Showing papers in "Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies in 2020"
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TL;DR: This paper used word and character frequencies and focused on the Corpus Platonicum to make attribution to the Menexenus improbable, and argued that the Corpus was constructed by the authorship of the MenExenus.
Abstract: Analysis using word and character frequencies and focused on the Corpus Platonicum , together with philological arguments about authorship of the Menexenus , make attribution to Plato improbable.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Strabo's interpretation of Homer on the territory of the Epeians of “divine Elis” is improbable, for passages of the Iliad, combined with archaeology, suggest that Eleian territory was more extensive, including the greater part of the valley of the Alpheios.
Abstract: Strabo’s interpretation of Homer on the territory of the Epeians of “divine Elis” is improbable, for passages of the Iliad , combined with archaeology, suggest that Eleian territory was more extensive, including the greater part of the valley of the Alpheios.
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TL;DR: The orators can be seen to deploy as paradeigmata past events whose particular salience or recency made them more familiar to the audience and thus more plausibly relevant and persuasive as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The orators can be seen to deploy as paradeigmata past events whose particular salience or recency made them more familiar to the audience and thus more plausibly relevant and persuasive.
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TL;DR: The scholion, here reedited, deriving in part from Aristotle's "Homeric Problems", serves to elucidate an ancient debate about an apparent contradiction in the Homeric poems: Why would a god who sees all need a messenger?
Abstract: The scholion, here reedited, deriving in part from Aristotle’s Homeric Problems , serves to elucidate an ancient debate about an apparent contradiction in the Homeric poems: Why would a god who sees all need a messenger?
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TL;DR: The second-century CE plaque published here records a prayer for justice, unusual in being inscribed on silver and offered as a votive to the “great God.” as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The second-century CE plaque published here records a prayer for justice, unusual in being inscribed on silver and offered as a votive to the “Great God.”
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TL;DR: For Paeanius' Greek translation of Eutropius' Breviarium, a single manuscript, Iviron 812 (12 th cent.), can be shown to be the only independent witness for establishing the text as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: For Paeanius’ Greek translation of Eutropius’ Breviarium , a single manuscript, Iviron 812 (12 th cent.), can be shown to be the only independent witness for establishing the text.
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TL;DR: The scholion, here reedited, deriving in part from Aristotle's "Homeric Problems", serves to elucidate an ancient debate about an apparent contradiction in the Homeric poems: Why would a god who sees all need a messenger?
Abstract: The scholion, here reedited, deriving in part from Aristotle’s Homeric Problems , serves to elucidate an ancient debate about an apparent contradiction in the Homeric poems: Why would a god who sees all need a messenger?
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TL;DR: Herodian applies to Dio's text displacement, omission, and modification of context in order to bring out themes and ideas that are essential to his own understanding of the post-Marcus world as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Herodian applies to Dio’s text displacement, omission, and modification of context in order to bring out themes and ideas that are essential to his own understanding of the post-Marcus world.
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TL;DR: Socrates' equation of household management and statecraft in 3.4-7 is meant as a serious political theory, aiming to benefit to both ruler and ruled and so encouraging stability of the state as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Socrates’ equation of household management and statecraft in 3.4-7 is meant as a serious political theory, aiming to benefit to both ruler and ruled and so encouraging stability of the state.
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TL;DR: At 242A δὴ καλουμένη σταθeρδόπεδερη (δδἡ δημβρία σ τα θeπερόφερεθεη δϵε δεγαλϵϵδρά) the epiphanies were known to Heraclides as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: At 242A ἡ δὴ καλουμένη σταθeρά is not an interpolation and can be justified, as high noon was the time of epiphanies, and Plato’s words appear to be known to Heraclides (a vision at μeσημβρία σταθeρά).
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TL;DR: Demosthenes, in criticism of the demos, elaborately evokes an ideal of Athenian past accomplishments and character, as portrayed in the epitaphioi logoi, to shame the Athenians into acting against Philip as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Demosthenes, in criticism of the demos , elaborately evokes an ideal of Athenian past accomplishments and character, as portrayed in the epitaphioi logoi , to shame the Athenians into acting against Philip.
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TL;DR: The descent from Artaxerxes I Makrocheir, an example of medieval "Persianism" as mentioned in this paper, may have been prompted by Artaxexes' biblical reputation for helping rebuild Jerusalem.
Abstract: The descent from Artaxerxes I Makrocheir alleged by Leo VI, an example of medieval ‘Persianism’, may have been prompted by Artaxerxes’ biblical reputation for helping rebuild Jerusalem.
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TL;DR: The author has lent drama to his story by using the theme of disguise found in some other saints' lives and in particular in the Life of Euphrosyne (BHG 625), which shows specific textual parallels as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The author has lent drama to his story by using the theme of disguise found in some other saints’ lives and in particular in the Life of Euphrosyne (BHG 625), which shows specific textual parallels.
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TL;DR: Demosthenes engages intertextually with Xenophon's Agesilaus and Isocrates' Evagoras in order to justify the role of praise and honor in Athenian society.
Abstract: Demosthenes engages intertextually with Xenophon’s Agesilaus and Isocrates’ Evagoras in order to justify the role of praise and honor in Athenian society.
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Abstract: The terms are often employed in confused ways: the Plutarchan hapax παρακλαυσ ί θυρον is only the lover’s song, while his conduct as a whole is a κ ῶμος .