Showing papers in "Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies in 2014"
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TL;DR: Constantine's letter of 324 to Shapur II, rather than a threatening assertion of imperial patronage of Christians in Persia, can be seen to express his protection of Christians under his own rule, offered as an example for the shah to follow as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Constantine’s letter of 324 to Shapur II, rather than a threatening assertion of imperial patronage of Christians in Persia, can be seen to express his protection of Christians under his own rule, offered as an example for the shah to follow.
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TL;DR: A database of editorial interventions in papyrus texts is described in this paper, which makes it possible to search and assess variations in phonology, morphology, and syntax as they are attested over time.
Abstract: A database of editorial interventions in papyrus texts will make it possible to search and assess variations in phonology, morphology, and syntax as they are attested over time.
13 citations
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TL;DR: A survey of the possible testimonia for large and continuing voting groups in Athens leaves only Demosthenes' complaint at 2.29/13.20 as possible, but this is outweighed by the general silence.
Abstract: A survey of the possible testimonia for large and continuing voting groups in Athens leaves only Demosthenes’ complaint at 2.29/13.20 as possible, but this is outweighed by the general silence.
9 citations
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TL;DR: This dithyramb, in evoking the Altar of the Twelve Gods and adjacent shrines, was sung in and celebrated the old agora east of the Acropolis, associated with the Peisistratids, rather than the new agora of the developing democracy as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: This dithyramb, in evoking the Altar of the Twelve Gods and adjacent shrines, was sung in and celebrates the old agora east of the Acropolis, associated with the Peisistratids, rather than the new agora of the developing democracy.
8 citations
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TL;DR: The several senses of ππέρ in dedicatory texts can be clarified by classifying the objects of the preposition into intended beneficiary, sought benefit, and surrogate as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The several senses of ὑπέρ in dedicatory texts, often doubtful or misunderstood, can be clarified by classifying the objects of the preposition into intended beneficiary, sought benefit, and surrogate
8 citations
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TL;DR: The phrase θυσία ἀναίμακτος emerged only in the Imperial period, and in both pagan and Christian authors it tends to be associated with the ideal of the absence of war.
Abstract: The phrase θυσία ἀναίμακτος emerged only in the Imperial period, and in both pagan and Christian authors it tends to be associated with the ideal of the absence of war.
7 citations
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TL;DR: Two pages of a Vienna palimpsest, now deciphered, contain a historical narrative, probably authored by Dexippus of Athens, which reveals new details of the Gothic invasion of 250/1 as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Two pages of a Vienna palimpsest, now deciphered, are found to contain a historical narrative, probably authored by Dexippus of Athens, which reveals new details of the Gothic invasion of 250/1
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TL;DR: This painting of ca. 480 B.C., showing regimented dancers as in dithyramb but masked and in a setting as in tragedy, joins with other evidence to point to the mimetic character of dithymb.
Abstract: This painting of ca. 480 B.C., showing regimented dancers as in dithyramb but masked and in a setting as in tragedy, joins with other evidence to point to the mimetic character of dithyramb.
7 citations
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TL;DR: The reverse arrangement of the Communion scene can be explained if this large textile was wrapped around the shoulders of its bearer, a practice attested in artistic and literary portraits of the liturgy's Great Entrance as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The reverse arrangement of the Communion scene can be explained if this large textile was wrapped around the shoulders of its bearer, a practice attested in artistic and literary portraits of the liturgy’s Great Entrance
5 citations
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TL;DR: A tabulation of surviving inscribed alphabets shows that in the Archaic period the impulse and the tools to teach writing were spreading well before the invention of schools as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A tabulation of surviving inscribed alphabets shows that in the Archaic period the impulse and the tools to teach writing were spreading well before the invention of schools.
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TL;DR: The dance scene in Herodotus is fictitious and reflects Alcmeonid propaganda against Philaid Hippocleides, intended to embarrass a prominent enemy who may have been founder of the Greater Panathenaia as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The dance scene in Herodotus (6126-130) is fictitious and reflects Alcmeonid propaganda against Philaid Hippocleides, intended to embarrass a prominent enemy who may have been founder of the Greater Panathenaia
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TL;DR: The authors classify Greek literary portrayals of riddles, when categorized in keeping with comparative folklore, to elucidate the social and cultural conventions which allowed riddles to function in Greek literature.
Abstract: Greek literary portrayals of riddles, when categorized in keeping with comparative folklore, elucidate the social and cultural conventions which allowed riddles to function.
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TL;DR: The apparent animation of the figures portrayed on the shield prompted rival explanations by premodern critics, from supernatural motion and mechanical motion to poetic metaphor as mentioned in this paper, which led to rival explanations.
Abstract: The apparent animation of the figures portrayed on the shield prompted rival explanations by premodern critics, from supernatural motion and mechanical motion to poetic metaphor.
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TL;DR: Justinian's laws on Jews testifying in court were reinterpreted by Alexios, probably around 1039, to be applicable to Syrian Orthodox Christians, deemed heretical, in the newly reconquered area of Melitene as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Justinian’s laws on Jews testifying in court were reinterpreted by Alexios, probably around 1039, to be applicable to Syrian Orthodox Christians, deemed heretical, in the newly reconquered area of Melitene.
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TL;DR: In contrast to the usual respect for Galen in the Byzantine medical tradition, Symeon Seth's Refutation (s. XI), edited and translated here, is a sustained effort to discredit his authority as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In contrast to the usual respect for Galen in the Byzantine medical tradition, Symeon Seth’s Refutation (s. XI), edited and translated here, is a sustained effort to discredit his authority.
