7 articles in this issue
Catalin Anghelina
In the scene of the fight with Iros, in which Odysseus bares his legs, Homer has carefully arranged the absence of those who know about Odysseus’ scar and so could have recognized his true identity.
Samuel Zakowski
The phrase e?p? µ?? can be classified as an ossified parenthetical, a non-truth-conditional item which makes a procedural contribution to the utterance, increasing its directness.
Eric Cullhed
The apparent animation of the figures portrayed on the shield prompted rival explanations by premodern critics, from supernatural motion and mechanical motion to poetic metaphor.
Iordanis K. Paradeisopoulos
Reassessment of geographical data in Xenophon and incorporation of information in Diodorus make it possible to arrive at a coherent account of the distances marched by the Ten Thousand.
Benedikt Eckhardt
The phrase ??s?a ??a?µa?t?? emerged only in the Imperial period, and in both pagan and Christian authors it tends to be associated with the ideal of the absence of war.
Alexander Angelov
Constantine’s letter of 324 to Shapur II, rather than a threatening assertion of imperial patronage of Christians in Persia, can be seen to express his protection of Christians under his own rule, offered as an example for the shah to follow.
Zachary Chitwood
Justinian’s laws on Jews testifying in court were reinterpreted by Alexios, probably around 1039, to be applicable to Syrian Orthodox Christians, deemed heretical, in the newly reconquered area of Melitene.