The study of ancient Greek and Roman in their presence and influence on post-classical times and places, not least in the West.
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Henning Ohst deposited Zeitschriftenschau Fachwissenschaft (Mnemosyne 76.3, 2023/WS 135, 2022), Forum Classicum 66, 2023, 148–151 in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 5 days agoMore detailed discussions on Thomas Biggs: Sown Men and Rome’s Civil Wars. Rethinking the End of Melinno’s Hymn to Rome (Mnemosyne 76.3) and Gerlinde Bretzigheimer: Intertextualität und Intratextualität in Ausonius’ Epitaphia heroum (Wiener Studien 135).
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Christopher Crosbie deposited Francis Bacon and Aristotelian Afterlives in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week agoThe Baconian oeuvre remains the most extensive and influential assault on Aristotelianism in English writing of the early modern period. Where convention respected Aristotelian logic as a viable instrument for studying natural philosophy, Bacon instead sought to initiate an instauration, or restoration, of learning by proposing his inductive…[Read more]
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Henning Ohst deposited Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity. Form, Tradition, and Context, ed. Berenice Verhelst/Tine Scheijnen (2022), Plekos 25, 2023, 327–339 in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 3 months agoThe volume under review is based on the premise that there is no real dialogue between Greek and Latin studies on the literature (and especially on the poetry) of Late Antiquity, at least not a dialogue as intense as with regard to the earlier, ‘classical’ literature. The reason for this is not least the problem that mutual dependencies between…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited Hygieia. Identity, Cult and Reception in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 4 months, 1 week agoThis article examines the Greek goddess Hygieia by looking at her identity, cult status in the ancient world and subsequent scholarly reception. Should she be viewed as a goddess or a personification? By studying Hygieia primarily as a concept of health within ancient medicine, as well as a personification and a goddess, it will be argued that…[Read more]
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Henning Ohst deposited A Companion to Isidore of Seville, ed. Andrew Fear/Jamie Wood (2020), Plekos 24, 2022, 65–77 in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 4 months, 3 weeks agoThe Companion assembles a total of twenty chapters in English throughout, which – as explained in more detail in the Introduction by the two editors – are thematically divided into three sections (“parts”): “Isidore’s Contexts” (chapters 1-4, including the “Introduction”), “Themes in Isidore’s Works” (chapters 5-13), and “Transmission andReception…[Read more]
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Henning Ohst deposited ‚Irasci me tibi scito‘. Augustus und sein Verhältnis zu Horaz im Spiegel der Fragmente seiner Privatkorrespondenz, ‚Augustus immortalis‘. (…), ed. Jessica Bartz/Martin Müller/Rolf Frank Sporleder (Berlin 2020), 81–88 in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 5 months agoWhile the Res Gestae are understood as an important source for the life and work of Augustus, Henning Ohst presents letters of the Princeps. These have survived only in fragments and through other authors, but still offer research opportunities for new questions. The focus of the contribution is the relationship of the Princeps to poets such as…[Read more]
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Henning Ohst deposited Jonathan August Weichert, Sächsische Biografie. Online-Ausgabe, hg. v. Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde (2022) in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 5 months agoBiographical article about August Weichert an important rector of the Landesschule at Grimma and philologist in the first half of the 19th century.
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Henning Ohst deposited Zeitschriftenschau Fachwissenschaft (Glotta 98, 2022/MH 79.1, 2022), Forum Classicum 65, 2022, 362–365 in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 5 months agoMore detailed discussions on: Y. Brandenburg: Amare mit Infinitv. Bedeutungsentlehnung und Sprachgebrauch bei Sallust und Horaz, Glotta 98, 2022, 68–77 (362f.); A. J. Woodman: Horace’s Second Ode, MH 79, 2022, 55–76 (363f.)
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Henning Ohst deposited Zeitschriftenschau Fachwissenschaft (Gymnasium 129.2, 2022/WS 134, 2021), Forum Classicum 65, 2022, 253–255 in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 5 months agoMore detailed discussions on: G. E. Thüry: Bettgeflüster in der römischen Provinz. Der Wortschatz des erotischen Lateins in Fiebelinschriften, Gymnasium 129, 2022, 143–163 (253f.); A. Heil: Der Totengeist des Laius in Statius’ Thebais, WS 134, 2021, 139–161 (254f.)
