Studies in Classics
Aphrodite and Eros: The Development of Erotic Mythology in Early Greek Poetry and Cult
1st Edition
By Barbara Breitenberger
December 15, 2010
An interdisciplinary analysis of the Archaic period--using literary, iconographical, and cultic evidence--shows the distinct concept behind the two deities of love. Aphrodite's character, sphere of influence, and function feature in her traditional myths and are well reflected in cult....
Hyperboreans: Myth and History in Celtic-Hellenic Contacts
1st Edition
By Timothy P. Bridgman
September 30, 2010
In Greek mythology, Hyperboreans were a tribe who lived far to Greece's north. Contained in what has come down to us of Greek literary tradition are texts that identify the Hyperboreans with the Celts, or Hyperborean lands with Celtic ones. This groundbreaking book studies the texts that make or ...
Nothing Ordinary Here: Statius as Creator of Distinction in the Silvae
1st Edition
By Noelle K. Zeiner
June 13, 2005
Through a combined methodology of philology, social theory and archaeology this book offers a reinterpretation of Statius's Silvae....
For Salvation's Sake: Provincial Loyalty, Personal Religion, and Epigraphic Production in the Roman and Late Antique Near East
1st Edition
By Jason Moralee
March 01, 2004
This book breaks new ground in the study of cultural unity in the Near East from pre-Roman to early Islamic times (first century BC - eighth century AD). Based on a thorough study of nearly 400 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, this book shows how the formula '...