnung in der römischen Literatur

Anja Wolkenhauer

Volume 103 in this series

The question of what time is and how it is relevant for humans also occupied the Roman world. Philosophical discourse only played a small part; of more interest were the functions of “time” within society. This study pays particular attention to situations in which temporal order underwent changes in the Roman Empire – for example with the introduction of clocks in Rome, the Julian reform of the calendar, the extension of the Empire to new lands and cultures – and investigates literary reflexion on these changes in the Roman literature of the Republic and the Early Empire.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110247138
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024712-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024713-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophy of Science
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Das Gleiche im Verschiedenen

Book 2010

Das Gleiche im Verschiedenen

Metapher des Sports und Lob des Siegers in Pindars Epinikien

Claas Lattmann

Volume 102 in this series

The Greek poet Pindar (c. 520-440 BC) wrote odes honouring the victors of Greek sporting festivals such as the Olympic Games. They have long been a source of curiosity to scholars, particularly since they appear to mention the victor only in passing. This book, using the methodology of Charles S. Peirce’s semiotics and by reconstructing the cultural historical setting, reveals that this impression is misleading: in songs with a coherent and meaningful structure, Pindar uses elaborate sporting metaphors to praise the victors exuberantly and presents them as present-day heroes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110247114
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024710-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024711-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics, other
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der "Euagoras" des Isokrates

Book 2010

Der "Euagoras" des Isokrates

Evangelos Alexiou

Volume 101 in this series

Present-day research is gradually finding a new approach to Isocrates, the 4th-century Greek orator who due to the influence of Plato was largely neglected in the 19th and part of the 20th century. His Euagoras, an encomium of the Cypriot king Euagoras I, had a decisive influence on the establishment and development of the prose encomium. This volume presents the first modern edition and commentary of Isocrates' Euagoras. It offers a detailed introduction, the Greek text and an interpretational commentary.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110229899
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022988-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022989-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Leserlenkung durch Tacitus in den Tiberius- und Claudiusbüchern der "Annalen"

Book 2009

Die Leserlenkung durch Tacitus in den Tiberius- und Claudiusbüchern der "Annalen"

Michael Hausmann

Volume 100 in this series

Tacitus’ works still have a profound effect on the way we see the early Roman Principate. However, the level of truth in this picture must be examined critically. For on closer analysis, in his portrayal Tacitus did not always stick to his principle of impartial reporting. Often the apparent objectivity of the description of events has an undertone of purely subjective interpretation. Drawing on the books covering the reigns of Tiberius and Claudius, this volume traces the various techniques Tacitus used to influence his reader.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110218770
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021876-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021877-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Das ›Bellum Iudaicum‹ des Ambrosius

Book Ahead of Publication 2023

Das ›Bellum Iudaicum‹ des Ambrosius

Otto Zwierlein

Volume 157 in this series

Early manuscripts attest to Ambrose as the author of the five-book Latin version of the 'History of the Jewish War against the Romans', which Flavius Josephus had given in Greek in seven books. This attribution of the work, which has mostly run under the pseudonym 'Hegesippus' since around 830, is confirmed in this study by recourse to prose rhythm, particle usage, idiomatic word combinations, as well as the use and further development of classical quotations (as measured by Aelius Donat and Arusianus Messius) against today's communis opinio, and the origin (in Pannonian Sirmium) is narrowed down to the years 367-372.

The second part sheds light on the historiographical technique and historical interpretation of the early Ambrose, his demythicisation of the priestly prophet, general and historian Josephus, whose fictional self-stylisation as the god-sent herald of Vespasian's future he systematically banishes from his account. Detailed analyses explain the new structure of the work, its literary form based on the "classical" historians Sallust, Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius with a distinctly Vergilian and Sallustian colouring and the specifically Ambrosian view of the Roman generals and emperors from Pompey and Julius Caesar to Titus and Domitian.

Above all, however, is the image of the Christian interpreter of biblical, above all Old Testament writings, who, even before his episcopal office, sharpened Josephus' criticism of his fellow tribesmen who had deviated from the tradition of the fathers into an anti-Jewish polemic and, following Origen and Eusebius, developed a concept of history in which the Jewish-Messianic expectation of salvation was overtaken by the appearance of Christ.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110586725
ISBN:: 9783110586725
ISBN:: 9783110585759
ISBN:: 9783110585568
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Patristic Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Menanders "Kolax"

Book 2009

Menanders "Kolax"

Ein Beitrag zu Rekonstruktion und Interpretation der Komödie. Mit Edition und Übersetzung der Fragmente und Testimonien sowie einem dramaturgischen Kommentar

Matthias Johannes Pernerstorfer

Volume 99 in this series

Menander’s Kolax (The Flatterer) was very popular in the Ancient World and played a central role in the history of the parasite on the comic stage. This volume provides an edition and a translation of the fragments and testimonies. A dramaturgical commentary, chapters on the sources, on the number of parasites and on the date, as well as notes on terminological history form the basis for a reconstruction and interpretation of the comedy. A concordance and bibliography as well as two plates complete the volume.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110221282
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022127-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022128-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Papyrology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Timon of Phlius

Book 2009

Timon of Phlius

Pyrrhonism into Poetry

Dee L. Clayman

Volume 98 in this series

Early Skepticism and its founder, Pyrrho of Elis, were introduced to the world in the third century BCE by the poet and philosopher Timon of Phlius. This is the first book-length study in English of the fragments of Timon’s works. Of his more than 100 titles, four fragments remain of a catalogue elegy, the Indalmoi, and 133 verses of the Silloi, a hexameter parody in three books in which Timon ridicules philosophers of all periods whom he observes on a trip to Hades. Dee L. Clayman reconstructs the books of the Silloi starting from an outline in Diogenes Laertius and the book numbers assigned to a few fragments by their sources. This has not been attempted since Wachsmuth’s edition of 1885, and carries his approach further by careful observation of syntactic and contextual clues in the text. Using the Greek text of Lloyd-Jones and Parsons of 1983, all of the extant fragments are translated into English and discussed as literature, rather than as source material for the history of philosophy. Separate chapters demonstrate that the principle Hellenistic poets, Callimachus, Theocritus and Apollonius of Rhodes, were aware of Timon’s work specifically, and of Skepticism generally. The book concludes with a definition of “Skeptical aesthetics” that places many of the characteristic features of Hellenistic literature in a skeptical milieu.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110220810
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022080-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022081-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Hellenische Identität in der Spätantike

