6 articles in this issue
Michiel Meeusen,Katerina Oikonomopoulou,Luigi Silvano
A new edition from the manuscripts aids consideration of the relationship of the two medical texts, their intellectual background, and their place in the genre of problem-literature.
Christopher A. Faraone
The Greek and the iconography of seven magical texts can be reinterpreted and clarified with the help of analogous documents.
Benjamin De Vos
In the Homilies the myth of Achilles and Polyxena is interpreted allegorically so as to illustrate, against other Christian thought, that Adam, in contrast to Achilles, was not guilty of sin.
Eugenio Villa
The anomalies of grammar and sense at G. 5.240 ff., which have baffled editors, may possibly be addressed by a modest emendation in line 242, ?ataßa???te? becoming ?ataßa??? t??.
Marion Kruse
Xiphilinos can be seen to focus on or recast episodes in Dio that resembled eleventh-century events or developments and that could offer his contemporaries ethical and political lessons.
Craig A. Gibson
Basilakes’ rhetorical exercises, speeches composed to portray a participant’s perspective on NT scenes, show an innovative approach to biblical reception in the twelfth century.