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Compounded loanwords between historical morphophonology and semantics: the ancient Greek (and Latin) names of Candragupta Maurya

Rhesis
Among Classical sources (Phylarcus, Strabo, Arrian, Plutarch, Justin, and Orosius), there seems to be no common spelling of Candragupta’s name. The spelling Σανδρόκοττος (i.e., the canonical one) is used by Phylarchus (FGrHist 81 F 35b), Strabo (II.1.9 ...
Leonardo Montesi
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Moving Beyond Gender Stereotypes: Reinterpreting Female Celtic Statues from Entremont, France [PDF]

, 2018
In the field of archaeology, male bias has been prevalent in both theory and practice. Female Celtic statues from Entremont, France are an example of how this bias can negatively affect the study of past peoples. Male archaeologists who have excavated or
McGurty, Kathleen A.
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Endocrine disruptors in ancient times and Greek mythology: the spring of Salmacis and the curse of Hermaphroditus. [PDF]

Hormones (Athens), 2022
Vasileiou V, Markantes GK, Stamou MI, Georgopoulos NA.   +3 more
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An environmental and cultural study at Lake Maryut, Lower Egypt: a research prospectus [PDF]

, 1980
African Studies Center Working Paper No ...
Gabel, Creighton, Petruso, Karl
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Historické pramene o hlavnej postave Platónovho dialógu Menón (Historical sources about the main character in Plato’s dialogue Meno )

Ostium, 2008
The text tries to find as much as possible references and information by classical authors about the main character in Plato’s dialogue Meno. This person is mentioned by Xenophon, Thukydides, Strabo, Plutarchus, Diodorus Siculus, Homer, Dinarchus and ...
Martina Bohačiaková
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In the Shadow of the Empire

Classica Cracoviensia
Comparing is a base operation in the description of foreigners. Yet, its role in Hellenistic ethnography is still understudied. The paper looks at practices of comparing in the ethnographic texts of Polybius, Posidonius and Strabo in the 2nd and 1st ...
Julian Gieseke
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Acqua nella valle del Lico (Hierapolis di Frigia e Laodicea)

Axon, 2019
The paper addresses some issues on water and the water supply system of two cities of the Lycus Valley (Asia Minor) in the imperial age: Hierapolis of Phrygia and Laodicea on the Lycus.
Guizzi, Francesco
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Teatr Pompejusza w opinii starożytnych autorów pogańskich i chrześcijańskich

Vox Patrum, 1992
Hac in vix brevi dissertatiuncula fontibus allatis abundantissima, quae duobus partibus constat, historia antiquissimi stabilis et celeberrimi Romae theatri, id est Theatri Pompei, proponitur.
Stanisław Longosz
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A Tale of Enduring Myths: Buffon's Theory of Animal Degeneration and the Regeneration of Domesticated Animals in Mid-19th Century Brazil. [PDF]

J Hist Biol, 2023
Penteado DFM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Blind Philhellenes vs. Selective Consumers of Foreign Cultures: A Reassessment of the Ancient Greco-Roman Literary Record’s Portrayal of the Gauls in Light of New Archaeological Evidence [PDF]

, 2012
The issue of perspective is intrinsic to historiography. This is evident in the ancient Greco-Roman literary record, specifically the limits placed on its value to modern academics by the ethnographic biases of its authors.
Sweeney, Kevin P
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