Book 2009

Hellenische Identität in der Spätantike

Pagane Autoren und ihr Unbehagen an der eigenen Zeit

Jan Stenger

Volume 97 in this series

In Late Antiquity, and above all in the fourth century, far-reaching changes took place in the political, social and religious environments. The pagan authors of the Roman East (the Emperor Julian, Libanius, Eunapius, Themistius) experienced this process as a threatening crisis, and reacted with the pen. This study considers important contemporary themes such as the construction of identity, ideal rule or the correct interpretation of current reality, so providing the first exposition of the specific character of these writings.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110213294
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021328-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021329-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Byzantine Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Petrus in Rom

Book 2010

Petrus in Rom

Die literarischen Zeugnisse. Mit einer kritischen Edition der Martyrien des Petrus und Paulus auf neuer handschriftlicher Grundlage

Otto Zwierlein

Volume 96 in this series

This revised and supplemented second edition of Zwierlein’s best-selling volume undertakes a systematic study of the ancient texts testifying to St Peter’s time in Rome. It evaluates inter alia texts by Early Christian Church teachers (Justin Martyr, Dionys of Corinth, Irenaeus of Lyons), the letters by Ignatius of Antioch (classified as unauthentic), and the legends recounting the Apostle Peter’s encounter with Simon Magus and Nero’s persecution of the Christians. The analysis includes a detailed examination of the dating of the First Epistle of Clement and the late New Testament writings. The analyses are complemented by a critical edition (with commentary) of the martyrdom accounts, using new manuscript sources.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110240597
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024058-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-024059-7
ISBN:: 9783110488494
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Patristic Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Petrus in Rom

Book 2009

Petrus in Rom

Die literarischen Zeugnisse. Mit einer kritischen Edition der Martyrien des Petrus und Paulus auf neuer handschriftlicher Grundlage

Otto Zwierlein

Volume 96 in this series

The present volume undertakes a systematic study of the ancient texts testifying to St Peter’s time in Rome. It evaluates inter alia texts by Early Christian Church teachers (Justin Martyr, Dionys of Corinth, Irenaeus of Lyons), the letters by Ignatius of Antioch - classified as unauthentic - and the legends surrounding the Apostle recounting Peter’s encounter with Simon Magus and Nero’s persecution of the Christians. The analysis includes a detailed examination of the dating of the First Epistle of Clement and the late New Testament writings. The analyses are complemented by a critical edition (with commentary) of the martyrdom accounts using new manuscript sources.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110217315
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020808-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021731-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Patristic Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Theognis und die Theognidea

Book 2008

Theognis und die Theognidea

Hendrik Selle

Volume 95 in this series

The collection of poems preserved under the name of Theognis is - apart from Homer and Hesiod - the only extant poetic text handed down in manuscript from the time before Pindar. Its peculiar form has provoked a long-running debate on its authenticity and genesis, which has gone so far as to cast doubts on the existence of the poet Theognis.

How did the Theognidean corpus come about, and what was Theognis’ influence on it? In response to this question, the present study works through the extensive research literature on the topic and shows the possibilities and limits of an answer.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110209648
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020926-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020964-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Rhetorik und Geschichte

Book 2008

Rhetorik und Geschichte

Eine Studie zu den Kriegsreden im ersten Buch des Thukydides

Martin Hagmaier

Volume 94 in this series

This work considers the function of the speeches in Thucydides’ history, and how they are related to the presentation of the historical facts. In a detailed analysis of the war speeches dealing with the origins of the Peloponnesian war in Thucydides’ first book, the author shows how the historian went further than Herodotus in functionalising the epic tradition of incorporating direct speech into the narrative for the processes of historical analysis.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110210163
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020691-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021016-3
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der Autor und sein Text

Book 2008

Der Autor und sein Text

Die Verfälschung des Originals im Urteil antiker Autoren

Markus Mülke

Volume 93 in this series

The literature of Greek and Roman Antiquity handed down in manuscripts was exposed to the constant danger of texts being corrupted by manipulations not sanctioned by the author concerned. This can also be demonstrated in translations, for example if the text of a foreign-language book was altered by a translator without the original author’s consent. The authors, however – i.e. those affected themselves – were highly conscious of their auctorial status and condemned the secondary manipulation of their works as a presumptuous attack on the integrity of the original text. The present study devotes itself to these practices of falsification and distortion using evidence presented by the authors concerned over a period stretching from Early Greece to the beginning of the Middle Ages.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110210439
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020250-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021043-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Untersuchungen zur Gestaltung und zum historischen Stoff der "Johannis" Coripps

Book 2008

Untersuchungen zur Gestaltung und zum historischen Stoff der "Johannis" Coripps

Thomas Gärtner

Volume 90 in this series

Thomas Gärtner addresses Johannis , the great epic about the military commander by the late antique poet Corippus. This work is dedicated to the achievements of Johannis Troglita, the general who succeeded in reconquering North Africa under Emperor Justinian I in 548 AD. The present study pursues twofold aims; firstly, it throws light on Corippus’ use of historical sources – especially of Procopius. No less significant is the systematic historical location of Corippus’ work in the literary tradition of Latin poetry.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110210071
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020107-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021007-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Byzantine Studies
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Byzantine Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Redesigning Achilles

Book 2007

Redesigning Achilles

'Recycling' the Epic Cycle in the 'Little Iliad' (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622)

Sophia Papaioannou

Volume 89 in this series

The book is a detailed study on the structure and the topics of Ovid’s compedium of the Trojan Saga in Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622, the section also referred to as the “Little Iliad”. It explores the motives and the objectives behind the selected narrative moments from the Epic Cycle that found their way into the Ovidian version of the Trojan War. By thoroughly mastering and inspiringly refashioning a vast amount of literary material, Ovid generates a systematic reconstruction of the archetypal hero, Achilles. Thus, he projects himself as a worthy successor of Homer in the epic tradition, a master epicist, and a par to his great Latin predecessor, Vergil.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110204308
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020048-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020430-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Römische Agrarhandbücher zwischen Fachwissenschaft, Literatur und Ideologie

