Greek, roman and byzantine studies  

Almut Fries

The Graeco-Latin proverb and fable of the ‘mountain that gives birth to a mouse’, with Athenaeus’ version in which Zeus expresses fear at the impending birth, can be connected with the motif of the ‘mountain in labour’ of the Hurro-Hittite Kumarbi Cycle.

Fabian Horn

This Homeric metaphor and that of the scales of Zeus both express precariousness between two possible outcomes through the conceptual metaphor ‘physical imbalance is uncertainty’, but they highlight different aspects fitting to their communicative purpose... see more

Dominique Lenfant

Ancient Greek authors did not see eunuchs in Persia as servants of the ‘harem’, an image projected onto the past under the influence of a modern Orientalist stereotype.

Juan Bautista Bardi

Aristippus’ preference to be “a foreigner everywhere” is clarified by considering Athenian law on status, especially as regards metics and atimoi.

Nemanja Vujcic

The several stages of Alexander’s northern campaign can be clarified by careful assessment of the topography of the region in relation to the details provided by Arrian.

Roger Bagnall,Clementina Caputo

Reexamination of W.Chr. 281 of A.D. 368 and other papyri reveals tax returns in decline from earlier levels; the ceramic evidence, meager after the late fourth century, is consistent with diminished habitation.

Mohammad Nassar,Khaled al-Bashaireh,Muhammad Shalabi

The newly discovered Byzantine pavement is unusual for the diversity of its images, especially in its faunal and floral motifs, some of them unique.

Juan Cole

Qur’an 2:138, believers being “dyed by the dye of God,” echoes a figure of speech that was wide-spread in Greek from Plato to late antiquity, here tied to the Logos of Abraham, which is presented as a path to salvation for all monotheists.