In this collection leading international authorities analyse the structures and economic functions of non-agrarian centres between ca. 500 and 1000 A.D. – their trade, their surrounding settlements, and the agricultural and cultural milieux. The thirty-one papers presented at an international conference held in Bad Homburg focus on recent archaeological discoveries in Central Europe (Vol.1), as well as on those from southeastern Europe to Asia Minor (Vol. 2).
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Volume 17 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium StudiesThe “Events after Homer”, described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic Posthomerica, are an attempt to bridge the gap between the Iliad and the Odyssey , and to combine the various scattered reports of the battle for Troy into a single tale: the fate of Achilles, Ajax, Paris and the Amazon Penthesileia, the intervention of Neoptolemos and the story from the Trojan horse to the destruction of the city. The volume presented here summarizes the results of the first international conference on Quintus Smyrnaeus.
- Languages: English, German
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Copyright year: 2007
- Audience: Wissenschaftler, Bibliotheken, Institute
- Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 501
- Keywords: Greek Antiquity (literature); Homer; sophistics
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- Published: February 14, 2012
- ISBN: 9783110942507
Hardcover
- Published: December 18, 2007
- ISBN: 9783110195774
Volume 16 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium StudiesIn this volume, leading scholars examine the ideas of the last days of the world held in Islam, Christianity and Judaism in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. They discuss the mutual influence of these ideas together with their intended and actual political effect at the time. They open up a significant source for political and intellectual history, because apocalyptic writings are always to be found among the powerful.
- Languages: German, English
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Copyright year: 2008
- Audience: Scholars, Academic Institutes, Libraries
- Pages
- Front matter: 19
- Main content: 432
- Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Keywords: Christianity; Islam; Judaism; Eschatology; Middle Ages; Early Modern Age
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- Published: December 10, 2008
- ISBN: 9783110209709
Hardcover
- Published: April 15, 2008
- ISBN: 9783110186215
[First posted in AWOL 28 December 2013, updated 14 July 2024]
Arctos is the principal classical journal of Finland. Published since 1954, it appears annually since 1974 (vol.8).
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All articles and book reviews published in Arctos 56 (2022) are licensed with Creative commons license standard CC BY-NC, now commonly used in scientific publishing.
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Volume 31 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium StudiesThe terms ‘logos of reason’ and ‘logos of belief’ refer to two important aspects of western culture at the beginning of the Christian era. On the one hand there is the classical tradition, with its comprehensive claim to be able to explain the truth about reality by means of the logos. On the other hand there is the Christian message, which proclaims the self-revelation of God in the form of the Son, and so also claims for itself the truth about God, mankind and the world. The semantic ambiguity of the term ‘logos’ provided the occasion for a controversy that unfolded among the educated.
The contributions to this volume present aspects of the controversy, and attempt to illuminate the connection between culture, belief and transmission against its historical background.
- Language: German
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Copyright year: 2010
- Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
- Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 338
- Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Keywords: Ancient Rhetoric; Ancient Philosophy; Logos
eBook
- Published: September 29, 2010
- ISBN: 9783110247275
Hardcover
- Published: September 28, 2010
- ISBN: 9783110247268
Volume 34 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium StudiesThe process of Christianisation brought with it a new form of violent conflict to the Roman world: religiously motivated attacks on places, objects or people. The most radical form of such conflicts were attacks on the sanctuaries of religious opponents ‑ on temples, synagogues and Church buildings. The results were dramatic and the attacks demanded a reaction from all institutions, from the Emperor to the urban elites. This volume analyses the role of the law, the imperial and local administrations, and the relationship between the institutions and the new regional and local communities which established themselves at the time.
- Language: German
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Copyright year: 2011
- Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
- Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 227
- Keywords: Late Antiquity; Religious Conflict; Roman Empire; Administrative History; Church History
eBook
- Published: May 26, 2011
- ISBN: 9783110240887
Hardcover
- Published: May 27, 2011
- ISBN: 9783110240870
Volume 4 in the series MythosEikonPoiesisThis book offers the first attempt at understanding interpersonal violence in ancient Athens. While the archaic desire for revenge persisted into the classical period, it was channeled by the civil discourse of the democracy. Forensic speeches, curse tablets, and comedy display a remarkable openness regarding the definition of violence. But in daily life, Athenians had to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. They did so by enacting a discourse on violence in the performance of these genres, during which complex negotiations about the legitimacy of violence took place. Performances such as the staging of trials and comedies ritually defined the meaning of violence and its appropriate application. Speeches and curse tablets not only spoke about violence, but also exacted it in a mediated form, deriving its legitimate use from a democratic principle, the communal decision of the human jurors in the first case and the underworld gods in the second. Since discourse and reality were intertwined and the discourse was ritualized, actual violence might also have been partly ritualized. By still respecting the on-going desire to harm one’s enemy, this partial ritualization of violence helped restrain violence and thus contributed to Athens’ relative stability.
- Language: English
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Copyright year: 2012
- Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
- Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 479
- Illustrations
- Tables: 3
- Keywords: Violence; Ritual; Performance; Revenge; Conflict
eBook
- Published: January 27, 2012
- ISBN: 9783110245608
Hardcover
- Published: January 16, 2012
- ISBN: 9783110245592
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