History, Antiquity

Anden bog af Herodots Historie. Autentiske beretninger fra en rejse i faraonernes og pyramidernes land nedskrevet af den græske historiker Herodot for 2500 år siden. Af indholdet: det ældste folk i v …

Den foreliggende øvebog i latin er især en læsebog med lettere konstruerede og bearbejdede tekster om romersk religion og har til formål at føre religionsstuderende og religionsinteresserede læsere i …

Arrian (egtl. Lucius Flavius Arrianus) fra Nikomedia (ca. 86-160) var en romersk historiker og filosof af græsk oprindelse. Hans historiske værker er skrevet på attisk græsk, mens hans filosofiske sk …

For about five hundred years – between Ovid’s death (17 AD) and Maximianus’ Elegies (6th century AD) – the genre of love elegy disappears. Does this mean that love poetry in general was no longer bei …

This is an original study of the notion of space in surviving New Comedy plays by Menander, Plautus and Terence, informed by theoretical discussion on its specific categories. The main focus is on sc …

Plato’s famous and infamous criticism of Homer was the climax of a series of attacks by early thinkers on the first and greatest Greek poet Homer. It triggers an even longer series of responses attem …

This collection of twenty-eight essays by emerging and established scholars presents work that deeply engages with the materiality and history of Greek and Roman artworks, artifacts, and monuments. D …

This book offers a comprehensive and nuanced history of the Jews of Egypt, who constituted an important ethnic minority ever since they first appeared in the country. As part of the Greek-speaking ru …

Explore a one-of-a-kind and authoritative resource on Ancient North Africa A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity, edited by a recognized leader in the field, is the first reference work of its kin …

The Greek Poetry of Summons and Invitation assembles and studies for the first time the numerous poetic invitations and summonses of Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greece. These poems and passag …