Book 2007

Römische Agrarhandbücher zwischen Fachwissenschaft, Literatur und Ideologie

Silke Diederich

Volume 88 in this series

Agriculture was a subject of the highest social relevance to Rome. Thus it is no surprise that Cato’s, Varro’s, Columella’s and Palladius’ handbooks on farming, written at key moments in Roman history and reacting as they do to economic and socio-cultural upheaval, have survived. Silke Diederich shows that Rome’s elite handbooks on farming became more than just a means of disseminating knowledge of the “science of power” and a form of sophisticated literature; they also became a medium for the preservation of identity and ensuring intellectual continuity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110893359
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019954-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089335-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Subject:: History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Cultural History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Individual Motifs, Motif Research
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Oedipus at Colonus

Book 2007

Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles, Athens, and the World

Andreas Markantonatos

Volume 87 in this series

This book aims to offer a contemporary literary interpretation of the play, including a readable discussion of its underlying historical, religious, moral, social, and mythical issues. Also, it discusses the most recent interpretative scholarship on the play, the main intertextual affiliations with earlier Thebes-related tragedies, especially focusing on Sophocles’ Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus, and the literature and performance reception of the play; it contains an up-to-date bibliography and detailed indices.
The book won the Academy of Athens Great Award for the Best Monograph in Classical Philology for 2008.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110920482
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019326-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-092048-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Uneigentliches Sprechen und Bildermischung in den Elegien des Properz

Book 2007

Uneigentliches Sprechen und Bildermischung in den Elegien des Properz

Thomas Riesenweber

Volume 86 in this series

Propertius’ Elegies are among the most original products of Latin literature. Understanding the poems, however, is complicated by the idiosyncratic language and forms of composition on the one hand and the defective transmission of the texts on the other. The most striking stylistic characteristics are the bold use of metaphor and the combining of often disparate images. The study examines this central aspect and demonstrates that the boldness is not due to the vagaries of textual transmission but can be traced back to Propertius himself.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110924121
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019249-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-092412-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Aristophanes und Eupolis

Book 2007

Aristophanes und Eupolis

Zur Geschichte einer dichterischen Rivalität

Natalia Kyriakidi

Volume 85 in this series

Aristophanes and Eupolis, together with Kratinos, were the most significant poets of Attic old comedy in the 5th century BC. Their names are usually linked because in antiquity they were seen as bitter rivals who attacked each other on the stage. Natalia Kyriakidi examines the expression of mutual rivalry between the two comic poets and shows that the competition which can be sensed in the comedies can be explained in the context of the atmosphere of mockery in the genre.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110913989
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019139-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091398-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Seneca und die Stoa: Der Platz des Menschen in der Welt

Book 2006

Seneca und die Stoa: Der Platz des Menschen in der Welt

Band 1: Text. Band 2: Anhänge, Literatur, Anmerkungen und Register

Jula Wildberger

Volume 84 in this series

Examining Seneca’s works of prose as the writings of a Stoic and placing them within the context of the Stoic system – Jula Wildberger takes on this task in the first detailed and elaborate overall and new interpretation of Stoic physics to be published in years. In a new, thematically-structured overall reconstruction of the Stoic system, bits of theory discovered in Seneca's works are classified and analysed in detail. The volume is designed to be an introductory work, as well as a handbook and a reference work.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110915631
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019148-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091563-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: History of Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Poetik des Aristoteles in der Dichtungstheorie des Cinquecento

Book 2006

Die Poetik des Aristoteles in der Dichtungstheorie des Cinquecento

Brigitte Kappl

Volume 83 in this series

The engagement with Aristotle’s newly rediscovered Poetics is fundamental to the beginnings of modern literary theory in 16th century Italy. Based on present-day research into Aristotle, Brigitte Kappl takes central themes from the Poetics (poetry as imitation, action and character, tragic flaw, cathartic effect) to examine whether and to what extent the literary theory of that age actually presents a ‘rationalistic’ or ‘moralistic’ re-interpretation of Aristotle’s theory, as is usually maintained.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110892857
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018952-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089285-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Zwischen Rhetorik und Philosophie

Book 2006

Zwischen Rhetorik und Philosophie

Augustins Argumentationstechnik in 'De civitate Dei' und ihr bildungsgeschichtlicher Hintergrund

Christian Tornau

Volume 82 in this series

This book approaches Augustine’s great work “De civitate Dei”(The City of God) by considering the rhetorical techniques employed in it. It determines precisely the significance and consequences of Augustine's philosophical and theological statements on the relationship between humans and God, on freedom and responsibility and on Christian ethics by analyzing their argumentative function and contextual connection. The techniques of Augustine’s argumentation are then placed in a wider historical educational context by considering his reflection on education and the tradition of classical rhetoric.

Bruno-Snell-Prize 2007 awarded to Christian Tornau.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110849028
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019130-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084902-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Literatur gewordener Augenblick

Book 2006

Literatur gewordener Augenblick

Die 'Silven' des Statius im Kontext literarischer und sozialer Bedingungen von Dichtung

Meike Rühl

Volume 81 in this series

This study examines the Silvae of Statius from the point of view of their place within Roman literature and their place in literary life at the end of the first century AD. The author places the interaction between literary production and its social context in the centre of his study.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110889505
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019112-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-088950-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris

Book 2006

A Commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris

Poulheria Kyriakou

Volume 80 in this series

This work is the first major commentary on Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris to appear in English in more than 65 years. It offers detailed analysis of a fascinating play that scholars so far had considered mainly as a source of information about Athenian cult and viewed as a romantic adventure story with happy end. Apart from including sober assessments of textual, linguistic and metrical problems, the commentary sheds new light on the play’s treatment of myth, its intricate structure, presentation of character, and place in Euripides’ work. In particular it offers fresh insights into the play’s relationship to the literary tradition, especially its treatment of the crimes of the Pelopids, and its presentation of the complex, ambiguous relationship of humans and gods as well as that of Greeks and barbarians. Unlike most other tragedies, Iphigenia in Tauris does not feature any villain and avoids concentrating on past crimes and their corrosive influence on the characters’ present. The Taurians are not portrayed simply as savage and slow barbarians and Iphigenia, the most intelligent character, fails to transcend her limitations. Religion and cult in both myth and contemporary Athens are a mixture of traditional and invented elements and the play as a whole turns out to be an intriguing and unique experiment in Euripides’ career.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110926606
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019099-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-092660-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der Mönchsbischof von Tours im 'Martinellus'

Book 2006

Der Mönchsbischof von Tours im 'Martinellus'

