Showing papers in "Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies in 1970"
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TL;DR: Several Anth.Pal. as mentioned in this paper poems found also in Psellus' riddle collection do not serve to down-date the anth.Pal to the eleventh century, for he included earlier poems along side his own.
Abstract: Several Anth.Pal. poems found also in Psellus’ riddle collection do not serve to down-date the Anth.Pal. to the eleventh century, for he included earlier poems along side his own.
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TL;DR: The unity of the play lies in the perspectives it stages on the problem of one's relation to family and country as mentioned in this paper, which is the same as the unity of our play.
Abstract: The unity of the play resides in the perspectives it stages on the problem of one’s relation to family and country.
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TL;DR: The episode's divergences from the typical folklore version can be explained by their relation to particular themes of the Odyssey as a whole, especially the cleverness of Odysseus and the xenia of others as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The episode’s divergences from the typical folklore version can be explained by their relation to particular themes of the Odyssey as a whole, especially the cleverness of Odysseus and the xenia of others.
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TL;DR: The epigram M.-L. 26 I, evoking a sea battle that saved Greece, celebrated Salamis and not Marathon, which first came to be claimed as a panhellenic success only in the fourth century as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The epigram M.-L. 26 I, evoking a sea battle that saved Greece, celebrates Salamis and not Marathon, which first came to be claimed as a panhellenic success only in the fourth century.
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TL;DR: The authors found parallels in the Laws and Plato's use of Tyrtaeus in Lycurgus' early work, Leoc, which they used to support their claim that he was a student of Plato.
Abstract: Late testimonies that Lycurgus was a student of Plato are supported by items of thought and expression in Leoc. that find parallels in Plato, especially in the Laws and Plato’s use of Tyrtaeus .
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TL;DR: Amber finds from the site include beads, pendants, and necklace spacers, which show connections with the Baltic region of northern Europe as mentioned in this paper, which is a region of the world known as the Black Sea.
Abstract: Amber finds from the site include beads, pendants, and necklace spacers, which show connections with the Baltic region of northern Europe.
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TL;DR: In inscriptions of the Roman colony Corinth, the practice of specifying “son” helps clarify the stemma of the Gellii; the full name of Arrian can be read in an inscription from Athens.
Abstract: In inscriptions of the Roman colony Corinth, the practice of specifying “son” helps clarify the stemma of the Gellii; the full name of Arrian can be read in an inscription from Athens.
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TL;DR: Euripides' Medea and Phaedra show a popular perception (reason vs. emotion) that Aristotle would formalize, and his bipartite soul differs from and rejects a version of bipartism that had emerged in the Academy.
Abstract: Euripides’ Medea and Phaedra show a popular perception (reason vs. emotion) that Aristotle would formalize, and his bipartite soul differs from and rejects a version of bipartism that had emerged in the Academy.
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TL;DR: The military campaign of Gaius mentioned in the Messenian festival decree cannot be as late as the Armenian war of A.D. 3 and so must be the obscure action recorded in the cenotaph.
Abstract: The military campaign of Gaius mentioned in the Messenian festival decree cannot be as late as the Armenian war of A.D. 3 and so must be the obscure action of A.D. 1 recorded in Gaius' cenotaph.
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TL;DR: Volume 1 (publlshed as Grak and Byta!llin< SIVdiu) conslsu of NumberJ 1 aod z; Volume 2 (published under the presentdde) comins of Numbc:rs 1 and 2, contains an index for Volumes 1, 2, and 3.
Abstract: Volume 1 (publlshed as Grak and Byta!llin< SIVdiu) conslsu of NumberJ 1 aod z; Volume 2 (published under the presentdde) comins of Numbc:rs 1 and 2. Volume 3, Number 4 contains an index for Volumes 1, 2, and 3. No issues were published under the dates 1961 and 1962. From Volume 4, dated 1963, a volume of four .issues waS pub~ IJshed annually. An index to each volume is included in irs Winter issue (Number 4). For an announcement conceming supplementary scrles, see inside back cover.
