Monday, December 22, 2025

Corinthe et ses ailleurs: Voyages de Médée au théâtre, d'Euripide au contemporain

Corinthe et ses ailleurs: Voyages de Médée au théâtre, d'Euripide au contemporain
Under the direction of Maxime Pierre and Marie Saint Martin
 

This book brings together contributions from a conference on ancient, classical and contemporary reinterpretations of Medea. It explores the possibility of a postcolonial and feminist reception of this polymorphous figure.  

Publisher: Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté

Place of publication: Besançon

Published on OpenEdition Books: December 16, 2025

Digital ISBN: 978-2-38549-194-9

DOI: 10.4000/15cwuSeries: Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l’Antiquité (ISTA)

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN (Print version): 978-2-38549-193-2

Number of pages: 183

Maxime Pierre and Marie Saint Martin

Introduction : de qui Médée est-elle l’autre ?

Claire Canto-Roger

L’exil ou la fuite : vers une réévaluation de la fuga dans la Médée de Sénèque

Laurence Sieuzac

Réécrire la Médée de Sénèque aux siècles classiques : figer l’archétype par la parodie ?

Cassandre Martigny

« Ton nom est Médée. Ça signifie quelque chose » : dialogue avec la tradition d’interprétation du personnage dans Manhattan Medea de Dea Loher

Zoé Schweitzer

Corinthe/Manhattan aller-et-retour. Écrire, interpréter, représenter Médée

Marie Saint Martin

Les corps spectaculaires de Médée face au chœur des Corinthiennes : troubler les assignations de genre, de la Colchide au Kérala en passant par Tôkyô

Maxime Pierre

L’Orient désorienté : la troupe Sangaku et la création de la Médée de Sénèque sous forme de nō en langue française

Véronique Essaka-De Kerpel

L’Envol, adaptation de Médée ou figuration et reconfiguration de la représentation de l’étrangère à travers quelques réécritures contemporaines en langue française

Karen Twidle and Marie Saint Martin

Déterritorialiser Médée : Medeamorfosis, une Médée en Inde
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Être vieux dans le monde grec: De Solon à Philopœmen

Être vieux dans le monde grec: De Solon à Philopœmen
Nadine Bernard 
 

Dans le monde grec, les vieux ne forment pas une catégorie sociale déterminée, ni même une catégorie d’âge formelle : il n’y pas de basculement générationnel à un âge donné, applicable à l’ensemble d’une cohorte démographique, ouvrant sur une nouvelle étape de la vie. Les vieux ne forment pas non plus un groupe de référence tant les univers sont segmentés et les parcours en fin de vie divergents.  Qu’est-ce donc qu’être vieux en Grèce entre les vie et iie siècles ?

Pour apporter une réponse, force est d’adopter une pluralité de points de vue en analysant des sources variées, en considérant des individus issus des différents milieux socio-économiques, en prêtant attention aux écarts entre les sexes. À échelle des maisons, les conditions matérielles qui s’imposent aux vieillards amènent à l’aisance ou au besoin ; l’existence ou l’absence de relations familiales, horizontales et verticales, sont synonymes de protection ou d’isolement. Le vieil âge fonctionne à cet égard comme un miroir grossissant des inégalités, portées à l’extrême. À échelle des collectivités, les niveaux et les formes de l’engagement des aînés dans le domaine public, leurs contributions dans la vie politique, militaire ou religieuse des cités sont tout aussi diverses : ce sont là des domaines où jouent le milieu et le genre, fortement discriminants en termes de reconnaissance et d’utilité sociale. Ainsi, il n’y a pas, dans le monde grec, de vieillard “témoin” ou “moyen” car chaque espace de sociabilité constitue un lieu de construction du vieux ou de la vieille.

“Être vieux”, c’est une expérience à la fois singulière et collective qu’il faut restituer dans chaque contexte historique. Tout l’enjeu du sujet est de rendre justice à l’ensemble du spectre social, de faire apparaître l’hétérogénéité des états, des comportements, des fonctions, des lieux assignés, des relations aux proches ou aux pairs. 