Zur Form des hagiographischen Dossiers und seines spätantiken Leitbilds

Meinolf Vielberg

Volume 79 in this series

Nearly 50 hagiographic dossiers were compiled in Gaul during Late Antiquity between the 4th and 8th century. The ‘Martellinus’, named after the Monk Bishop of Tours, was the largest and most influential of them, and the model it created had an effect on the whole of European culture. Using the changing form of the story of St. Martin in the different epochs, Meinolf Vielberg demonstrates the overarching unity of the model behind the changes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110916980
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018858-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091698-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Medieval History
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literature of other Nations and Languages
Subject:: Other Nations and Languages
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Genre Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Das Lächeln des Parmenides

Book 2006

Das Lächeln des Parmenides

Proklos' Interpretationen zur Platonischen Dialogform

Gyburg Radke

Volume 78 in this series

'The literary form is the true contents of Plato's dialogues' - This thesis has heralded a new direction in Plato research over the last 25 years, particularly among Anglo-American scholars. This book discusses this modern thesis and its claim to mark a revolutionary turn from traditional interpretations of Plato, which since the Ancient Neo-Platonists have read Plato in a dogmatic fashion and neglected the form of his philosophy. Here, the interpretations by Proclus, the most significant Neo-Platonist since Plotinus, of the literary form of Plato's philosophy, are presented in detail for the first time as an alternative to modern approaches. Thus it can be shown that the charge is untenable that these are naïve and dogmatic and constrain the openness of Plato's philosophizing with their systematicity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110916287
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019014-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091628-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2005

Grillius

Überlieferung und Kommentar

Rainer Jakobi

Volume 77 in this series

The commentary on Cicero’s De inventione by Grillius, the rhetor of late antiquity, was newly edited in 2002 by Rainer Jakobi. As a supplement, Jakobi now offers an introduction into and an in-depth annotation of the text. Jakobi first dates Grillius’ commentary to the turn of the fifth century and describes the academic culture of Grillius' time, including his social context as well as his position in the long tradition of commentary on Cicero’s De inventione. In addition to a detailed discussion on the manuscript tradition and the reception of the text, the principal part of the book offers an annotation of the Grillius text lemma by lemma, always with a view to the original text, Cicero’s De inventione. Each section is preceded by an analysis, a representation of the structure and a commentary on the sources.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110903638
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017976-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090363-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Lucien et la tragédie

Book 2005

Lucien et la tragédie

Orestis Karavas

Volume 76 in this series

This study investigates the attitude of Lucian of Samosata towards the Greek tragedy. It presents for the first time a comparison between the Lucianic oeuvre and the Greek tragedy according to three points of view: i) the tragic language, ii) the tragic themes (philosophy, religion, morals, mythology), and iii) the literary forms (an analysis of the parodic Podagra). It also deals with the later history of the Greek tragedy, starting from the 4^th century B.C. up to the Imperial times. Using the Lucianic corpus as a witness and a document of its time concerning the tragedy, we aim to gain a better knowledge of Lucian as a writer, of the history of the tragic genre through the antiquity and of the feeling which one had in the imperial times about the Greek civilization and the Greek language.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110927450
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018493-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-092745-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Aphrodite und Eros in der antiken Tragödie

Book 2005

Aphrodite und Eros in der antiken Tragödie

Mit Ausblicken auf motivgeschichtlich verwandte Dichtungen

Ursula Bittrich

Volume 75 in this series

Aphrodite and Eros – the portrayal of these two gods and the depiction of their active intervention have a significant impact on the plots of numerous classical tragedies. Focussing upon a selection of dramas from Aeschylus to Seneca, the author demonstrates how the images of these two multifaceted gods have been transmitted and altered, at the same time that certain features have been preserved. The tension between a powerful Aphrodite, working on a cosmic scale, and a goddess whose influence is restricted to matters of personal love relationships – as it emerges from a survey of relevant passages in early epic texts – is palpable in tragedy as an oscillation between a goddess presented as a mighty authority, whose existence is never really questioned, and a conventional name devoid of substance, which is invoked only as an excuse. The emphasis on the destructive side of the twofold love gods is shown to be characteristic of tragedy. This is demonstrated particularly with regard to the motif of divine anger, which serves also as starting point for the concluding reflections on Theocritus, Ovid and Nonnus.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110923902
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018555-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-092390-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Von Gnathon zu Saturio

Book 2005

Von Gnathon zu Saturio

Die Parasitenfigur und das Verhältnis der römischen Komödie zur griechischen

Andrea Antonsen-Resch

Volume 74 in this series

To what extent is Roman comedy dependent on the Greek? The author pursues this old controversy using a comprehensive study of the figure of the Parasite. The Parasite, stemming from the Greek socio-historical context and at first an alien phenomenon for Roman society, itself reflects the historical literary relationship of Roman comedy (located in a Greek milieu) to its Attic precursors.

By investigating the development of the figure of the Parasite on the Roman stage, Andrea Antonsen-Resch gains new insights into the degree to which the relevant plays are dependent on Greek models. One result is to demonstrate that Plautus and Terence follow Greek comedy to a far greater extent than has often been thought.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110912623
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018167-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091262-3
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Epic Succession and Dissension

Book 2005

Epic Succession and Dissension

Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-14.582, and the Reinvention of the Aeneid

Sophia Papaioannou

Volume 73 in this series

This study constitutes the first modern book-length, in-depth critical analysis of Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623–14.582. In this unit Ovid, by challenging openly the artistry of his great predecessor Vergil, redraws the parameters associated with the definition and appreciation of epic poetry. The book first introduces the methodological complexity of the Ovidian embrace strategy, and, subsequently, it reads the ‘little Aeneid’ closely, discussing the network of allusions to its prototype. It assesses the structure and thematics of each episode in the cluster, and traces the recurrence of prominent motifs throughout the Metamorphoses. Not least, it explores poetics, arguing that Ovid’s selective incorporation of the Aeneid reproduces the spirit and fundamental ideas of the model in an idiosyncratic sophisticated manner.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110899016
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018326-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089901-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Band 2 Antike und Mittelalter

Book 2004

Band 2 Antike und Mittelalter

Part of the multi-volume work Lucubrationes Philologae

Volume 72 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110904857
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018181-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090485-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Band 1 Seneca

Book 2004

Band 1 Seneca

Part of the multi-volume work Lucubrationes Philologae

Volume 71 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110904895
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018180-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090489-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Epic Grief

Book 2004

Epic Grief

Personal Laments in Homer's Iliad

Christos Tsagalis

Volume 70 in this series

This study of the gooi or personal laments in Homer´s Iliad once and for all articulates the poetic techniques regulating this type of speech. Going beyond the tendency to view lament as a repetitive and group-based activity, this work shows instead the primacy of the goos, a sub-genre which the Iliad has "produced" by absorbing the funerary genre of lament. Oral theory, narratology, semiotics, rhetorical analysis are deftly applied to explore the ways personal laments develop principal epic themes and unravel narrative threads weaving the thematical texture of the entire Iliad (and beyond): the wrath of Achilles, the deaths of Patroclus and Hector, the grief of Achilles and his future death, the foreshadowing of Troy´s destruction.