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TL;DR: Vatatzes' Balkan expedition should be assigned to 1251/2 rather than the following year, on the basis of the internal structure of Akropolites' account and the geopolitical context of the Nicene Empire's relations with the Mongols as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Vatatzes’ Balkan expedition should be assigned to 1251/2 rather than the following year, on the basis of the internal structure of Akropolites’ account and the geopolitical context of the Nicene Empire’s relations with the Mongols.
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TL;DR: The eranos is shown by Aristotle and inscriptions to have been a formal organization already in the fourth century BC, making loans that were not simply friendly but interest-bearing and enforceable as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The eranos is shown by Aristotle and inscriptions to have been a formal organization already in the fourth century BC, making loans that were not simply ‘friendly’ but interest-bearing and enforceable
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TL;DR: In this paper, a pair of Lives uses the figures Agamemnon and Alexander as secondary comparisons in order to show that Agesilaus and Pompey were alike in failing to measure up to two heroes whom they tried to emulate.
Abstract: This pair of Lives uses the figures Agamemnon and Alexander as secondary comparisons in order to show that Agesilaus and Pompey were alike in failing to measure up to two heroes whom they tried to emulate.
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TL;DR: The phrase eπέ μοι can be classified as an ossified parenthetical, a non-truth-conditional item which makes a procedural contribution to the utterance, increasing its directness as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The phrase eἰπέ μοι can be classified as an ossified parenthetical, a non-truth-conditional item which makes a procedural contribution to the utterance, increasing its directness.
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TL;DR: Features of the play's staging, costume, and gestures achieve a series of allusions to comparable features in the genre of comedy and thus reinforce the comic elements of the plot and characters of Helen as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Features of the play’s staging, costume, and gestures achieve a series of allusions to comparable features in the genre of comedy and thus reinforce the comic elements of the plot and characters of Helen .
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TL;DR: The public decision-making of the Trojans is portrayed as disorderly, authoritarian, and unresponsive, in contrast to the more open debates of the Achaeans, an institutional failing that contributes to the fall of the city as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The public decision-making of the Trojans is portrayed as disorderly, authoritarian, and unresponsive, in contrast to the more open debates of the Achaeans, an institutional failing that contributes to the fall of the city.
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TL;DR: A new collection and examination of the testimonia makes it possible to distinguish from the other medical Chrysippi the Chrysippus, active ca.
Abstract: A new collection and examination of the testimonia makes it possible to distinguish from the other medical Chrysippi the Chrysippus, active ca. 320–280, who was the teacher of Erasistratus.
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TL;DR: Homeric allusions to Laomedon, the walls of Troy, and the first Trojan War reflect a backstory of previous fighting among the Olympians, which helps to explain the Iliadic portrait of Zeus's fear of insubordination among the other gods.
Abstract: Homeric allusions to Laomedon, the walls of Troy, and the first Trojan War reflect a backstory of previous fighting among the Olympians, which helps to explain the Iliadic portrait of Zeus’s fear of insubordination among the other gods.
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TL;DR: The city of Chios as mentioned in this paper was able to exploit the existing documentary record and Roman respect for early precedents and persuade the new governor to overturn his predecessor's finding by appealing a decision of a previous provincial governor.
Abstract: In appealing a decision of a previous provincial governor, the city of Chios was able to exploit the existing documentary record and Roman respect for early precedents and persuade the new governor to overturn his predecessor’s finding.
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TL;DR: Three accounts in Plutarch and Ptolemy about celestial distances and harmonics are so similar as to suggest that the two made use if the same source text, probably Eudorus of Alexandria.
Abstract: Three accounts in Plutarch and Ptolemy about celestial distances and harmonics are so similar as to suggest that the two made use if the same source text, probably Eudorus of Alexandria.
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TL;DR: The fifth-century dispute over ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Illyricum Orientale was addressed by Boniface in Ep. 2 and 4, distinct letters whose overlap will reflect that they were written in quick succceession as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The fifth-century dispute over ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Illyricum Orientale was addressed by Boniface in Ep. 2 and 4, distinct letters whose overlap will reflect that they were written in quick succeession.
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TL;DR: Procopius' portrait of the Proclus, quaestor sacri palatii under Justin I, reveals a pragmatic politician devoted to predictability, stability, and the rule of law, in the face of imperial capriciousness, especially in dealings with Persia as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Procopius’ portrait of the Proclus, quaestor sacri palatii under Justin I, reveals a pragmatic politician devoted to predictability, stability, and the rule of law, in the face of imperial capriciousness, especially in dealings with Persia.
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TL;DR: The same motivations ( eros, logos, bia, theos ) are attributed by Gorgias to Helen and by Euripides to Medea, which suggests the writers' common intellectual ground as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The same motivations ( eros , logos , bia , theos ) are attributed by Gorgias to Helen and by Euripides to Medea , which suggests the writers’ common intellectual ground, though the motivations are alternative in Gorgias, simultaneous in Euripides.
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TL;DR: Several degree adverbs can express an assessment of probability and so function as attitudinal disjuncts, as illustrated (especially in Thucydides) by examples using μάλιστα, ἥκφερα, μᾶλλον, and others.
Abstract: Several degree adverbs can express an assessment of probability and so function as attitudinal disjuncts, as is illustrated (especially in Thucydides) by examples using μάλιστα, ἥκιστα, μᾶλλον, and others.
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TL;DR: In describing a woman's supplication of a magister militum after the Antioch riots of 387, Libanius revised Chrysostom's version so as to invoke Hecuba and show the humanity of the prophet and the value of pagan paideia as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In describing a woman’s supplication of a magister militum after the Antioch riots of 387, Libanius revised Chrysostom’s version so as to invoke Hecuba and show the humanity of the magister militum and the value of pagan paideia.