… ergastêria (“work-houses")15; prostitution was alluded to dispassionately as an ergasia ("business"), 16 sometimes even as a tekhnê (a profession requiring a high degree of skill).17 …
… Naturally, the Greek victory is thought to have fostered a growing sense of panhellenism.17 The term panhellenism is of modern coinage, and its application to the ancient world is …
… Kapparis for his help and his friendship. … about 28), while Eupolis produced about 17 in a rather small period of time (between 429 and 411 approximately according to Storey art. cit. pp. …
Many Greeks and Romans imagined the uterus as animal-like. But what sort of animal did they have in mind? No single creature was exclusively compared to the womb, but one …
… the polis 9 Current perspectives and approaches 12 What this book is about 17 Outline 19 … in Thrasybulus’ speech in Xenophon’s Hellenics 2.4.14, 17).There is no more solemnly …
This dissertation examines interstate relations between ancient Greek poleis situated around the Aegean Sea in the fourth century BCE. In modern scholarship, non-hegemonic city/…
Witty nicknames, crude jokes, public nudity and lavish monuments, all of these things distinguished Greek courtesans from respectable citizen women in ancient Greece. Although …
The male dominance of Classical Greek society in politics and the arts leaves women normally defined as of little consequence relative to their male contemporaries. In addition, Ancient …
… 17 Noonan believes that Christian views represented a major … Kapparis only briefly deals with Tertullian and Christian attitudes in general. This is perhaps inevitable, since Kapparis’s …
In When Citizens Judge, I compare judgment in the popular courts and in the theater of democratic Athens, examining how citizens reflect on questions of inclusion, political identity and …