Stephen Scully both offers a reading of Hesiod's Theogony and traces the reception and
shadows of this authoritative Greek creation story in Greek and Roman texts up to Milton's …

Knowledge of the structure of the cosmos, Plato suggests, is important in organizing a
human community which aims at happiness. This book investigates this theme in Plato's …

War as Spectacle examines the display of armed conflict in classical antiquity and its impact
in the modern world. The contributors address the following questions: how and why was …

Mythology, myth studies and comparative mythology, like religious studies or comparative
religion, are part of a specific area of study, consist of specialized research, emerged …

Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in
Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato's …

This paper revisits Plato's and Aristotle's views on mimesis with a special emphasis on
mythos as an integral part of it. I argue that the Republic's notorious “mirror argument” is in …

Chi intenda indagare la figura di Elena nell'Iliade e nell'Odissea e seguirne le voci dalle
mura di Troia al megaron di Sparta si trova a volgere lontano lo sguardo. Lo scenario sul …

At Statesman 287b-c, the Eleatic Visitor makes two claims: first, that dichotomous division is
difficult and not always possible, as 'will become clearer as we proceed'(287c1); second …

The embrace of reception theory has been one of the hallmarks of classical studies over the
last 30 years. This volume builds on the critical insights thereby gained to consider reception …

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award The Christian claim that the triune God is the creator of
the universe is both exegetically grounded and theologically rich. Yet discussions about …