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Theios Sophistès
BRILL 2008; US$ 196.00In this collection of interpretative essays on Flavius Philostratus? Vita Apollonii , leading scholars and younger critics make for a combination of methodological continuity and innovation. The wide range of approaches does justice to the text?s high level of literary, historical and philosophical-religious sophistication. more...
Plato and Hesiod
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 94.99It hardly needs repeating that Plato defined philosophy partly by contrast with the work of the poets. What is extraordinary is how little systematic exploration there has been of his relationship with specific poets other than Homer. This neglect extends even to Hesiod, though Hesiod is of central importance for the didactic tradition quite generally,... more...
Tierbilder aus dem ersten Jahrhundert
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 126.00The Artemidorus papyrus, originating from Alexandria at the beginning of the 1st century A.D., contains on its verso 41 drawings by one hand, thereof 38 sketches of animals (some comprising two species each,thus resulting in 44 species), most of them labelled withtheir Greek names. As visible fromthe ?title? on the papyrus itself, it presents terrestrial... more...
Menanders "Kolax"
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 147.00Menander?s Kolax (The Flatterer) was very popular in the Ancient World and played a central role in the history of the parasite on the comic stage. This volume provides an edition and a translation of the fragments and testimonies. A dramaturgical commentary, chapters on the sources, on the number of parasites and on the date, as well as notes on terminological... more...
Lexicographica (2009)
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 203.00Published annually since 1985, the International Yearbook of Lexicography contains the following sections: Essays, Discussions, Conference Proceedings, Work-in-Progress, Reviews and a current bibliography of periodical articles dedicated to lexicography. The essay section consists of both subject-related and a non-thematic parts. Lexicographica is... more...
"Kleine Leute" und große Helden in Homers Odyssee und Kallimachos' Hekale
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 182.00Callimachus? Hekale is one of the most famous short epics of Greek literature and was highly regarded as such in antiquity. This study addresses the question of whether and to what extent the Hekale is related to the Homeric epics, and especially the Odyssey. The ensuing conclusions show that the Odyssey exerted a strong influence on the diction, character... more...
Homer's Trojan Theater
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 25.00Innovative and accessible study offering a new way of understanding how the Iliad poet envisions and renders visible his narrative. more...
Gregory of Nazianzus
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 36.00Greek text and facing-page translation of a selection of Gregory of Nazianzus's poems. more...
Holtus, Günter: Romanische Bibliographie. Jahrgang 2008
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2010; US$ 930.00Holtus, Günter: Romanische Bibliographie. Jahrgang 2008 more...









