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Melōsa and her prize: The victory of a woman in ancient Greece
Gender &History, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 334-352, July 2024.Abstract The earliest example of the Ancient Greek word for a victor's prize, nikatērion, comes in a verse inscription from the sixth century bce on an Attic kylix (wine cup) from Taras. It records the victory of Melōsa in a competition with other young women. This article draws out the significance of her victory and redefines our understanding of who
Ian Plant
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Tory Travails and Collegiate Confusion: The Oxford University Election of 1722*
Parliamentary History, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 72-90, February 2024.Abstract In terms of the unreformed franchise operative in the early 18th century, the University of Oxford made up an unusual parliamentary constituency. Here it was the votes of non‐resident members that could be decisive to the outcome if the seat was contested.
Nigel Aston
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Arheološki Vestnik, 1981 The author publishes a votive inscription on a tile found in 1977 during the systematical archaeological rescue survey in Rabelčja vas in Ptuj. In the inscription the cult of Matronae is mentioned for the first time in ancient Poetovio and also on the ...
Martin Gabričević
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Arkhaia AnatolikaThis contribution introduces a new inscribed altar bearing a bust of Helios, which was discovered in 2024 at the village of Kaynarca, in the Bor district of Niğde province, in the Cappadocia region.
Ramazan ÇOBAN
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The structure of votive inscriptions from Roman Liburnia
Arheološki Vestnik, 2015 The authors analyse the structures of votive inscriptions from Roman Liburnia and their spatial distribution. Splitting up the text structures into constituent elements resulted in the identification of eight groups, depending on both the order of these elements and their combinations.
Valentina Zović, Anamarija Kurilić
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The spread of the cult of Asclepius in the context of the Roman army benefited from the presence of physicians: A spatial proximity analysis. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Glomb T.
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New Votive Inscriptions from Eskişehir Museum
This article presents the epigraphic and historical analysis of seven votive inscriptions preserved in the courtyard of the Eskişehir Eti Archaeology Museum. Although these inscriptions were identified within the borders of Eskişehir Province, their exact findspots remain unknown.
ERAYDIN, NECMETTİN, Türkan, Ahmet
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A votive inscription from Samum set by Publius Aelius Caerialis
Acta Musei Napocensis, 2019 A votive monument discovered in the summer of 2010 in the military vicus of Samum (Cășeiu) attests a new officer of cohors I Britannica, the decurio Publius Aelius Caerialis. The monument was found in a secondary position, abandoned since ancient times. It was dedicated to a group of five deities of the Roman pantheon and it could be linked to a temple.
Eugenia Beu-Dachin, Adriana Isac
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Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, 2020 This paper offers a linguistic analysis of epigraphic texts originating in the Endovellicus sanctuary, with particular reference to their use of and variation in Latin. As this sanctuary was visited by mostly local pilgrims from Roman times to late antiquity, the aim of the linguistic analysis is to identify linguistic variation in the sanctuary’s ...
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Античная древность и средние века, 2019 The leaf of the bronze processional cross kept in the Hermitage Collection has at the center the Crucifixion flanked by the busts of the archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel enclosed in roundels at the ends of the horizontal arms of the cross ...
Zalesskaya Nikolayevna Vera
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