CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-08-24DOI: 10.1353/clw.2021.0022
S. Harvey
{"title":"Bread and Bones: Feeding Roman Dogs","authors":"S. Harvey","doi":"10.1353/clw.2021.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/clw.2021.0022","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article examines literary, epigraphic, archaeological and artistic sources for the feeding of Roman dogs, with a particular focus on the practical advice found within the De re rustica of Varro and Columella and the various Cynegetica. As an interdisciplinary approach, modern studies related to canine nutrition and cognitive theory will alongside the ancient sources elucidate how a more regular, planned diet was an important aspect of nurturing a well-bred, properly trained and cared for farm or hunting dog, particularly among upper class Romans. This in turn served to enhance the owner's reputation as an excellent farmer or hunter.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"419 - 447"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66852081","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-08-24DOI: 10.1353/clw.2021.0017
Giulia Freni
{"title":"The Werewolf in the Ancient World by Daniel Ogden (review)","authors":"Giulia Freni","doi":"10.1353/clw.2021.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/clw.2021.0017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"481 - 482"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46934395","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1353/CLW.2021.0009
Giulia Freni
{"title":"The Invention of Medicine from Homer to Hippocrates by Robin Lane Fox (review)","authors":"Giulia Freni","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"356 - 358"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45299588","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1353/CLW.2021.0012
D. Unruh
{"title":"Loaves in a Cold Oven: Tyranny and Sterility in Herodotus’ Histories","authors":"D. Unruh","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0012","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:Throughout Herodotus’ Histories, tyrants and despotic kings are frequently associated with sterility and failed reproduction. Monarchs are repeatedly shown both engaging in intercourse that cannot produce children, and causing the deaths of what children they do manage to produce. In addition, tyrants are surrounded by symbolic images of sterility–unrisen loaves, rotten teeth, wounded groins, and wasted crops. In associating tyranny and sterility, I argue, Herodotus is drawing on long-standing tropes in Archaic Greek thought. The images of infertility serve to underscore that tyranny is unjust, a misfortune for both subjects and tyrant, and ultimately futile and self-defeating.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"281 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47805944","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1353/CLW.2021.0008
D. Levy
{"title":"Drawing down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World by Radcliffe G. Edmonds III (review)","authors":"D. Levy","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"355 - 356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41766145","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1353/CLW.2021.0006
D. Freas
{"title":"Discontinuity and Debate in Seneca’s Troas","authors":"D. Freas","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0006","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article argues that dramatic disjuncture in Act 2 of Seneca’s Troas can be understood to serve a philosophical purpose: the removal of Achilles’ shade–the external, supernatural causation for Polyxena’s sacrifice–opens up the space for Agamemnon and Pyrrhus to engage in an ethical debate. A comparison with Euripides’ Hecuba, an important source for Troas Act 2, lays bare how Seneca uses discontinuity, both dramatic and intertextual, to imbue debate–dialectic–with the power not just to interrogate the mytho-graphic tradition but to cultivate critical thinking: the contemplation of actions in the absence of their explicit justification.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"317 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45249709","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1353/CLW.2021.0007
W. Nijs
{"title":"Diogenes of Oenoanda on Jews and Egyptians: Some Thoughts on Theol. V, 7–VI, 2","authors":"W. Nijs","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0007","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article deals with col. V, 7–VI, 2 of Oenoanda’s continuous Theological Physics-Sequence, in which Diogenes calls the Jews and the Egyptians the δεισιδαιμονέστατοι and μιαρώτατοι of all people. Previous scholarship has already offered some interesting suggestions to explain why our otherwise cosmopolitan author would have used such harsh words. The aim of this article is to re-evaluate the plausibility of these suggestions against the backdrop of Diogenes’ specific argumentative strategies in this part of the inscription. Ultimately, an attempt will be made to establish the nature of Diogenes’ Epicurean view on Jews and Egyptians.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"339 - 353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43895767","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}
CLASSICAL WORLDPub Date : 2021-05-21DOI: 10.1353/CLW.2021.0011
Alexander C. Loney
{"title":"The Medicine of Blindness and Human Time in the Prometheus Bound","authors":"Alexander C. Loney","doi":"10.1353/CLW.2021.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CLW.2021.0011","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The Prometheus Bound features a conflict between Zeus and Prometheus. Both of these gods represent differing perspectives on and relationships to time. The present-oriented perspective identified with Zeus seeks to freeze current conditions; the future-oriented one identified with Prometheus seeks to overturn present conditions and bring about a different and enduring future. Human beings contrast with both of these perspectives. Blind to their deaths, they live with an open-ended future. This human way of relating to time is possible because of Prometheus’ paradoxical gift of “blind hopes”—a gift which not yet been properly understood.","PeriodicalId":46369,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL WORLD","volume":"114 1","pages":"251 - 280"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/CLW.2021.0011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43845968","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}