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Lucretius on Disease
The standard view in scholarship is that disease in Lucretius' De rerum natura is mainly a problem to be solved and then dispensed with.However, a closer reading suggests that …
Intertextuality in Flavian Epic Poetry
This collection of essays reaffirms the central importance of adopting an intertextual approach to the study of Flavian epic poetry and shows, despite all that has been achieved, …
The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry
Classicizing Christian poetry has largely been neglected by literary scholars, but has recently been receiving growing attention, especially the poetry written in Latin. One of …
Identities, Ethnicities and Gender in Antiquity
The question of ‘identity’ arises for any individual or ethnic group when they come into contact with a stranger or another people. Such contact results in the self-conscious …
The Embodied Self in Plato
This book argues that, rather than being conceived merely as a hindrance, the body contributes constructively in the fashioning of a Platonic unified self. The Phaedo shows …
Aristophanes and the Poetics of Surprise
The purpose of this book is to examine the variety, the mechanisms, and the poetological intention of the effect of surprise in Aristophanic comedy, addressing the phenomenon not …
Dionysus and Rome
While most work on Dionysus is based on Greek sources, this collection of essays examines the god’s Roman and Italian manifestations.Nine contributions address Bacchus’ appearance …
Defining Orphism
The complex matter of Orphism has so far been addressed by scholars through studies focusing on one of its components each time, primarily the Derveni Papyrus and the Gold Tablets …