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Open Access Publications of the Institute of Classical Studies at the Humanities Digital Library

University of London

Institute of Classical Studies

The Digital Classicist 2013 Stuart Dunn, Simon Mahony (eds) December 2, 2019

This edited volume collects together peer-reviewed papers that initially emanated from presentations at Digital Classicist seminars and conference panels. This wide-ranging volume showcases exemplary applications of digital scholarship to the ancient world …

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Δ. Κυρτάτας, Nota Bene: Συνομιλώντας με τα βιβλία για την ιστορία

Δ. Κυρτάτας, Nota Bene: Συνομιλώντας με τα βιβλία για την ιστορία, εκδόσεις του Εικοστού Πρώτου, Αθήνα 2019.

Ο τόμος περιλαμβάνει σημειώματα που συντάχτηκαν για την παρουσίαση ελληνικών εκδόσεων. Σχολιάζουν από ιστορική σκοπιά πρωτότυπα και μεταφρασμένα βιβλία, που αναφέρονται στην κλασική και ύστερη αρχαιότητα αλλά και πιο σύγχρονες περιόδους. Τα περισσότερα προέκυψαν …

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An Early Christian Reaction to Islam

Iskandar Bcheiry, An Early Christian Reaction to Islam, Gorgias Press, 2019.

The year 652 marked a fundamental political change in the Middle East and the surrounding region. On this date the Sasanid Empire collapsed and the major part of the Byzantine dominion in the East was lost to the hands of …

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The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature

Colin McAllister (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature, Cambridge University Press, 2020

 

Jewish and Christian apocalypses have captivated theologians, writers, artists, and the general public for centuries, and have had a profound influence on world history from their initial production by persecuted Jews during the second century BCE, …

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Οβίδιου “Ηρωΐδες 18-19 (Λέανδρος και Ηρώ)”

Οβίδιος, Ηρωΐδες 18-19 (Λέανδρος και Ηρώ), μετάφρ. Βάιος Κ. Βαϊόπουλος, Βιβλιοπωλείον της Εστίας, 2020.

Κυκλοφόρησε από τις εκδόσεις Εστία το έργο του Οβίδιου “Ηρωΐδες 18-19 (Λέανδρος και Ηρώ)”, με εισαγωγή, μετάφραση και σχόλια του Καθηγητή Λατινικής Φιλολογίας του Τμήματος Ιστορίας κ. Βάιου Βαϊόπουλου.

Ο Λέανδρος, ένας νεαρός από την Άβυδο, κάθε …

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Open Access Book: Christus in natura

Kindschi Garský, Zbyněk / Hirsch-Luipold, Rainer (ed.), Christus in natura: Quellen, Hermeneutik und Rezeption des Physiologus, De Gruyter 2019.

This volume offers detailed studies into the Physiologus, a Greek manuscript probably written in Egypt in the 2nd century CE. The Physiologus was the first Christian text to sum up a general understanding of …

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Love of History: A New Blog that brings history alive

Love of History is a new Blog which intends to bring history to life and compare it with what is happening today in our lives. It is edited by Dr. Constantina Katsari, a professional historian and entrepreneur. Here follows the presentantion of this very interesting blog by its editor.

Love of History Blog …

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Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity (CSLA) database

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity database is making readily accessible and searchable as much as possible of the early evidence for the cult of Christian saints (up to around AD 700), with key texts presented in their original language, all with English translation and brief contextual commentary. The project ends officially …

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De Gruyter: Open Access Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Books

Hölscher, Tonio Krieg und Kunst im antiken Griechenland und Rom (2019)

 

 

 

Rome and The Guidebook Tradition (2019) Ed. by Blennow, Anna / Fogelberg Rota, Stefano

 

 

 

 

Sacred Scripture / Sacred Space (2019) Ed. by Frese, Tobias / Keil, Wilfried E. / Krüger, Kristina

 

 

 

 

Sarri, Antonia Material Aspects …

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Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought

Stephanie Ann Frampton, Empire of Letters: Writing in Roman Literature and Thought from Lucretius to Ovid, Oxford University Press, New York 2019.

Shedding new light on the history of the book in antiquity, Empire of Letters tells the story of writing at Rome at the pivotal moment of transition from …

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