Winner of the Annual Award in Classics (2007) of the Academy of Athens.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110896251
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017944-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089625-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Poetische Argumentation

Book 2004

Poetische Argumentation

Die Funktion der Gnomik in den Epinikien des Bakchylides

Jan Stenger

Volume 69 in this series

The Gnomai in the Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs of Bacchylides have hitherto been regarded as an allegedly conventional accompaniment and thus attracted little attention in research. Following the development of a genre model for the epinicion, individual interpretations demonstrate the central significance of the Gnomai in constituting the sense of the Epinicion. As the gnome essentially represents ethical and moral values to a large audience, a second stage of the study relates it to the contemporary historical context of the relevant text. It takes this rigorous contextualisation to show how Bacchylides skilfully fits his Gnomai to the various socio-political factors and the expectations of his audience.

These observations cast new light on the communication process in lyrical choral poetry between the composer of the epinicion, his patron and the public.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110204780
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018127-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020478-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Cicero rhetor

Book 2003

Cicero rhetor

Die Partitiones oratoriae und das Konzept des gelehrten Politikers

Alexander Arweiler

Volume 68 in this series

This fundamentally new interpretation of the Partitiones oratoriae shows the small dialogue to be a demanding compendium of the whole system of rhetorical doctrine and places it at the centre of a specifically Ciceronian concept of rhetoric. By drawing upon Cicero's other philosophical and rhetorical works, the author reveals the political relevance: Cicero's learned writings present criteria for the selection of suitable politicians, to whom powers of decision-making should only be given after they have proved themselves to have studied and to possess methodical abilities. Thus Cicero's work as a writer after his exile cannot sensibly be separated from his political activity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110899887
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018096-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089988-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Christus, Nikodemus und die Samaritanerin bei Juvencus

Book 2003

Christus, Nikodemus und die Samaritanerin bei Juvencus

Mit einem Anhang zur lateinischen Evangelienvorlage

Cornel Heinsdorff

Volume 67 in this series

The biblical epic by the Spanish priest Juvencus is the first great piece of Christian literature in Latin. Heinsdorff provides a commentary on Christ's conversations with Nicodemus and with the Samaritan woman (John 3 and 4) from this biblical epic. In addition to providing an explanation of the theological statements in the text, the author also presents philological observations, which show the presence of both traditional epic elements and specifically Christian features in the language. The appendix gives a statistically evaluated collection of material which shows the strong European influence on the Latin text of the Bible.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110898859
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017851-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089885-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Tragik und Metatragik

Book 2003

Tragik und Metatragik

Euripides' Bakchen und die moderne Literaturwissenschaft

Gyburg Radke

Volume 66 in this series

What is the tragic in Euripides' Bacchae? A nowadays predominant view sees it in the self-reflexion of the genus 'tragedy' and the medium 'theatre': The presence of the theatre god Dionysos on stage turns the tragic of the Bacchae into metatragic. In contrast, by carefully scrutinizing the premises of structuralist methods applied and by interpreting the complete text of the play, Gyburg Radke reads the Bacchae as a 'textbook example' of an Aristotelian tragedy evoking fear and pity, in which the combination of the individual character of the protagonist Pentheus and of his failure constitutes the tragic quality of the plot.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110913293
ISBN:: 978-3-11-018022-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091329-3
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die römische Gesellschaft bei Galen

Book 2003

Die römische Gesellschaft bei Galen

Biographie und Sozialgeschichte

Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen

Volume 65 in this series

Galen, as gladiator doctor in Pergamum, friend of several members of the Roman upper class, and family physician of the emperors in Rome, was well acquainted with the living conditions of all strata of Roman society of the second century A.D. For the first time, in this book all of Galen's writings are analyzed as a contribution to the social history of the Roman Empire. The author considers the special perspective offered by Galen's background, career, and motives for writing. The material is presented first following Galen's biography; the study then branches out to chapters on slavery and other overarching aspects of the world Galen knew.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110894011
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017850-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089401-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der Kommentar des Iohannes de Segarellis zu Senecas 'Hercules furens'

Book 2003

Der Kommentar des Iohannes de Segarellis zu Senecas 'Hercules furens'

Erstedition und Analyse

Kerstin Hafemann

Volume 64 in this series

This work presents the first critical edition of a hitherto unknown commentary on Seneca's 'Hercules furens'. The author was Giovanni Segarelli, a lawyer and early humanist previously known to local historians only. Hafemann reconstructs his biography and work from scattered manuscript sources. Against the background of 14th century traditions of commentary, she undertakes an analysis of the author's exegetic interests, his understanding of tragedy, his method of paraphrastic exegesis, his sources and textual basis, together with his language, style and clausula technique.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110902334
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017239-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090233-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Tragic Narrative

Book 2002

Tragic Narrative

A Narratological Study of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus

Andreas Markantonatos

Volume 63 in this series

This study of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus demonstrates the applicability of narrative models to drama. It presents a major contribution not only to Sophoclean criticism but to dramatic criticism as a whole.

