Greek, roman and byzantine studies  

Allaire B. Stallsmith

The epithet thesmophoros derives from Demeter's function in revealing and disseminating two ancient secrets, the cultivation of grain and initiation to the mysteries.

Georgia L. Irby-Massie

Aeschylus evokes, sometimes literally and sometimes metaphorically, the elements and their interactions in ways that show his knowledge of the ideas of Parmenides and Empedocles.

Timothy E. Duff

Plutarch begins the biography by selecting incidents and an epigram that anticipate the basic themes of Themistocles' life--his greatness, sometimes ambiguous, and his benefactions to all of Greece.

Ari Z. Bryen

The complaints by victims of violence preserved in the papyri emphasize visible physical damage and the loss of dignity; in these narratives about violence, petitioners reveal an unexpectedly complex understanding of local hierarchies.

Sarah E. Bassett

Late portraits of Menander, though derived from the Hellenistic original, transform the poet's image, by means of stylistic and technical manipulation, from one of civic commemoration to a representation of the intensity and intellectualism of canonized w... see more