Christos Kremmydas, Jonathan Powell, Lene Rubinstein, Profession and Performance: Aspects of oratory in the Greco-Roman World, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2017.
This volume brings together six papers relating to oratory and orators in public fora of Classical Greece and Rome. Edwards and Bers explore aspects …
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John Sellars, Hellenistic Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New York 2018.
The Hellenistic period was a rich and exciting time for philosophy. It saw the birth of two new schools of thought, Epicureanism and Stoicism, and important developments in Plato’s Academy. Aristotelians and Cynics were also active during the period, all of which created …
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Runar M. Thorsteinsson, Jesus as Philosopher: The Moral Sage in the Synoptic Gospels, Oxford University Press, New York 2018.
Jesus as Philosopher: The Philosophical Sage in the Synoptic Gospels examines the possible ways in which the authors of the Synoptic Gospels, Mark, Matthew, and Luke, were inspired by contemporary philosophical traditions about the …
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Ζίνα Ζωγράφου Καραχρήστου, Επιτύμβια Ναυτικών και Ναυαγών, Εταιρεία Μεσσηνιακών Αρχαιολογικών Σπουδών, Αθήνα 2018.
«…Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι η προσθήκη στην έρευνα νέων πληροφοριών, που αθροιστικά θα βοηθήσουν, ώστε να ολοκληρωθεί σταδιακά η εικόνα για την αρχαία ελληνική ναυτιλία. Στα πλαίσια αυτά προσπαθήσαμε:
– Να συγκεντρωθούν όσο το δυνατόν …
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Vivian Nutton, Αρχαία Ιατρική, University Studio Press, Θεσσαλονίκη 2018.
Το βιβλίο πραγματεύεται την Ιατρική της ελληνικής και της ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας, από τα πρώτα γραπτά μνημεία έως και τον 7ο αιώνα μ.Χ. Έχει λάβει υπόψιν το τί ήταν η Ιατρική και πώς ασκούνταν, επιχειρώντας πάνω από όλα να την τοποθετήσει σε ένα …
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Nancy H. Ramage Andrew Ramage, Ρωμαϊκή Τέχνη: Από τον Ρωμύλο έως τον Κωνσταντίνο, University Studio Press, Θεσσαλονίκη 2018.
Η δεύτερη ελληνική έκδοση της Ρωμαϊκής Τέχνης, επιστημονικά αναθεωρημένη και με πολλές νέες έγχρωμες εικόνες, αποτελεί μια ιδιαιτέρως ενδιαφέρουσα εισαγωγή στη ζωγραφική, γλυπτική, αρχιτεκτονική και στις διακοσμητικές τέχνες του ρωμαϊκού κόσμου. Με σαφείς …
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Serinity Young, Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females, Oxford University Press, New York 2018.
From the asparas of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, tales of flying women-some with wings, others with clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, or flying horses-reveal both fascination with and ambivalence about …
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Barbara K. Gold, Perpetua: Athlete of God, Oxford University Press, New York 2018.
Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one of the earliest …
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Christian H. Bull, The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus. The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom, Brill, Leiden 2018.
In The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian H. Bull argues that the treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus reflect the spiritual exercises and ritual practices of loosely organized brotherhoods in Egypt. These small …
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David Konstan, In the Orbit of Love: Affection in Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford University Press, New York 2018.
This book is about love in the classical world – not erotic passion but the kind of love that binds together intimate members of a family and very close friends, but …
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