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TL;DR: Inconsistencies of several sort allow us to identify interpolations in four plays: Trachinae 44-48, Oedipus Tyrannus 8, Philoctetes 504-06, and Oediphus Coloneus 1300, 1313-25 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Inconsistencies of several sort allow us to identify interpolations in four plays: Trachinae 44-48, Oedipus Tyrannus 8, Philoctetes 504-06, and Oedipus Coloneus 1300, 1313-25 .
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TL;DR: The purpose of IG I 2 91-92 referring to the Treasurers of the Other Gods was to pay back the public debt owed them, and the availability of such funds supports Beloch's date of 418 B.C. rather than earlier as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The purpose of IG I 2 91-92 referring to the Treasurers of the Other Gods was to pay back the public debt owed them, and the availability of such funds supports Beloch’s date of 418 B.C. rather than earlier.
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TL;DR: Pericles was a first cousin of Alcibiades' mother rather than her husband/Alcibiades’ uncle as mentioned in this paper, and the authors may have been confused by the term μήτρως.
Abstract: Pericles was a first cousin of Alcibiades’ mother rather than her husband/Alcibiades’ uncle (so Diodorus and Nepos): Pericles’ wife was a more distant relative of Alcibiades, and the authors may have been confused by the term μήτρως.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed account of the Spartan Pausanias' actions and the charges against him and present a theory about the events not easily replaced by alternate theories.
Abstract: Thucydides’ account of the Spartan Pausanias’ actions and the charges against him is certainly reliable as to his character, and as to events not easily replaced by alternate theories.
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TL;DR: Zosimus' readings were not limited to late classicizing historians, for we can document influences from Herodotus, Polybius, and the ecclesiastical historians as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Zosimus’ readings were not limited to late classicizing historians, for we can document influences from Herodotus, Polybius, and the ecclesiastical historians.
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TL;DR: A survey of the size of ambassadorial teams revealed no consistent link to the relative importance of their missions as discussed by the authors, and no consistent relationship between ambassadorship size and mission importance.
Abstract: A survey of the size of ambassadorial teams reveals no consistent link to the relative importance of their mission.
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TL;DR: Linguistic, stylistic, psychological, and structural features support assigning these lines to the Nurse, with Phaedra off-stage as discussed by the authors, with the Nurse offstage.
Abstract: Linguistic, stylistic, psychological, and structural features support assigning these line to the Nurse, with Phaedra off-stage.
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TL;DR: Close comparison of distinctive traits in the scripts of Athenian inscriptions makes it possible to group and identify individual masons and their date range, as is illustrated by three such groups.
Abstract: Close comparison of distinctive traits in the scripts of Athenian inscriptions makes it possible to group and identify individual masons and their date range, as is illustrated by three such groups.
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TL;DR: That the goddess, daughter of Chronos, to whom the prayer is directed is Hemera, as Jebb thought, is strongly supported by Euripides' "ancient Time, father of the days" ( Supp. 788) as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: That the goddess, daughter of Chronos, to whom the prayer is directed is Hemera, as Jebb thought, is strongly supported by Euripides’ “ancient Time, father of the Days” ( Supp. 788).
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TL;DR: A papyrus fragment (P.Hak. 1) probably of the second century A.D. rather than later, has been unconvincingly held to preserve a version of a fable known from Aesop and Babrius as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A papyrus fragment ( P.Hak. 1), probably of the second century A.D. rather than later, has been unconvincingly held to preserve a version of a fable known from Aesop and Babrius.
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TL;DR: The letters to Bormann, mainly on Attic drama, show the young Wilamowitz already possessed of formidable learning and strong opinions as discussed by the authors, and showed that he was already capable of expressing strong opinions.
Abstract: The letters to Walter Bormann, chiefly on Attic drama, show the young Wilamowitz already possessed of formidable learning and strong opinions.