For the first time, the methods of contemporary narrative theory are thoroughly applied to the text of a single major play. Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus is presented as a uniquely rich text, which deftly uses the figure and history of the blind Oedipus to explore and thematize some of the basic narratological concerns of Greek tragedy: the relation between the narrow here-and-now of visible stage action and the many off-stage worlds that have to be mediated into it through narrative, including the past, the future, other dramatizations of the myth, and the world of the fifth-century audience.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110895889
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017401-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-089588-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Textgeschichte und Rezeption der plautinischen Komödien im Altertum

Book 2002

Textgeschichte und Rezeption der plautinischen Komödien im Altertum

Marcus Deufert

Volume 62 in this series

After his death, the comedies of the Roman dramatist Plautus continued to be staged, and were interpreted by scholars and read by enthusiasts and students. The present study deals with the textual history and reception of these comedies from their first performances (approx. 220 - 185 BC) until the start of their direct transmission (approx. 400 AD). The author traces the changes that occurred in the course of the comedies' performance, commentary and exploitation by scholars and teachers. In the process, he not only draws a fascinating and comprehensive picture of the history of Plautus reception and scholarship in classical times, but also provides important insights into the history of literary and linguistic studies in Rome.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110907995
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017336-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090799-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Philippus Arabs

Book 2002

Philippus Arabs

Ein Soldatenkaiser in der Tradition des antoninisch-severischen Prinzipats

Christian Körner

Volume 61 in this series

Philippus Arabs was Emperor of Rome from 244 to 249 AD. Using extant sources, this volume presents the first account of this ruler from the Province of Arabia. The author deals particularly with the troubled domestic and foreign political situation, the Emperor's origins and family, and his attitude towards religion, especially Christianity. Finally, his position is developed in the changes and reforms of the 3rd century, and it is shown how much his understanding of power is guided by the Severan dynasty and Marcus Aurelius. The present volume is the first monograph on Philippus Arabs; the paucity of original sources led to little interest being shown in the Emperors from this period.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110857832
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017205-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-085783-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Language in Vergil's Eclogues

Book 2001

Language in Vergil's Eclogues

Michael Lipka

Volume 60 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110888430
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016936-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-088843-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Erscheinungsformen komischen Sprechens bei Aristophanes

Book 2001

Erscheinungsformen komischen Sprechens bei Aristophanes

Gerrit Kloss

Volume 59 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110877229
ISBN:: 978-3-11-017000-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-087722-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Das Satirische in Juvenals Satiren

Book 2000

Das Satirische in Juvenals Satiren

Christine Schmitz

Volume 58 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110825817
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016925-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-082581-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Band 1 Prolegomena

Book 1999

Band 1 Prolegomena

Part of the multi-volume work Die Ovid- und Vergil-Revision in tiberischer Zeit

Volume 57 in this series

Virgil’s works are regarded as being the best preserved of any Latin author’s. However, the earliest extant mss. were produced at least 400 years after the originals, and tell us very little about the history of the texts in the generation following the death of the greatest Roman poet.

Otto Zwierlein demonstrates the existence of a complete edition produced around 20‑25 AD which, in addition to Virgil's works ‑ extended by textual insertions ‑ also included the alleged poems from his youth which we can now read in the Appendix Vergiliana. Previously the same editor had obviously taken care of Ovid. Zwierlein identifies him with Iulius Montanus, a figure from the world of declamation in the early Imperial Age, who is referred to as an elegiac and epic poet in one of the Epistulae ex Ponto.

The present volume affords an insight into ancient Virgil criticism and the editorial practice of classical antiquity, and summarizes the findings of a critical commentary on the whole of Virgil’s work and exemplary selections from all of Ovid's work (including the relevant appendices) which removes the later alterations from the time of Tiberius and thus attempts to restore the original text as far as possible.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110803693
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016635-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080369-3
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Vergils Äneis und die antike Homerexegese

Book 1999

Vergils Äneis und die antike Homerexegese

Untersuchungen zum Einfluß ethischer und kritischer Homerrezeption auf imitatio und aemulatio Vergils

Tilman Schmit-Neuerburg

Volume 56 in this series

A deeper understanding of Virgil’s Aeneid can only be achieved through the Iliad and Odyssey as its most important models. As the author shows, Classical views of Homer differ significantly from those prevailing today, and this allows the conception of the Aeneid to be seen in a new light. In the first part of the study, the author analyses the way in which Virgil indirectly characterises the protagonists of his epic (incl. Aeneas, Turnus, Dido) through allusions to the contemporary philosophical and ethical understanding of Homer’s models. In the second part, the author examines how the “poeta doctus ” creatively transforms the Hellenistic critique of Homer in the Aeneid.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110807615
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016558-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080761-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der Horazkommentar des Porphyrio im Rahmen der kaiserzeitlichen Schul- und Bildungstradition

Book 1999

Der Horazkommentar des Porphyrio im Rahmen der kaiserzeitlichen Schul- und Bildungstradition

Silke Diederich

Volume 55 in this series

Porphyrio’s commentary for school use is the oldest extant commentary on Latin poetry. It forms part of the Graeco-Roman grammatical tradition, and offers a unique insight into 3rd century school and education systems. The investigation gives a detailed account of the educational aims, conditions, contents and methods used and reveals the academic categories on which they were based. The reader thus gains an impression not only of the state of Horace scholarship at the time, but also of the average educational standards of the Roman elites.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110809855
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016389-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080985-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Titel und Text

Book 1999

Titel und Text

Zur Entwicklung lateinischer Gedichtüberschriften. Mit Untersuchungen zu lateinischen Buchtiteln, Inhaltsverzeichnissen und anderen Gliederungsmitteln

Bianca-Jeanette Schröder

Volume 54 in this series

How old are the manuscript titles of Latin poems from Antiquity and Late Antiquity? Why were they written, and who created them? With these questions, the author enters virgin philological territory. Her interest is directed at the organisation of ancient texts.
She shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the headings which subdivide poetry collections and provide preliminary information for the reader were not invented by medieval scribes or early modern editors; their development can in fact be traced back to Classical and Late Antiquity. The headings in Latin poetry collections handed down through medieval mss.

The headings in collections of Latin poetry handed down through medieval mss. (incl. Horace, Ovid, Martial, Commodian, Ausonius, Luxurius) are partly authentic, and were partly added in late Classical Antiquity. In their function and linguistic form, they can be compared with book titles and other structural textual devices such as tables of contents and chapter headings. The present study also deals with the development of these devices, which are important for the history of books and of reading habits.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110802269
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016453-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080226-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Apollodoros "Against Neaira" [D 59]

Book 1999

Apollodoros "Against Neaira" [D 59]

Ed. with Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Konstantinos A. Kapparis

Konstantinos A. Kapparis

Volume 53 in this series

This volume contains an introduction, new edition of the Greek text, English translation, and detailed linguistic and historical commentary of Apollodoros’ speech “Against Neaira” (4th century BC).

The introduction provides a comprehensive account of the historical and legal background, authorship, style, technique, manuscripts and textual tradition of the speech, and a radically new interpretation of the case against Neaira. The edition of the Greek text is based on independent collations of manuscripts written before the 14th century, bringing a new sensitivity to the stylistic preferences of Apollodoros. The commentary contains discussions on textual points, grammar, syntax, vocabulary, style and technique, while the historical notes illustrate the constitutional, legal, social and political background of the speech.