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Ermanno Malaspina deposited For a Pre-history and Post-history of the Corpus Leidense With a List of the Manuscripts of De natura deorum in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 7 months agoThe present article examines the Corpus Leidense, the group of eight Ciceronian treatises among which the De natura deorum was also transmitted, focusing on its archetype. The second and longer section contains the first complete list of the 174 identified manuscripts of De natura deorum, with 57 new items added to the 117 already listed by Pease…[Read more]
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Foteini Spingou deposited Classicizing Visions of Constantinople after 1204: Niketas Choniates’ De Signis in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 10 months agoThe article focuses on one of the most famous accounts of the events of 1204: the De Signis by Niketas Choniates. It demonstrates how Choniates constructed a (semi)fictional account of the assaults against the Byzantine culture and identity through a constellation of symbols and passages drawn from the Greek Classics. The article comprises three…[Read more]
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Paul Michael Kurtz deposited A Historical, Critical Retrospective on Historical Criticism in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 10 months, 3 weeks agoThis chapter examines how historical and critical modalities of reading sacred scripture became central to modern biblical studies. It examines what “criticism” was, whence it came, what it did, and which critiques it sustained, before considering its prospects for future historical and literary analysis of the Bible.
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Stephen Beall deposited Christi Praecones: Advice for Latin Teachers from the First Jesuit Schools in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 3 months agoA summary and contemporary application of the pedagogical handbook of Joseph Jouvancy, S.J. (1643-1719)
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Elodie Paillard deposited Looking for Sociolects in Classical Greek Tragedy: A Digital Tool for Measuring Linguistic/Discursive Complexity in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 7 months agoThis paper re-examines the question of the presence of distinct sociolects in Classical Athenian tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides). While the general idea is that all characters in tragedy spoke a similar language, without much distinction between sociolects that could have marked their socio-political status, some recent research has…[Read more]
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Maciej Junkiert deposited Cyprian Norwid and the History of Greece in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months agoAncient Greek history holds a special place in the works of many 19th-c. writers. The same goes for Cyprian Norwid, one of the most eminent poets in the history of Polish literature, a thinker, and an artist. This book scrutinizes Norwid’s fascination with Greek history and culture, especially his peculiar synthesis of Greek thought and C…[Read more]
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Elodie Paillard deposited Greek to Latin and Back: Did Roman Theatre Change Greek Theatre? in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoChapter on the interactions between Roman theatrical tradition and late dramatic production in Greek language.
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Elodie Paillard deposited “Theatre”, “Paratheatre”, “Metatheatre”: What are we talking about? in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoIntroductory chapter to the collective volume ‘Theatre and Metatheare: Definitions, Problems, Limits’
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Elodie Paillard deposited Theatre and Metatheatre: Definitions, Problems, Limits in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoThe aim of this book is to explore the definition(s) of ‘theatre’ and ‘metatheatre’ that scholars use when studying the ancient Greek world. Although in modern languages their meaning is mostly straightforward, both concepts become problematical when applied to ancient reality. In fact, ‘theatre’ as well as ‘metatheatre’ are used in many differe…[Read more]
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Maciej Junkiert deposited Revolution, Trauer, Tragik. Der zweite Teil der „Dziady” von Adam Mickiewicz als Trauerspiel in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoDer Vergleich der Auswirkungen der Französischen Revolution auf die Literatur und Kultur in Polen und in den deutschen Staaten ist sehr schwierig. Die polnischen Schriftsteller und Denker der ersten und zweiten Romantikergeneration sind zu spät geboren worden, um Zeugen der Französichen Revolution zu sein. Für die Älteren, wie Kazimierz Brod…[Read more]
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Stephe Harrop deposited Herakles on Chesil Bank: The Archers, Disavowable Classicism, and The Small Back Room in the group
Classical Tradition on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months agoThe film The Small Back Room was written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and released in 1949. It is the wartime tale of an injured and embittered back-room scientist, who is recruited to help combat a new kind of explosive device. Based on Nigel Balchin’s 1943 novel, the film significantly alters the story’s climactic seq…[Read more]
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