Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1827601
Henny Fiskå Hägg
{"title":"Purity of Heart and the Vision of God in Clement of Alexandria","authors":"Henny Fiskå Hägg","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1827601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1827601","url":null,"abstract":"This study focuses on some aspects of the church father Clement of Alexandria’s interpretation of the sixth beatitude of the Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God”. Clement connects “purity of heart” to the idea of withdrawal from evil and growth in practical well-doing and sees it as an intermediate phase and a process on the way towards the contemplation and knowledge of God. Being firmly placed in the Platonic tradition, the vision of God is of great importance for Clement’s theology. In most instances this vision, or contemplation, is something that occurs in the next life, but he also seems to think that it is something that may be experienced already in this life. Seeing God is then used as a metaphor for insight (gnosis), a knowledge of God that is mystical, or spiritual.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"148 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1827601","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42004123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1764223
Agata Deptuła
{"title":"Greek Sticheron from Medieval Nubia Praising John the Baptist (Q.I. 1964, 6a Revisited)","authors":"Agata Deptuła","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1764223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1764223","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a new edition of a fragment of an eleventh-century parchment from Qasr Ibrim (Q.I. 1964, 6a). An inspection of the manuscript led to identification of one of the pieces as a short hymn praising John the Baptist, known from Byzantine liturgical books.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"201 - 211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1764223","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41511774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1700627
Przemyslaw T. Marciniak
{"title":"The Dramation by Michael Haplucheir: A Reappraisal","authors":"Przemyslaw T. Marciniak","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1700627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1700627","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper discusses the so-called Dramation by Michael Haplucheir (twelfth century). It argues that this text is not an attempt at reviving ancient drama but yet another literary experiment whose purpose might be both satirical and didactic.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"212 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1700627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44487299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1718394
N. Kanavou, Amphilochios Papathomas
{"title":"A Declamation on a Sopatrian Model: P.Hamb. II 134 Reconsidered","authors":"N. Kanavou, Amphilochios Papathomas","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1718394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1718394","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we revisit P.Hamb. II 134, which preserves a fragmentary declamation on the familiar aristeus theme, suggest a number of improvements to the text and provide an English translation. We further argue that the speaker in our piece is an aristeus, probably a father, who addresses his son, a deserter, in opposition to recent interpretations that reckon the speaker to be a deserter–father and the addressee to be his aristeus–son. Our interpretation evokes a scenario that is found in Sopater 5.44.27–45.10 Walz. Based on the fragment's content and style, we suggest that either Sopater or his contemporary Libanius could be the author of the lost declamation partially transmitted by this fragment.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"157 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1718394","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48080760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1836754
J. Mikulová
{"title":"Degrees of Redundancy in Double Introductions of Direct Speech in Gregory of Tours","authors":"J. Mikulová","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1836754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1836754","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines direct speech introduced by two or more verbs of speech in selected works by Gregory of Tours (sixth century). It describes combinations of verbs in the reporting clause and shows that the classification of an instance as redundant cannot rely only on the co-occurrence of two verbs of speech in the reporting clause, but that it is necessary to consider the meaning of these verbs, other expressions found in the reporting clause, the context, and the meaning of the reported clause. The article asserts that the redundancy of double introduction is not binary but scalar and outlines a classification of redundancy in five categories. Finally, it discusses the motivations for the use of double introduction in Gregory of Tours’ texts.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"169 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1836754","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44099402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1935024
Monika Asztalos, Anastasia Maravela