The book is of the highest interest to scholars and students of the Attic Orators, Athenian society, daily life, women and gender relations, law, constitution, institutions, religion and culture.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110809862
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016390-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080986-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Imitation antiker und spätantiker Literatur in der Dichtung "De spiritalis historiae gestis" des Alcimus Avitus

Book 1999

Die Imitation antiker und spätantiker Literatur in der Dichtung "De spiritalis historiae gestis" des Alcimus Avitus

Mit einem Kommentar zu Avit. carm. 4,429-540 und 5,526-703

Alexander Arweiler

Volume 52 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110803358
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016248-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080335-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Vergils Weltsicht

Book 1998

Vergils Weltsicht

Optimismus und Pessimismus in Vergils Georgica

Robert A. Cramer

Volume 51 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110813791
ISBN:: 978-3-11-015728-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-081379-1
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Unplanned Wars

Book 1998

Unplanned Wars

The Origins of the First and Second Punic Wars

B. Dexter Hoyos

Volume 50 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110808353
ISBN:: 978-3-11-015564-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080835-3
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die syrische Chronik des Josua Stylites

Book 1997

Die syrische Chronik des Josua Stylites

Andreas Luther

Volume 49 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110800746
ISBN:: 978-3-11-015470-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080074-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Early Christianity
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Pseudo-Lukrezisches im Lukrez

Book 1996

Pseudo-Lukrezisches im Lukrez

Die unechten Verse in Lukrezens >De rerum natura<

Marcus Deufert

Volume 48 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110810530
ISBN:: 9783110810530
ISBN:: 9783110150469
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Kunst der Exegese im Terenzkommentar des Donat

Book 1996

Die Kunst der Exegese im Terenzkommentar des Donat

Rainer Jakobi

Volume 47 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110819359
ISBN:: 978-3-11-014458-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-081935-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Hegemon und Symmachoi

Book 1995

Hegemon und Symmachoi

Untersuchungen zum Zweiten Athenischen Seebund

Martin Dreher

Volume 46 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110885156
ISBN:: 978-3-11-014444-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-088515-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Constitutional and Legal History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Das nachrepublikanische Finanzsystem

Book 1995

Das nachrepublikanische Finanzsystem

Fiscus und Fisci in der frühen Kaiserzeit

Michael Alpers

Volume 45 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110905236
ISBN:: 978-3-11-014562-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090523-6
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Xenophon of Ephesus

Book 1995

Xenophon of Ephesus

His Compositional Technique and the Birth of the Novel

James N. O'Sullivan

Volume 44 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110888577
ISBN:: 978-3-11-014310-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-088857-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Symmachie und Spondai

Book 1994

Symmachie und Spondai

Untersuchungen zum griechischen Völkerrecht der archaischen und klassischen Zeit (8.-5. Jahrhundert v. Chr.)

Ernst Baltrusch

Volume 43 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110901740
ISBN:: 978-3-11-013745-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090174-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Topics in History
Subject:: Constitutional and Legal History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die römische Politik und die Piraterie im östlichen Mittelmeer vom 3. bis zum 1. Jh. v. Chr.

Book 1993

Die römische Politik und die Piraterie im östlichen Mittelmeer vom 3. bis zum 1. Jh. v. Chr.

Hartel Pohl

Volume 42 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110871869
ISBN:: 978-3-11-013890-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-087186-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Welt der Römer

Book 1993

Die Welt der Römer

Studien zu ihrer Literatur, Geschichte und Religion

Carl Joachim Classen, Meinolf Vielberg, Hans Bernsdorff

Volume 41 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110902624
ISBN:: 978-3-11-013840-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-090262-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Apollinaris Sidonius, carm. 22: Burgus Pontii Leontii

Book 1993

Apollinaris Sidonius, carm. 22: Burgus Pontii Leontii

Einleitung, Text und Kommentar

Norbert Delhey

Volume 40 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110872552
ISBN:: 978-3-11-013631-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-087255-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Authors
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die kosmische Dimension in den Tragödien Senecas

Book Print Only 1993

Die kosmische Dimension in den Tragödien Senecas

Christine Schmitz

Volume 39 in this series

ISBN:: 9783110135176
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Studien zum Verständnis Herodots

Book 1992

Studien zum Verständnis Herodots

Hartmut Erbse

Volume 38 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110871722
ISBN:: 9783110136210
ISBN:: 9783110871722
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 1992

Paian

Studien zur Geschichte einer Gattung

Lutz Käppel

Volume 37 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110851144
ISBN:: 978-3-11-012967-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-085114-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die attische Mittlere Komödie

Book Print Only 1990

Die attische Mittlere Komödie

Ihre Stellung in der antiken Literaturkritik und Literaturgeschichte

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

Volume 36 in this series

ISBN:: 9783110121964
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Pyrsos Hymnon

Book 1990

Pyrsos Hymnon

Festliche Gegenwart und mythisch-rituelle Tradition als Voraussetzung einer Pindarinterpretation (Isthmie 4, Pythie 5, Olympie 1 und 3)

Eveline Krummen

Volume 35 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110861204
ISBN:: 978-3-11-012231-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-086120-4
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Medical Theories in Hippocrates

Book 1992

Medical Theories in Hippocrates

Early Texts and the "Epidemics"

Volker Langholf

Volume 34 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110847598
ISBN:: 978-3-11-011956-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084759-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Science and Medicine
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Thukydides-Interpretationen

Book 1989

Thukydides-Interpretationen

Hartmut Erbse

Volume 33 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110851243
ISBN:: 978-3-11-012126-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-085124-3
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Studien zur Dichtersprache Senecas

Book 1989

Studien zur Dichtersprache Senecas

Abundanz. Explikativer Ablativ. Hypallage

Michael Hillen

Volume 32 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110846799
ISBN:: 978-3-11-011798-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084679-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Senecas Phoenissen

Book 1989

Senecas Phoenissen

Einleitung und Kommentar

Theo Hirschberg

Volume 31 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110863468
ISBN:: 978-3-11-011630-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-086346-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Scholastica materia

Book 1988

Scholastica materia

Untersuchungen zu den Declamationes minores und der Institutio oratoria Quintilians

Joachim Dingel

Volume 30 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110855579
ISBN:: 978-3-11-011462-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-085557-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die zehnte Rede des Lysias

Book 1988

Die zehnte Rede des Lysias

Einleitung, Text und Kommentar mit einem Anhang über die Gesetzesinterpretationen bei den attischen Rednern

Michael Hillgruber

Volume 29 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110846522
ISBN:: 978-3-11-011556-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084652-2
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der Einfluss Ovids auf den Tragiker Seneca

Book 1987

Der Einfluss Ovids auf den Tragiker Seneca

Rainer M. Jakobi

Volume 28 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110868616
ISBN:: 9783110868616
ISBN:: 9783110112641
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Diocletian und die Erste Tetrarchie

Book 1987

Diocletian und die Erste Tetrarchie

Improvisation oder Experiment in der Organisation monarchischer Herrschaft?

