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Musical and Dance Performances around the Apollo’s Statue: A Case from South Italy
Full text linkThe representations of musical and dance performances around statues allow us not only to explore the mythical, cultic, and historical contexts within which they were performed, but also their relationship with local cults and ceremonies. Taking into account visual evidence from Magna Graecia, this paper aims to take an interdisciplinary “big picture” approach, as opposed to a micro-focus on organology
The Language of Hardness and Softness in Virgil\u27s Ecl. 10: A Legacy of Gallus?
Full text linkThe analysis of three adjectives (mollis, tener, and durus) in Virgilʹs Ecl. 10 reveals a particular usage which differs from that in the other eclogues. In Ecl. 10, Virgil conforms to an elegiac usage where these adjectives acquire a literary connotation, and when attributed to a person, reflect the elegiac sensibility; such usage is unique in the whole bucolic liber. It gives the poem an elegiac atmosphere which may well reflect imitation of Gallus’ poetry. A comparison with passages of Propertius seems to confirm that the specific occurrences and connotations of these adjectives in Virgilʹs Ecl. 10 originated in Gallus
Latin Legal Terminology in the Monuments of Georgian Law
Full text linkThe article focuses chiefly on the research of Latin legal terminology presented in written monuments of Georgian Law in the 11th-21st centuries. It describes the long history of endeavors to establish the existence of Latin legal terms in Georgian legal sources, how they were received during different epochs, the regularities of forming these terms in the Georgian language, their initial meanings and other noteworthy details that are important not only from a philological perspective but from a legal point of view. Despite the fact that Georgia was never under the ruling of the Roman Empire, and hence, — Latin legal terms never entered Georgian law directly from Roman law or from the Latin language, from as early as the 11th century these terms made a significant impact on the creation of Georgian legal terminology. Overall, they greatly contributed to approximating Georgian law to Western legal culture
Homilies of Aphrahat the Persian Sage and Their Georgian Translations
Full text linkDuring my research on the writings of Theodoret of Cyrus, I encountered the homilies of Aphrahat the Persian Sage, since their authorship in the Armenian translation was ascribed to the first Syrian ascetic, Jacob of Nisibis, hero of the first chapter of Theodoret’s Historia Philothea. It incited me to discover the Georgian translations of the Demonstrations and analyze their reliability. This article represents a preliminary study of both homilies of Aphrahat rendered into Georgian: the 10th-century Georgian translation of Homily VI, rendered by an anonymous translator from an Armenian source, and the modern rendition of Homily VIII translated by Lasha Bezhanishvili from English
Anatomical Ex-Votos as a Reflection of "Religious Romanization"? Reappraising a Central Italian Practice
Full text linkThis article seeks to provide a new analysis for the phenomenon of anatomical votive offerings in Central Italy. Traditionally, these items’ distribution was examined in relation to Roman colonization. Simply put, the extension of Rome’s power into Central Italy and the consequent establishment of colonial settlements were thought to be the foundational causes behind the popularity of these votives. This paper debunks such a view, examining the evidence in light of production, distribution and consumption. By doing so, the failures and unsuitability of Romanocentric explanations will become apparent: namely, Rome’s centrality played a limited role at all three aforementioned levels. What the evidence highlights, instead, is a more dynamic interplay among various Central Italian settlements, further emphasizing the importance of localized decision-making. The final result is the formation of a Central Italian koine in which these localized strands took part
Eirenias of Miletus’ Career between the Attalids and the Seleucids
Full text linkThe role played by Eirenias of Miletus in the mid-2nd century B.C. between his city and the Attalids and Seleucids demonstrates the vitality of his polis, which had de facto the status of a free city after the Treaty of Apamea of 188. A small corpus of Milesian inscriptions shows that Eirenias, known only from epigraphy, dedicated most of his political activity to relations with external powers, playing numerous times the role of ambassador in favour of his city, for which he was able to obtain many privileges from the Attalids and, to a lesser extent, from the Seleucids. Notables such as Eirenias, who used their external relations for the benefit of their own cites, constituted the connecting element between the euergetism of kings and powerful outsiders and that of private citizens
Ovidian Intertextuality: Some Considerations on Tr. 1 and Met. 11
Full text linkHaving summed up the principal issues of the Tristia, as well as the ways in which scholars have approached Ovid’s exile works during the last few centuries, I will make a comparative analysis between Tr. 1.2‐4 and Met. 11.410‐748, the episode of Ceyx and Alcyone.The close intertextual connections that emerge from this analysis suggest not only that the fundamental textual source for Tr. 1.2‐4 is indeed Ceyx’ episode of the Metamorphoses, but also that these three poems, by sharing a common model, are interrelated, thus constituting a sort of unitary block. The aim of the paper is to show how Ovidian intertextuality may be profitably employed to shed light on Ovid’s modus operandi in arranging his works: indeed, the poet not only draws from other authors, but, especially in this case, also predominantly takes inspiration from his previous poetry and adapts it to a new context
Zu Ovids Menschenbild in den Metamorphosen
Full text linkThe creation and destiny of man are discussed in Chapters 1 and 2 (Ov. Met. 1, 76-88) and compared to Pico della Mirandola (De dignitate hominis, 1, pp. 4-6), according to whom animals have their determined place within nature, while man is free to choose his own place and move either upwards (towards the gods) or downwards (towards animals, plants, stones). Chapter 3 is devoted to the double metamorphosis of Philemon and Baucis in the central Book 8 (703-24) as compared to the double metamorphosis of Cadmus and Harmonia (Book 4) and the double apotheosis of Romulus and Hersilia (Book 14). These myths reveal the cultural importance of sexual polarity in Ovid\u27s view of man. A rare type of texts is discussed in Chapter 4: reports of apotheoses related in the first person (Glaucus, Hippolytus). All this sheds light on the last paragraph of the Metamorphoses and on the poem\u27s overall structure
