Editorial Note

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).