Are the Roman values focused upon above all by Latinists in the first half of the 20th century, still relevant to the classical studies of today, or can they, in view of new research approaches and interdisciplinary discourse, still be of interest? This volume, the result of an "Institutionalism and Historicity" special research area seminar at Dresden Technical University, discusses this question in a productive manner. Eleven contributions, written by classical philologists, ancient historians and classical archaeologists, offer a range of critical surveys as well as on-going conceptual...

This new and important introduction to Seneca provides a systematic and concise presentation of this author's philosophical works and his tragedies. It provides handbook style surveys of each genuine or attributed work, giving dates and brief descriptions, and taking into account the most important philosophical and philological issues. In addition, they provide accounts of the major steps in the history of their later influence. The cultural background of the texts and the most important problem areas within the philosophic and tragic corpus of Seneca are dealt with in separate essays.

In four separate studies, Andreas Heil shows that Seneca, in his tragedies Thyestes, Hercules furens, Troas (Troades) and Medea, handles dramatic time less experimentally than has been assumed before. In all of these plays, taking into consideration the accompanying action on the stage and the characters' respective points of view, a gradually developing plot can be reconstructed. Thus, the survey considerably deepens our understanding of Seneca's dramatic technique. In vier Einzelstudien zeigt Andreas Heil, da Seneca mit der dramatischen Zeit in seinen...

Thema dieses Buches sind die verschiedenen Deutungen, welche Vergils Aeneis in der Divina Commedia durch den Wanderer Dante, durch die personae des Jenseitsfuhrers Virgilio und des Christen Stazio sowie durch den Dichter Dante finden. Im ersten Kapitel werden vor allem intertextuelle Beziehungen zwischen der Aeneis, dem Buch Exodus und der Commedia herausgearbeitet und unter dem Begriff der -Dreieckstypologie- zusammengefasst. Im zweiten Kapitel wird gefragt, warum Dante Statius, den Dichter der Thebais, zu einem Christen gemacht hat....