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

Copyright (c) 2026 Coimbra University Press

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ISBN-13 (15)

978-989-26-2821-9

doi

10.14195/978-989-26-2821-9

 

 

Classics and Public Policy: Perspectives from the United Kingdom

Classics and Public Policy: Perspectives from the United Kingdom

Holmes-Henderson, Arlene (editor)

This book is the first to connect Classics with Public Policy, opening up discussion of the study and application of Classics in, and for, policy communities across the United Kingdom. It confronts and dismantles existing dominant narratives that classicists do not ‘do’ policy and shows that, like any other skill, policy engagement can be taught. It provides examples from UK research and policy contexts and makes suggestions for how subject associations, learned societies and universities can embed the pedagogy of policy engagement into their courses. Contributions range from academic classicists to a Former Secretary of State to a current junior civil servant, and each reflects on their routes into policy and recommends ways for colleagues to begin, or extend, their policy influence. At a time when the Arts and Humanities are under increasing financial pressures, this book provides much-needed case studies of personal and professional experiences which highlight the ‘value’ of classicists’ research, evidence for informing policy priorities and the ‘relevance’ of Classics for employability and career success in UK government, parliament and beyond. This volume is of interest to anyone studying or working in the fields of Classics and public policy, particularly in the UK.

URI

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176692

Keywords

Parliament; Humanities policy engagement; Cybersecurity; Ancient history influence; Classics; Educational policy analysis; Public Policy; Interdisciplinary policy research; Climate change; Classics employability skills; Government; Government decision making; United Kingdom; Classics impact on UK public policy

DOI

10.4324/9781003653455

ISBN

9781040565841, 9781040668771, 9781003653455

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publisher website

http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/

Publication date and place

Oxford, 2026

Grantor

• UK Research and Innovation

Imprint

Routledge

Pages

156

Rights

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

 

Gli epigrammi di Platone. Studio introduttivo, edizione e commento

Gli epigrammi di Platone. Studio introduttivo, edizione e commento 

Marco Pelucchi 

 

La tradizione antica attribuisce a Platone un gruppo di epigrammi, oggi quasi unanimemente ritenuti inautentici. La loro trasmissione, tuttavia, solleva alcuni fondamentali interrogativi: perché furono legati al nome del filosofo, per opera di chi e in quali contesti? Questo volume costituisce il primo studio complessivo degli epigrammi attribuiti a Platone e ne propone una nuova edizione critica, accompagnata da un ampio commento e da uno studio introduttivo che ricostruisce storia, fortuna, ragioni dell’attribuzione dei testi. Intrecciando analisi filologica ed esegetica, l’indagine esplora la circolazione e la ricezione, letteraria e filosofica, di un corpus stratificato, che riflette differenti pratiche di falsificazione, rielaborazione e assegnazione, gettando nuova luce su momenti meno noti della storia del platonismo.

Pubblicato

febbraio 17, 2026

Categorie

• Lingue e Linguaggio

Copyright (c) 2026 The Author(s)

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Questo lavoro è fornito con la licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0.

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979-12-5510-351-6

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979-12-5510-353-0

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ISBN-13 (15)

979-12-5510-349-3

 

 

Water in Ancient Mediterranean Households

Water in Ancient Mediterranean Households

Bonnie, Rick (editor)

Klingborg, Patrik (editor)

This book provides the first detailed study of the water supply of households in antiquity. Chapters explore settings from Classical Greece to the Late Roman Empire across a wide variety of environments, from dry deserts and moderate Mediterranean zones to wet and temperate climates further north. The different case studies presented in each chapter are united by three intimately interconnected aspects. The first, rainwater harvesting in cisterns, provides detailed techno-hydraulic investigations of the household water supply systems. The second aspect, households and water at the margins, stresses how domestic water supply systems were successfully adapted to unusually harsh environmental conditions. The third, other waters for houses, focuses on other types of water supply systems (rivers, water-bearers, stepped pools, wells) and their life biographies. As shown by the different chapters, a careful study of a household’s water supply is a rich source of evidence for understanding everyday decisions, anxieties, and changes in life. They also build towards a greater understanding of the social inequalities that are at play in the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, providing a wealth of new research to greatly augment our understanding of water as a resource in the ancient Mediterranean. Providing a new and important perspective on a central part of everyday life in the ancient world, this book is aimed at archaeologists and historians of the ancient Mediterranean, notably the Greek and Roman worlds, especially those with an interest in ancient households and water culture. 

URI

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/133739

DOI

10.4324/9781003268222

ISBN

9781003268222, 9781032213972, 9781032214009

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publisher website

http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/

Publication date and place

2024

Imprint

Routledge

Series

Global Perspectives on Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology,

Audio-Visual Roman Women: Gender, History and Screen Media

Audio-Visual Roman Women: Gender, History and Screen Media

Wyke, Maria (editor)

Wozniak, Monika (editor)

This open-access book is an interdisciplinary and transnational study of how screen media can shape our perception of Roman women and project present gender inequalities onto them. Maria Wyke and Monika Wozniak explore a range of representations that have given life to Roman women through a multisensory experience of history as image, movement and sound, starting from the 1900s through to the 2020s (from the arrival of cinema to the ascendance of video games). This book asks: what sources do screen media draw on for their Roman women (given the scarcity of suitable ancient material), how are they assembled aesthetically and ideologically using the specific devices of such media (from camerawork to gameplay), and who are they made by and for (especially in terms of gender)? Each chapter investigates the diverse ways these representations interlock with the social position of women at the time in which they were made, and consider to what extent they have responded to the emergence of feminism, the revisionist scholarship on ancient women that emerged in the mid-1970s, and the rise of the #MeToo movement from 2006. The challenge of creating authentic yet compelling portrayals of Roman women is greater than ever, in a media culture marked by anti-feminist rhetoric and a wide gap between our ancient sources (where female agency is tightly constrained) and current expectations for powerful women in popular culture. The volume will therefore provide a stronger platform on which to build the Roman women of the future. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com . Open access was funded by University College London. 

ISBN

9781350461857

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)

Publication date and place

London, 2025

Imprint

Bloomsbury Academic

Series

IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts,

 

 

Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion

Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion

Bur, Tatiana

For the first time investigates the ways that technological, and especially mechanical, strategies were integrated into ancient Greek religion. Presents in full the evidence from the fifth century BCE to the second century CE, thereby revealing the shifting matrices of agency between technical objects, mechanical knowledge, gods, and mortals. 

DOI

10.1017/9781009331722

Webshop link

http://doi.org/10.1017/9781009 ...

ISBN

9781009331722, 978100933168597810093

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication date and place

2025

Series

Cambridge Classical Studies, CCS

Impaired Consciousness in Ancient Medical Texts

Impaired Consciousness in Ancient Medical Texts 

Pelavski, Andrés

Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind –which underpin the notion of consciousness– challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the theoretical concepts clearly explained. 

ISBN

9781009616577, 978100961659197810096

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication date and place

2025

Series

Cambridge Classical Studies, CCS