Die Hekale des hellenistischen Dichters Kallimachos stellt eines der bekanntesten Kleinepen der griechischen Literatur dar und fand als solches groen Anklang in der Antike. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Untersuchung steht die bisher nur selten gestellte und daher nicht ausreichend behandelte Frage nach dem Verhaltnis der Hekale zu dem homerischen Epos, und zwar zur Odyssee. Den gewonnenen Erkenntnissen zufolge stellt sich heraus, dass die Odyssee ebenso deutlich wie nachhaltig die Sprache, die Figurenkonstellation des hellenistischen Miniaturepos wie auch die gesamte Struktur dessen Handlung...
Die Hekale des hellenistischen Dichters Kallimachos stellt eines der bekanntesten Kleinepen der griechischen Literatur dar und fand als solches gro...
This study into the person and the politics of the East Roman Emperor Leo attempts to reconstruct the events of the years AD 457-460 as exactly as possible. It revolves around the Council of Chalcedon and the religious and political conflict caused by the assassination of the Patriarch of Alexandria. The book also examines the tense relationship with the Western Empire, the Goths, and the mighty General Aspar, as well as the laws passed by the Emperor. An extensive excursus underpins and expands the chronological narrative in more detail.
This study into the person and the politics of the East Roman Emperor Leo attempts to reconstruct the events of the years AD 457-460 as exactly as ...
Die heute groouml;tenteils verlorenen Schriften des Arztes Soranos von Ephesos (ca. 100-140 n.Chr.) behandeln die gesamte Heilkunde der Zeit. Daruuuml;ber hinaus lassen sie das philosophische Denken des Soranos sowie sein breites historisches Interesse erkennen. In diesem Band werden aus verschiedenen Quellen die Testimonien der Abhandlung Peri psyches gesammelt. Darin stellt sich Soranos als bedeutender Vertreter der hellenistischen Seelenlehre dar, deren Grundsaauml;tze der Materialismus allgemein sowie die Korperlichkeit der Seele sind.
Die heute groouml;tenteils verlorenen Schriften des Arztes Soranos von Ephesos (ca. 100-140 n.Chr.) behandeln die gesamte Heilkunde der Zeit. Daruuuml...
Will is understood as the ability of an agent to reflect on and define aims freely, and to act upon and pursue them methodically and steadfastly. For the first time this volume examines in detail the historical development of the terminology and problems within the various philosophical schools (Stoics, Neo-Platonists, Peripatetics), as well as in Christian patristics, which led to the establishment of a philosophically "adequate" definition of will in Late Antiquity.
Will is understood as the ability of an agent to reflect on and define aims freely, and to act upon and pursue them methodically and steadfastly. F...
This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham, which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, women in Roman life and dramatic poetry and the poetic representation of children in relation to their mothers and teachers. The volume opens with papers on Roman comedy: Menaechmi, Trinummus, Hautontimorumenos, papers on women of the demimonde in Truculentus and Eunuchus, Cistellaria and Poenulus. The second part deals with...
This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham, which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the...
It has long been appreciated that ancient medicine, and above all Hippocrates and Galen, played a significant role in the development of medicine until the Age of Enlightenment, and the last forty years have for the first time seen detailed research into questions related to this. For an adequate understanding of this instructive and powerful influence in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the early Modern Age, it is necessary to consider the original Greek texts, as well as the surviving Latin and Arabic versions. This volume with fifteen texts by leading scholars provides an opportunity to...
It has long been appreciated that ancient medicine, and above all Hippocrates and Galen, played a significant role in the development of medicine u...
In the Corpus Aristotelicum there are 18 passages where it can be shown that Aristotle quotes statements that are formally opposite to the fundamental Euclidean theorem of the sum of the angles in a triangle. These statements are the result of the attempt by the geometricians of the Academy to prove the fundamental approach of Euclidean geometry indirectly. However, the attempt did not result in contradiction and Aristotle felt that there was no way of deciding between the alternatives "Euclidean - non-Euclidean." In his Ethics this is the only example he uses to illustrate the...
In the Corpus Aristotelicum there are 18 passages where it can be shown that Aristotle quotes statements that are formally opposite to the...
Wissenschaftliche Texte der "vormodernen" Welt konfrontieren die modernen Bearbeiter und Rezipienten mit besonderen Problemen: Eine Ubertragung in den zeitgenossischen Wissenschaftsjargon ebnet womoglich die Fremdheit der Konzepte ungebuhrlich ein, wahrend eine die Perspektive der Texte selbst betonende Wiedergabe Gefahr lauft, fachfremde Interessenten an inadaquate, oft veraltete, wenn auch leichter lesbare Ubersetzungen zu verweisen. Wie wird man den Texten gerecht, ohne in die Falle einer gut gemeinten, aber fehlerhaften relativistischen Perspektive zu geraten? Was macht uberhaupt die...
Wissenschaftliche Texte der "vormodernen" Welt konfrontieren die modernen Bearbeiter und Rezipienten mit besonderen Problemen: Eine Ubertragung in ...
The Satyricon of Petronius is a celebrated Latin novel and one of the most influential texts in Western literature. This critical edition and commentary of a section of the novel - the sea voyage episode - makes an important contribution towards a re-examination of the Satyricon as a whole, providing a useful tool for anyone interested in ancient narrative. The work, which offers new perspectives and interpretations, also includes a general introduction, a study of the famous tale of the widow of Ephesus, and a new outline of the textual tradition. It is equipped with...
The Satyricon of Petronius is a celebrated Latin novel and one of the most influential texts in Western literature. This critical edition ...
This volume is dedicated to the ideals and standards of a number of Greek and Roman authors and artists: Hesiod, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle (to the orator), Philo, Clemens of Alexandria and Origenes, Lucilius, Lucretius, Cicero (with a representation of traditional Roman standards), Seneca, Quintilian, Claudian and the sarcophagi and triumphal arches, as well as a brief outline of the chequered history of the 'cardinal virtues.' All Greek and Latin quotes and terms are translated.
This volume is dedicated to the ideals and standards of a number of Greek and Roman authors and artists: Hesiod, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle (to t...