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From Jonah to Pinocchio: on the Biblical Origins of a long-lasting Motif in Sea Epics
This paper (1) analyzes the motif of the fish swallowing Jonah in light of similar episodes attested in Hellenistic Greek epics and other Hellenistic literary traditions and myths.
Anna Angelini
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Horse and Herald: Posidippus' Equestrian Angelia [PDF]
Posidippus’ epigrams for equestrian victors (the Hippika, AB 71–88) build on epinician convention by maintaining the central role of the herald’s proclamation— the angelia—in the representation of athletic achievement. In a few of these epigrams, however,
Miller, Peter J
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Homeric beginnings in the 'tattoo elegy' [PDF]
The text given here is based on the edition of Huys (see below), updated in the light of more recent scholarship.1 I have standardized spelling in one respect, which is that I have not followed the papyrus’ doubling of initial consonants which ...
Rawles, R.
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Insularity and Religious Life: The Case of Hellenistic Ikaros/Failaka Island
This paper explores the notion of insularity and religious life in the sacred landscape of Ikaros/Failaka with a particular focus on the Hellenistic period.
Dorothea Stavrou
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The Greek inscriptions of Hellenistic Cyprus reveal the evolution of women’s visibility in the Cypriot epigraphical landscape and encourage the development of new approaches of Cypriot society under Ptolemaic rule.
Anaïs Michel
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Jødedommen som et hellenistisk fænomen
With the somewhat provocative title the theme is given: the relations between Hellenistic culture and Judaism. The Hellenistic impact upon Judaism is not restricted to the Diaspora (e.g.
Benedikt Otzen
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A Reassessment of the Urban Context of the Republican Baths (VIII 5, 36) [PDF]
Das Foro Triangolare wird gewöhnlich als Ort eines athletischmilitärischen Komplexes im späthellenistischen Samnitischen Pompeji identifiziert. Benennung (gymnasium, campus, palaestra der vereiia) und Ausdehnung sind zwar umstritten, aber die ...
Trümper, Monika
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Şarhöyük/Dorylaion (Dorylaeum) is one of the largest mounds in central Anatolia and boasts a stratigraphical sequence that spans from the Late Chalcolithic period to the end of the 12th century AD.
Mahmut Bilge Baştürk
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With the notable exception of Callimachus’ elegiac and iambic epinician experiments (Victoria Berenices, Victoria Sosibii, Iamb VIII), in the Hellenistic period the epigrammatic genre seems to be the true heir of the lyric victory ode, as clearly shown by the work of scholars such as Robert, Ebert and Moretti. The publication of P.Mil.Vogl.
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Ruler Portraits and Ruler Cult in the Pergamon Gymnasion [PDF]
Zu Bildnisstatuen attalidischer Könige im Gymnasion von Pergamon besitzen wir vielfältige archäologische und epigraphische Zeugnisse. Systematisch wurden aber die Zusammenhängedieser unterschiedlichen Zeugnisgruppen bisher nicht untersucht.
Hoff, Ralf von den
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