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Abstract Architectural and engineering elements of the Roman civilization constitute an important cultural heritage. Nevertheless, not all ancient Roman cities and the roads connecting them have been found, mainly because classical geographical sources show a significant lack of precision.
Jesús M. Romera +2 more
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Did Down‐Regulated Instincts Enable Human Gene‐Culture Coevolution?
ABSTRACT The unique intellectual and cultural attributes of Homo sapiens that arose during the Middle Stone Age are often ascribed to positive evolutionary development of novel physical or personality traits, but attempts to correlate cultural with genetic evolution have been unsuccessful.
Gerald E. Loeb
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‘I See Her Instrument Is Open’: (Dis)playing the Musical Body in the Work of Jane Austen
Abstract This article contextualizes Jane Austen's depictions of musicians and instruments within contemporary philosophical perceptions of music as a means of ‘unvirtuous’ corporeal stimulation in order to examine Austen's attitude towards female sexuality.
Maggie Stanton
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A Gleaming Ray: Blessed Afterlife in the Mysteries [PDF]
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Brenk, Frederick E.
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Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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GRK 26: Herodotus and Thucydides [PDF]
Syllabus and bibliography for an advanced Greek seminar taught at Dartmouth in Winter ...
Michael Lurie
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At the end of his Adversus Colotem, Plutarch attacks the Epicurean view of politics (1124D-1127E). His starting point is a verbatim quotation from Colotes.
Geert Roskam
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Rethinking the History of the Literary Symposium [PDF]
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Greek Seminar 420 Spring 1992 UIUC +1 more
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Plutarch’s Hesiod: Tradition and Identity Formation in a Greco-Roman Context [PDF]
In Plutarch’s times Hesiod was still seen as the second founding father of Panhellenic culture and identity. For various reasons Plutarch held Hesiod in high esteem and played an important role in keeping the poet under the spotlight of paideia.
Peter Malisse
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Plutarcho Aleksandras: interpretacijos problemos. Plutarch‘s Alexander: Problems of Interpretation [PDF]
Alexander‘ s character and his activities occupy a special position in the works of Plutarch. Alexander’s Life is the second largest life in the corpus, there are two elaborated speeches on him included into Moralia, and he is often mentioned in the ...
Nijolė Juchnevičienė
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