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De la condamnation à l’acceptation des infractions d’Alexandre

Cahiers Mondes Anciens, 2023
This paper tends to explain how and why Arrian condemns some of Alexander’s transgressions before approving them in the final description of the conqueror.
Mélissa Leuzy
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The configuration of the Pontus Euxinus in Ptolemy's Geography [PDF]

History of Geo- and Space Sciences, 2020
This article aims to explain how Ptolemy could have constructed a map of the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), as described in his Geography, under the assumption that his sources were similar to those that have come down to us. The method employed is based on
D. A. Shcheglov
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Pontic Athens: an Athenian Emporion in Its Geo-Historical Context

Gephyra, 2019
The least significant of all ancient settlements called Athenai was located east of Trapezous on the Pontic coast. It maintained its name well into the 20th century, when its successor was renamed Pazar. That Arrian provides us with the first (surviving)
Altay Coşkun
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Unknown Ancient sources of Byzantine military treatises [PDF]

Hypothekai, 2021
The article is a preliminary attempt to attribute two lists of sources from Byzantine military treatises: the first one comes from the "Taktica" by the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise (886-912), and the second - from "Taktika" by Nicephorus Uranus, the
Alexander Nefyodkin
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Arrian's Preface to the Anabasis Alexandrou and Plutarch's Prologue to the Life of Alexander

Classica Cracoviensia, 2015
Arrian's Preface to the Anabasis Alexandrou and Plutarch's Prologue to the Life of Alexander It is usually maintained that the main object of Arrian’s criticism in his Anabasis are the historians of Alexander the Great.
Bogdan Burliga
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Do the Kings Lie?

Classica Cracoviensia, 2012
Taking departure from Arrian’s famous statement (Anab. 1, Praef. 2) that he mainly relied on Ptolemy Soter’s account of Alexander the Great’s history since Ptolemy was the king and lies should be avoided by him, the roots of the idea of the royal ...
Bogdan Burliga
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Regional Signifiers and the Many Locations of the ‘Land Between the Rivers’ [PDF]

, 2018
Rune RattenborgConfiguring Mesopotamia: Regional Signifiers and the Many Locationsof the ‘Land Between the Rivers’SummaryIt seems a travesty to reiterate exactly what we mean by ‘Meso-potamia’.
Rattenborg, Rune
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Epicurus on sex, marriage, and children [PDF]

, 1996
Epicurus strongly discouraged sex, marriage, and the rearing of children. This paper looks at some of the primary evidence for these claims, clears up a translation of one passage, and emends another passage.
Brennan, Tad
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Alexander the Great: Head to Head with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) [PDF]

Athens Journal of History, 2017
One of history’s lingering questions involves the dramatic personality and behavior changes of Alexander the Great. How did a man who was regarded as intelligent, charismatic, compassionate, judicious and composed become increasingly irrational, paranoid,
Alexandra F. Morris
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On Anthimus and his work

Vox Patrum, 2022
In the Church Fathers’ teachings there are numerous references to medical knowledge, including those concerning dietetics. They were, however, not meant to be used to heal the faithful but they were a resource of morally elevating metaphors appropriate ...
Maciej Kokoszko
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