Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Epitymbia Hippika Epitymbia AB 43 Nikostrate is aangekomen in het land van de vromen, bij de heilige riten der ingewijden en tot voor het zuiverend vuur van Triptolemos.Rhadamanthys, vanouds haar vriend, en Aiakos hebben haar teruggeleid tot in de poort en het… Read more
Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Anathematika Andriantopoiika Epitymbia Hippika Iamatika Lithika Nauagika New, Unidentified Oionoskopika Tropoi top Anathematika AB 36 (VI 10-17) To you, Arsinoe, this linen cloth from Naukratis is dedicated, to… Read more
Each of the epigrams in the papyrus (P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309) is represented here by at least one translation into English and some by more than one. The multiple translations of a single epigram reveal the nuances of interpretation that Posidippus’ poetry invites. English Translations English Translations… Read more
The Derveni Papyrus (DP from now on) should have never reached us. The oldest European “book” in our possession was meant to accompany forever the cremated body buried in Derveni Tomb A. It is our great luck that this papyrus roll containing an extraordinary text did not burn thoroughly. It… Read more
[[Also published in print in Diachrony: Diachronic Studies of Ancient Greek Literature and Culture, 2015, ed. José M. González, pp. 233–290. Pagination is herein represented by “{…|…},” indicating where one page ends and another begins. This online version is longer than the printed version due to the fact that, in the… Read more
Translated by Peter McMurray Introduction In his seminal text, “Studije o krajinskoj epici” (‘Studies on Epic Song of the Krajina’), [1] Alois Schmaus points out the importance of tales or stories (priče) in Bosniak epic in order to show that the tale is in fact… Read more
Oral poetry sounds. In other words, it is also aural poetry. This claim serves as the foundation of this essay, and while it may not seem particularly revolutionary, such a notion has considerable potential not only to bring studies of oral poetry into fruitful dialogue with other emerging fields of… Read more
Riccardo Macchioro Thousands of manuscripts witness to the huge circulation of Latin Patristic sermons throughout the Middle Ages, and it is hard to find two of them that are completely identical. [1] Homiliaries exhibit large variety with regard to size of the collection, codicological features, arrangement,… Read more
Marie Bisson and Marie-Agnès Lucas-Avenel The rise of digital humanities has contributed greatly to the study of ancient and medieval texts by rendering accessible a large collection of downloadable and searchable texts and by digitizing many manuscript collections that preserve the memory of these texts. Nevertheless, very few researchers today… Read more
Claire Clivaz and Garrick V. Allen This volume of Classics@ explores and analyses a methodological turn in ancient studies: the practice of presenting harvested data in ancient manuscripts within virtual research environments (VREs). What changes when research on ancient manuscripts occurs in a VRE, especially in early Jewish and Christian literature, New Testament,… Read more
