Os Clássicos e o teatro: outrora e agora

Os Clássicos e o teatro: outrora e agora

Admar Almeida da Costa, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro; Felipe Gall, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Luísa Severo Buarque de Holanda, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro; Maria de Fátima Silva, University of Coimbra; Susana Marques Pereira, University of Coimbra

 

In the first part, the myths of Antigone, Medea and Heracles are studied, as well as those we could include under the headings “Trojan myth” and “Theban myth”. Occasionally, consideration of the fragmentary plays broadens the horizon.

Greek and Latin comedy is also the subject of several studies, in which the theater of Aristophanes and Plautus are highlighted. Plato, a notable spectator and witness to a ‘hot’ reading of his contemporary dramatic production, has a place in a reflection in which the audience is an unavoidable presupposition.

The second part of the volume is made up of a significant number of reception studies, spanning centuries from the 16th century to the present day. According to the diverse origins of the authors, these studies mainly concern Europe and Latin America. The proximity of the various scholars who take part in this volume to the geographical and cultural reality in which the rewritings under analysis were produced is a guarantee of their ability to produce an essential framework for understanding the variants involved. On the other hand, its academic identity justifies the fact that the approach is not only literary, but also dramatic and scenic.

Finally, two chapters are dedicated to the way in which our world, totally surrendered to computer media, has opened up new channels for inventorying, recording, comparing and analyzing the study of the Classics. And once again, as always, the ‘old’ texts have been able to assert their incredible versatility. 

Published

January 7, 2026

Series

Classica Digitalia

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Assur 2025. Further insights into life and death in the New Town

Assur 2025. Further insights into life and death in the New Town

Radner, Karen ; Richter, Jana und Squitieri, Andrea  (eds.) 

Exploring Assur, Vol. 3 

This third volume of the series Exploring Assur presents the results achieved at Assur, modern Qal’at Sherqat, through the 2025 fieldwork and analytical programme. Edited by Karen Radner, Jana Richter, and Andrea Squitieri, the book contains contributions by Katleen Deckers, Eileen Eckmeier, Rafał A. Fetner, Helen Gries, Veronica Hinterhuber, F. Janoscha Kreppner, Karina Länger, Birgül Öğüt, Alessio Palmisano, Karen Radner, Jana Richter, Jens Rohde, Claudia Sarkady, Vanessa Schauer, Andrea Squitieri, and Poppy Tushingham.

The excavations in trench NT1 substantially refine the stratigraphic sequence of the New Town. They provide new evidence for the long-term continuity of occupation at Assur after its conquest in 614 BC. Two successive Hellenistic occupation phases can now be distinguished: the newly identified, earlier Building C and the later Building A. Beneath these levels, the large late Neo-Assyrian Building B emerged as a substantial high-status residence with a central reception hall, courtyards, and associated rooms. Originally covering an area of approximately 770 square metres, it is among the largest private residences presently known from Assur. The building evidently escaped destruction during the events of 614 BC, and preliminary ceramic analyses suggest that at least parts of it remained in use well after the conquest of the city.

Geoarchaeological coring demonstrated that the city’s defensive moat may originally have exceeded five metres in depth and also clarified the construction history of several temples in the Inner City. Coring beneath the cella of the Ishtar Temple produced a layer of imported sand and a radiocarbon date reaching back into the Early Dynastic I period, pushing the earliest attested occupation of Assur into the early third millennium BC. The small finds from the Neo-Assyrian period include a bronze duck weight, bronze fibulae, fragmentary stone vessels made from serpentine and banded calcite, and a clay cylinder seal. A standout find of Hellenistic date is a double-mould-made male figurine wearing the distinct Macedonian hat called kausia. The cuneiform finds comprise fragments of inscribed bricks and clay cones of Assyrian rulers including Puzur-Aššur III (ca. 1521–1498 BC) and Adad-nerari I (1305–1274 BC), reused in later architecture.

Basketry and leather remains provide exceptionally rare evidence for organic craft traditions in northern Mesopotamia, including what is very likely the first securely identified Neo-Assyrian basketry specimen. The leather finds from Hellenistic graves document working techniques such as folding, embossing, and drawstring closures. Their preservation is due to vegetable tanning using tannin-rich plants such as oak, poplar, and mulberry, all attested in the archaeobotanical record at Assur. Ongoing studies are identifying an ever wider range of cultivated and imported woods and other plants, now including the first secure attestation of cedar (Cedrus sp.) and oats (Avena) at Neo-Assyrian Assur. Local arboriculture is evidenced by tree prunings of fig and palm trees as well as vines.

