Greek, roman and byzantine studies  

Patrick Philpott

The Homeric formula “loosen the kneees,” often taken to mean only kill, can in fact be found applied also to non-lethal acts of disabling.

Eleni Kaklamanou,Maria Pavlou

The proemium’s elaborate account of the writing down of Socrates’ conversation prepares the reader for the questions about testimony and knowledge that are the substance of the Theaetetus.

Mogens Herman Hansen

The quoted law and Demosthenes’ commentary on it, especially in regard to the procedure of epicheirotonia, can be shown to be consistent with each other and with other evidence on Athenian law.

Pantelis Nigdelis

An inscribed pierre errante (Australia, Crete) in fact derives from Thessaloniki and reveals there a hitherto-unattested cult association.

Lorenzo Focanti

The author of city-monographs cited in an Anth.Gr. scholion is neither the famous Claudian nor the fourth-century philosopher but a poet attested in the time of Theodosius II.

Lieve Van Hoof,Panagiotis Manafis,Peter Van Nuffelen

The testimonia and fragments of Hesychius’ lost history of the Council of Ephesus in 431, the first ecclesiastical history dedicated to a single council, are collected and discussed.

Mohammad Nassar,Abdulmajeed Sabbagh

The mosaics that survive in the Mar Elyas church, today a major pilgrimage site, exhibit both traditional and innovative designs.

Renaat Jos John Meesters

Four dodecasyllable poems, paratexts celebrating Klimakos’ Ladder that survive in a 14th-century ms., are published and commented on.