Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology: Recent submissions
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Polybus, Not the Son-in-law of Hippocrates
(Classical Association / Cambridge University Press, 2025)Hippocrates is traditionally believed to have had a son-in-law and pupil named Polybus, who, thanks to Aristotle’s direct attribution, is also often regarded as the author of the surviving ‘Hippocratic’ treatise On the ... -
Aquinas on the Unity of Definition
(Routledge, 31 January 2025)For Aristotle and his medieval followers, the problem of the unity of definition consists in explaining how the parts of a definition, the genus and the differentia(e), are one thing and not many. The chapter is about ... -
Redefinitions of Power Through Narrative: Aratus, Phylarchus, Polybius, and Plutarch
(Edipuglia, 22 January 2025)This article considers the differing presentations of the third century BC Achaean leader, Aratus of Sicyon, in his own Memoirs, Phylarchus’ Histories, Polybius’ Histories, and Plutarch’s Aratus, Cleomenes, and Philopoemen. ... -
Cooking up Homer. The Two Lives of Strato, FR. 1 K.-A
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Archbishop Anastasios of Albania: An Eastern Orthodox Example of Peace from a Religious Tradition Embroiled in Wars
(University of Ljubljana, 14 October 2024)In recent years, several disputes between Orthodox churches over jurisdictional and politico-ideological matters have raised questions about Eastern Orthodoxy’s commitment to peace. However, as a Christian denomination, ...