Phytolith analyses of Hellenistic burial contexts revealed the intentional inclusion of plant materials in these graves. A dried fruit of Black Mulberry (Morus nigra) placed in one of these grave is the first securely identified specimen in the ancient Middle East. The burial population is predominantly young, with all identifiable adults being female and very limited evidence for pathological conditions. The volume also contains a study of the Selman House, originally constructed in 1904 as part of Walter Andrae’s excavation compound to house two key team members: the accountant Shaul Salman and the cook Raouf, both from Hillah. Later, it was occupied by the excavation’s imperial Ottoman representative Abdelkadir al-Pachachi, later the curator of antiquities at the newly established Iraq Museum in Baghdad. The chapter reconstructs the social world of early twentieth-century archaeology at Assur and traces the building’s continued use within the modern excavation project.

Item Type:	Editorship
Keywords:	Assur; Qal'at Sherqat; Iraq; Assyrian archaeology; excavation report
Faculties:	History and Art History > Department of History > Ancient History
Subjects:	900 History and geography > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) 900 History and geography > 950 History of Asia
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-136813-5
ISBN:	978-3-935012-74-4
Place of Publication:	Gladbeck
Language:	English
Item ID:	136813
Date Deposited:	07. Jul 2026 09:22
Last Modified:	07. Jul 2026 09:22

 

Innovation and Appropriation in Early Christian Literature: Authors, Topics, Texts, Genres

Innovation and Appropriation in Early Christian Literature: Authors, Topics, Texts, Genres

Jónsson, Sigurvin Lárus (editor)

Luther, Susanne (editor)

Mortensen, Jacob P.B. (editor)

Scholars working on New Testament, ancient history, classical studies, Jewish studies, patristics and religious studies of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds.

 

The rise of early Christianity was accompanied by a period of impressive literary production. Early Christian authors combined literary forms from Greco-Roman writings with the style and content of Hellenistic Jewish literature to create a tertium quid. Their literary works are therefore comparable to both Jewish and Greco-Roman contemporary writings, but they adopt, modify and transform literary conventions according to their needs and interests to communicate their message showing signs of literary innovation and creativity. This volume shows the innovative aspect of early Christian literature, by integrating adjacent fields of research as ancient history, classical studies, Jewish studies, patristics and religious studies. The analyses explore how and why early Christian literature unexpectedly established itself as a literary force in the early imperium.

 

URI

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177307

DOI

10.13109/9783666500633

ISBN

9783666500633

Publisher

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Publication date and place

Göttingen, 2026

Series

Studia Aarhusiana Neotestamentica (SANt),

Classification

Theology

Pages

702

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

 

 

 

Urbi et Orbi: The Epicurean Inscription and Prescription of Diogenes of Oinoanda

Urbi et Orbi: The Epicurean Inscription and Prescription of Diogenes of Oinoanda

Smith, Martin Ferguson

The Greek inscription of the Epicurean Diogenes is the longest known from the ancient world and the only one to expound a complete system of philosophy. Its author, a wealthy citizen of the upland city of Oinoanda (southwest Turkey), set it up during the reign of Hadrian (117-138) to broadcast a message of moral healing and salvation urbi et orbi – to the city and the world. He addresses Oinoanda's citizens in his time and time to come, and also so-called foreigners, who, he says, are actually our fellow citizens in a world which is one country and home for humanity. Fragments of Diogenes' work were discovered in 1884-1889. Further investigations were inaugurated by Martin Ferguson Smith in 1968-1973 and continued during British and German-led surveys (1974-2017). The number of known pieces of the inscription more than tripled, from 88 in the 19th century to 305. This translation, the first in English to include all the latest discoveries and research, is intended for all who are interested in philosophy, in the intellectual and cultural history of the Greek world under the Roman Empire, and in the story of an impressive and moving human document. If it also benefits anyone in need of “the medicines of salvation”, so much the better. Diogenes’ message is addressed to us no less than to his contemporaries, and the Epicurean ethical ideal of ataraxia, “freedom from disturbance” or “tranquillity of mind”, achieved through the elimination of unnecessary fears and desires, is as relevant today as it was two millennia ago.