{"title":"Editorial Note","authors":"Monika Asztalos, Anastasia Maravela","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1935024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1935024","url":null,"abstract":"Issue of Symbolae Osloenses comprises a broad selection of research articles on Greek topics ranging from Homeric versification technique (Janse), thematic exploration of the Iliadic similes (Nünlist), conceptions of the solar movement in Greek literature (Bilić), Sophoclean textual criticism (Kraggerud and Welo), editions and revisions of papyri from the Ptolemaic to the Middle Byzantine period (Kotyl, Kanavou and Papathomas, Deptuła), as well as studies on Clement of Alexandria’s interpretation of the concept of “purity of heart” (Hägg) and the literary character of the twelfth-century poem Dramation by Michael Haplucheir (Marciniak). On the Latin side, there are two linguistic contributions: a comparative and theoretical discussion of the Italic consonant stem ablative (Pitts) and an examination of the redundancy involved in double introductions of direct speech in Gregory of Tours (Mikulová); there is also a note on a geographical reference in Roman poetry (Dehon).","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"1 - 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1935024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45996643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1852695
P. Dehon
{"title":"Un point de géographie horatienne: Rigidum Niphaten (Carm. 2.9.20)","authors":"P. Dehon","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1852695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1852695","url":null,"abstract":"The nature of the Niphates mentioned by Horace in Carm. 2.9.20 has been controversial since ancient commentaries and has continued to stimulate debate among modern critics. If its location in Armenia is not questioned, some see it as a mountain, others think that it is a river or a people, and still others prefer to keep the ambiguity or not to express an opinion on the matter. A detailed review of the sources at our disposal, together with various elements taken from the text, its context and the structure of the poem, allows us to draw more definitive conclusions and to decide in favour of the first hypothesis.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"136 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1852695","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45139791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1884383
R. Nünlist
{"title":"The Human Condition According to the Similes in Homer’s Iliad","authors":"R. Nünlist","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1884383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1884383","url":null,"abstract":"The article analyses the similes of the Iliad with a particular focus on how human life is represented in this “parallel world”. It argues that in a clear majority of cases human activity is presented in a negative light. A quick survey of the relevant similes gives a sketch of human life and the preponderously negative undertones. The final part attempts to give reasons for this predominantly negative portrait, including a brief comparison with the Odyssey, the similes of which do not share this sombre outlook.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"33 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47388170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1876917
Reuben J. Pitts
{"title":"The Italic Consonant Stem Ablative: Some Comparative and Theoretical Arguments for an Inherited Ending in *-d","authors":"Reuben J. Pitts","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1876917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1876917","url":null,"abstract":"The Italic consonant stem ablative in -ĕ is usually regarded as an anomalous instance of locative contamination in the ablative singular case endings. This interpretation has long been recognized as problematic, given that the Italic ablative is functionally the result of syncretism with the Proto-Indo-European instrumental, rather than the locative. In addition, it is difficult to reconcile the traditional view with the early Latin epigraphic evidence, which suggests that the Latin consonant stem ending, like the ablative singular endings of all other declensions, once had a final dental (-ĕd). This paper reviews the evidence for the origin and reconstruction of the Italic consonant stem ablative within the broader context of the early development of the Italic case system. It provides further arguments against the conventional locative etymology, and concludes that the consonant reflex can plausibly be aligned with the regular reflexes in other declensions if it is instead derived from a zero-grade instrumental ending -h̥₁.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"103 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1876917","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49181765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symbolae OsloensesPub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00397679.2020.1927534
M. Janse
{"title":"Phrasing Homer: A Cognitive-Linguistic Approach to Homeric Versification","authors":"M. Janse","doi":"10.1080/00397679.2020.1927534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00397679.2020.1927534","url":null,"abstract":"Anyone interested in the colometry or “inner metrics” of the Homeric hexameter is confronted with a wide variety of different approaches, favouring two-, three- or four-colon verses or any combination of these. This article builds on Egbert Bakker’s interpretation of Homeric discourse as a succession of intonation / information units (IUs). Its aim is to provide more secure cognitive-linguistic criteria for determining caesura positions and the resulting cola / IUs.","PeriodicalId":41733,"journal":{"name":"Symbolae Osloenses","volume":"94 1","pages":"2 - 32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00397679.2020.1927534","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42504393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}