Frank Kolb

Volume 27 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110846508
ISBN:: 9783110109344
ISBN:: 9783110846508
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Mysterienterminologie bei Platon, Philon und Klemens von Alexandrien

Book 1987

Mysterienterminologie bei Platon, Philon und Klemens von Alexandrien

Christoph Riedweg

Volume 26 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110867350
ISBN:: 978-3-11-010807-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-086735-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Patristics
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Jewish Studies
Subject:: Hellenistic-Roman Era
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Der Sinn der Aporien in den Dialogen Platons

Book 1987

Der Sinn der Aporien in den Dialogen Platons

Übungsstücke zur Anleitung im philosophischen Denken

Michael Erler

Volume 25 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110868708
ISBN:: 9783110107043
ISBN:: 9783110868708
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Untersuchungen zur Funktion der Götter im homerischen Epos

Book 1986

Untersuchungen zur Funktion der Götter im homerischen Epos

Hartmut Erbse

Volume 24 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110855623
ISBN:: 9783110855623
ISBN:: 9783110107777
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Tantarum causas irarum

Book 1986

Tantarum causas irarum

Untersuchungen zur einleitenden Bücherdyade der Punica des Silius Italicus

Jochem Küppers

Volume 23 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110863925
ISBN:: 978-3-11-010610-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-086392-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Lukians Parasitendialog

Book Print Only 1985

Lukians Parasitendialog

Untersuchungen und Kommentar

Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

Volume 22 in this series

ISBN:: 9783110102772
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Studien zum Prolog der euripideischen Tragödie

Book 1984

Studien zum Prolog der euripideischen Tragödie

Hartmut Erbse

Volume 20 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110849509
ISBN:: 978-3-11-010000-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084950-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Isokrates

Book 1983

Isokrates

Seine Positionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit den zeitgenössischen Philosophen

Christoph Eucken

Volume 19 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110839999
ISBN:: 978-3-11-008646-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-083999-9
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Handlungsverlauf und Komik in den frühen Komödien des Aristophanes

Book 1977

Handlungsverlauf und Komik in den frühen Komödien des Aristophanes

Manfred Landfester

Volume 17 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110859621
ISBN:: 9783110859621
ISBN:: 9783110069501
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Untersuchungen zur textkritischen Methode des Zenodotos von Ephesos

Book 1977

Untersuchungen zur textkritischen Methode des Zenodotos von Ephesos

Klaus Nickau

Volume 16 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110831917
ISBN:: 9783110831917
ISBN:: 9783110018271
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus

Book 1974

Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus

Martin L. West

Volume 14 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110833188
ISBN:: 978-3-11-004585-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-083318-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Funktion des Mythos bei Pindar

Book 1971

Die Funktion des Mythos bei Pindar

Interpretationen zu sechs Pindargedichten

Adolf Köhnken

Volume 12 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110825220
ISBN:: 978-3-11-002374-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-082522-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Geographie des älteren Plinius in ihrem Verhältnis zu Varro

Book 1971

Die Geographie des älteren Plinius in ihrem Verhältnis zu Varro

Versuch einer Quellenanalyse

Klaus Günther Sallmann

Volume 11 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110829778
ISBN:: 978-3-11-001838-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-082977-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Apuleius philosophus Platonicus

Book 1971

Apuleius philosophus Platonicus

Untersuchungen zur Apologie (De magia) und zu De mundo

Franz Regen

Volume 10 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110843217
ISBN:: 978-3-11-003678-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084321-7
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Quellenangaben bei Herodot

Book 1971

Die Quellenangaben bei Herodot

Studien zur Erzählkunst Herodots

Detlev Fehling

Volume 9 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110841930
ISBN:: 978-3-11-003634-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-084193-0
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Ancient History
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Print Only 1970

Plotin

Die Grossschrift III, 8 – V, 8 – V, 5 – II, 9

Dietrich Roloff

Volume 8 in this series

ISBN:: 9783110064124
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Untersuchungen zu Senecas Fragmenten

Book 1970

Untersuchungen zu Senecas Fragmenten

Marion Lausberg

Volume 7 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110833775
ISBN:: 978-3-11-006351-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-083377-5
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Komposition der Reden in der Ilias

Book 1970

Die Komposition der Reden in der Ilias

Dieter Lohmann

Volume 6 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110833768
ISBN:: 9783110833768
ISBN:: 9783110063523
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Die Wissenschaft vom Guten und Bösen

Book 1970

Die Wissenschaft vom Guten und Bösen

Interpretationen zu Platons 'Charmides'

Bernd Witte

Volume 5 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110832358
ISBN:: 978-3-11-002571-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-083235-8
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Gottähnlichkeit, Vergöttlichung und Erhöhung zu seligem Leben

Book Ahead of Publication 1970

Gottähnlichkeit, Vergöttlichung und Erhöhung zu seligem Leben

Untersuchungen zur Herkunft der platonischen Angleichung an Gott

Dietrich Roloff

Volume 4 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783111027180
ISBN:: 9783111027180
ISBN:: 9783111725093
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: History of Philosophy
Subject:: Ancient Philosophy
Subject:: Philosophical Anthropology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Täuschungsszenen in den Tragödien des Sophokles

Book 1969

Täuschungsszenen in den Tragödien des Sophokles

Ursula Parlavantza-Friedrich

Volume 2 in this series

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110839364
ISBN:: 9783110839364
ISBN:: 9783110025682
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Publisher:: De Gruyter

book: Sprachliche Untersuchungen zu Herondas

Book 1968

Sprachliche Untersuchungen zu Herondas

Mit einem kritisch-exegetischen Anhang

Volkmar Schmidt