 

The Greek inscription of the Epicurean Diogenes is the longest known from the ancient world and the only one to expound a complete system of philosophy. Its author, a wealthy citizen of the upland city of Oinoanda (southwest Turkey), set it up during the reign of Hadrian (117-138) to broadcast a message of moral healing and salvation urbi et orbi – to the city and the world. He addresses Oinoanda's citizens in his time and time to come, and also so-called foreigners, who, he says, are actually our fellow citizens in a world which is one country and home for humanity. Fragments of Diogenes' work were discovered in 1884-1889. Further investigations were inaugurated by Martin Ferguson Smith in 1968-1973 and continued during British and German-led surveys (1974-2017). The number of known pieces of the inscription more than tripled, from 88 in the 19th century to 305. This translation, the first in English to include all the latest discoveries and research, is intended for all who are interested in philosophy, in the intellectual and cultural history of the Greek world under the Roman Empire, and in the story of an impressive and moving human document. If it also benefits anyone in need of “the medicines of salvation”, so much the better. Diogenes’ message is addressed to us no less than to his contemporaries, and the Epicurean ethical ideal of ataraxia, “freedom from disturbance” or “tranquillity of mind”, achieved through the elimination of unnecessary fears and desires, is as relevant today as it was two millennia ago.

 

URI

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176319

Keywords

ancient philosophy

Webshop link

https://www.tabedizioni.it/sho ...

Publisher

Gruppo editoriale Tab Srl

Publisher website

https://www.tabedizioni.it/

Publication date and place

Rome, 2026

Imprint

tab edizioni

Series

Doxai, 5

Classification

Pages

176

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

 

 

"Sharing in the Polis". Citizenship and Forms of Civic Participation in the Greek World

"Sharing in the Polis". Citizenship and Forms of Civic Participation in the Greek World

Donatella, Erdas (editor)

Faraguna, Michele (editor)

This volume assembles nineteen contributions on citizenship and civic participation in the Greek world from the Archaic to the Roman period. It engages citizenship not as a fixed category, but as a set of institutional frameworks, practices and narratives, exploring how sharing in the political community was articulated and experienced. The volume pursues both a vertical perspective with reference to the development of the concept of citizenship and a horizontal perspective through a comparative investigation of the notion of politeia in Greek cities and federal states. The aim is to bring into the discourse different strands of scholarship through the combined use of literary and epigraphic evidence and foster a multifaceted reconstruction of civic practices across regions and time, tracing long-term developments as well as institutional diversity. Within this framework, the essays engage with fundamental questions of inclusion, exclusion, and political belonging. The volume is complemented by a “lexicon of citizenship”.

This volume assembles nineteen contributions on citizenship and civic participation in the Greek world from the Archaic to the Roman period. It engages citizenship not as a fixed category, but as a set of institutional frameworks, practices and narratives, exploring how sharing in the political community was articulated and experienced. The volume pursues both a vertical perspective with reference to the development of the concept of citizenship and a horizontal perspective through a comparative investigation of the notion of politeia in Greek cities and federal states. The aim is to bring into the discourse different strands of scholarship through the combined use of literary and epigraphic evidence and foster a multifaceted reconstruction of civic practices across regions and time, tracing long-term developments as well as institutional diversity. Within this framework, the essays engage with fundamental questions of inclusion, exclusion, and political belonging. The volume is complemented by a “lexicon of citizenship”.

 

URI

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/178248

Keywords

Polis; federal states; Greek citizenship; institutions; society

DOI

10.54103/milanoup.292

ISBN

979-12-5510-442-1, 979-12-5510-443-8, 979-12-5510-444-5

Publisher

Milano University Press

Publisher website

https://milanoup.unimi.it/

Publication date and place

Milano, 2026-05-14

Imprint

Milano University Press

 

 

Le ciel sur pierre : les gemmes astrologiques romaines (Ier s. av. J.-C. – IVe s. apr. J.-C.)

Le ciel sur pierre : les gemmes astrologiques romaines (Ier s. av. J.-C. – IVe s. apr. J.-C.)

