Greek, roman and byzantine studies  

Noel Robertson

A new arrangement of the fragments the Praxiergidae decree and new restorations reveal that this genos is now (mid-fifth century) instructed to see to dressing the statue of Athena with peplos and mantle (the Callynteria), just after these had been was... see more

Adam Kamesar

A Hellenistic allegorical interpretation of the giants Otus and Ephialtes, perhaps the object of criticism by Aristarchus in his most explicit remarks on the allegorical method, finds a parallel in Philo. The parallel helps us better contextualize and ... see more

Velvet Yates

Hesiod's creation myth implies that the human race derived from the "ash tree nymphs" (meliai); the Neoplatonists, with their etymological arguments, seem to have this in mind in tracing human origins to the Titans' "limbs" (melea).

Gregory A. Smith

The notion that psyche can mean "vagina" in magical and other texts can be shown to be unfounded: the passages in question become clearer and more informative if understood in light of traditional ideas about the soul and especially its association wit... see more