Greek, roman and byzantine studies  

Curt W. Beck

Spectroscopic analysis of amber artifacts excavated in Greece, chiefly of the Bronze Age, can clarify the geographical origins of the material (chiefly Balkan) and add to our understanding of trade routes.

Bernard M. W. Knox

Changes of mind in Aeschylus and Sophocles are confined to secondary characters or issues, or reflect compulsion or weakness; Euripides broke this mold, rejecting the old ideal of heroic physis.

Anthony J. Podlecki

The play's central theme is a failure in communication, ?????, as Philoctetes, Odysseus, and Neoptolemus are unable to express themselves so as to come to terms with one another.

Herbert C. Youtie

The chief factors in transcribing are the handwriting and the meaning it intended, hence a tension and interplay between reading and reconstructing, and dotted letters signal a range of uncertainty as to both factors.

Philip De Lacy

The citations of poets in De Placitis are (with several interesting exceptions) critical of their truth and value, as is consistent with the period’s moral suspicion of poetry.

Louis J. Swift

Philip is shown to be the subject of Eis Basilea, here translated in full, especially by the reference to ending the war against Sapor I.