By Fabio Spadini

  

The book revitalizes the long-neglected study of Roman engraved gemstones (2nd c. BCE–4th c. CE) bearing astrological motifs. By establishing new criteria for identification and integrating literary and visual evidence, it demonstrates that all twelve zodiac signs appear on Late Republican and Imperial intaglios—often in previously unrecognized forms. The study proposes a new typology and chronology, situating these gems within their broader social and religious contexts.

En français

Ce livre, issu de ma thèse de doctorat, renouvelle l’étude longtemps négligée des gemmes gravées romaines (IIᵉ s. av. J.-C.–IVᵉ s. ap. J.-C.) portant des motifs astrologiques. En établissant de nouveaux critères d’identification et en intégrant les sources littéraires et iconographiqes il montre que les douze signes du zodiaque figurent sur les intaglios de la fin de la République et de l’Empire — souvent sous des formes jusque-là non reconnues. L’ouvrage propose une nouvelle typologie et une chronologie révisée, situant ces gemmes dans leurs contextes sociaux et religieux plus larges.

H 290 x W 205 mm

326 pages

2 figures, 38 plates (colour throughout)

French text

Published Jul 2026

Archaeopress Archaeology

ISBN

Hardback: 9781805833048

Digital: 9781805833055

DOI 10.32028/9781805833048

Contents

Remerciements

Introduction

Pourquoi étudier les gemmes astrologiques ?

Chapitre 1 Histoire de l’étude des gemmes astrologiques

Anton Francesco Gori : le premier catalogue commenté des gemme astrologiques

Les intailles post-antiques à la Renaissance : copies ou créations ?

La classification des gemmes astrologiques au prisme de la magie

Chapitre 2 Les Gemmes Astrologiques

Identification

Typologie des signes zodiacaux

Identifications problématiques

Gemmes astrologiques « littéraires »

Fonctions

Chapitre 3 Gemmes astrologiques et identité

L’acte de sceller

Le sceau, un double de soi même

Genrer les intailles

Signe zodiacal et identité

Des horoscopes sur un support miniature

Les emblèmes des légions

Chapitre 4 Gemmes astrologiques et politique : quel enjeu ?

Les rapports entre le pouvoir et l’astrologie à la fin de la République

Du chaos de la République au cosmos de l’Empire

Glyptique et propagande

Les thématiques politiques des gemmes augustéennes

Marc-Antoine et le Lion : un combat zodiacal ?

Légitimer le pouvoir par l’astrologie à l’époque impériale

Chapitre 5 Gemmes astrologiques et médecine

Micro et macrocosme

Lithothérapie antique entre mot et images

Les gemmes mélothésiques

Le Cancer et les yeux

Le deuxième décan du Cancer ?

Les intailles au Scorpion

Les gemmes au scorpion, quelle utilisation ?

Chapitre 6 Gemmes astrologico-magiques

Les gemmes magiques

La puissance astrale en contexte rituel

Gemmes astrologiques à fonction magique

Conclusion

Catalogue des gemmes astrologiques

Bibliographie

 

Teatro grego em cena: Caricatura e crítica

Teatro grego em cena: Caricatura e crítica

Maria de Fátima Silva

 

There are two main blocks in this volume, one dedicated to comedy and the other, more extensive, to tragedy.
Comedy and everything related to the realisation of this genre so popular among the Greeks is at the forefront of the comediographers' concerns from two fundamental perspectives: one external to the literary work, which has to do with the social and professional conditions that result from comic production, and the other intrinsic, which deals with the origins and progress of the genre, the definition of the contemporary stage of Aristophanes, the poets' suggestions for the improvement and dignification of the art.

No less important was the pari passu comparison between Aeschylus and Euripides, which resulted in a perspective on the evolution of tragedy, the modernisation, in accordance with the sophistic culture and intellectuality of the second half of the 5th century BC, of the most representative genre of the time. The differences in taste, objectives and means of realisation of two specific moments of the same dramatic form stand out, in this confrontation, with perfect clarity. However, not only the two great names of art are analysed in detail. A whole world of other figures emerges from an anonymous but active backdrop, which completed the scene from which the charismatic personalities of Greek tragedy were projected with greater brilliance.

Published

March 13, 2026

Series

Investigação

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978-989-26-2821-9

doi

10.14195/978-989-26-2821-9