Publisher: Ausonius Éditions

Place of publication: Bordeaux

Published on OpenEdition Books: December 18, 2025

Digital ISBN: 978-2-35613-753-1

DOI: 10.4000/15dra Series: Scripta Antiqua | 169

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN (Print version): 978-2-35613-564-3

Number of pages: 472

Avant-propos
Introduction

Partie I. L'âge de ses artères

Partie I. L’âge de ses artères
Chapitre I. Le corps sénile : approches médicales
Chapitre II. Corps en scènes : vieux pieds, vieilles têtes
Chapitre III. Des longues vies
Conclusion partie I

Partie II. S'accommoder de la vie : les enjeux sociaux de la longévité

Partie II. S’accommoder de la vie : les enjeux sociaux de la longévité

Sous-partie I. Des moyens d'existence

Sous-partie I. Des moyens d’existence
Chapitre IV. Subsister par soi-même : activités et indemnités
Chapitre V. L’entretien des personnes âgées
Conclusion sous-partie I

Sous-partie II. Les agréments discrets de l'existence. Unions maritales et relations intimes

Sous-partie II. Les agréments discrets de l’existence. Unions maritales et relations intimes.
Chapitre VI. Du mariage tardif
Chapitre VII. Sexualité masculine vs sexualité féminine
Conclusion sous-partie II

Sous-partie III. Le vieillard en sa maison

Sous-partie III. Le vieillard en sa maison
Chapitre VIII. Que faire de sa vieillesse ?
Chapitre IX. “Le vieillard : deux fois enfant”
Conclusion sous-partie III

Partie III. S'investir dans les affaires communes

Partie III. S’investir dans les affaires communes

Sous-partie I. Le vieillard : un animal politique ?

Sous-partie I. Le vieillard : un animal politique ?
Chapitre X. Faire bon usage de l’ancienneté
Chapitre XI. Des cités gérontocratiques ?
Conclusion sous-partie I

Sous-partie II. Compétences et engagement religieux

Sous-partie II. Compétences et engagement religieux
Chapitre XII. Les charges religieuses : des ressorts d’élévation
Chapitre XIII. Des fidèles de faible visibilité
Conclusion sous-partie II

Sous-partie III. Les vieillards dans la guerre, contributions et contrecoups

Sous-partie III. Les vieillards dans la guerre, contributions et contrecoups
Chapitre XIV. Vieillesse et vigueur combattante
Chapitre XV. Les épreuves de la guerre
Conclusion sous-partie III

Partie IV. Placés sous le regard

Partie IV. Placés sous le regard
Chapitre XVI. La vieillesse, triste à voir ?
Chapitre XVII. Plastiques de l’âge et hiérarchies sociales
Chapitre XVIII. Les deux pieds dans la tombe
Conclusion partie IV
Épilogue
Bibliographie
Index des sources


 

 

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Open Access Journal: Claroscuro: Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural

[First posted in AWOL 5 July 2017, updated 22 December 2025]

Claroscuro: Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural
ISSN:1666-1842 (impreso)
ISSN: 2314-0542 (en línea)
Revista del Centro de Estudios sobre Diversidad Cultural. Publica trabajos de investigación, análisis de problemas teóricos y de casos, reseñas críticas y para abrir debates y contrastar posiciones, haciendo hincapié en la problemática de la diversidad cultural, las variantes teóricas vinculadas con ella y sus consecuencias sociales y políticas. 
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Newly Open Access Journal: Akkadica

ISSN: 378-5087
 

Akkadica was first published in 1977 as the bimonthly journal of the Fondation Assyriologique / Assyriologische Stichting Georges Dossin, named in honour of the eminent Assyriologist Georges Dossin (1896-1983), widely regarded as the founding figure of Belgian Assyriology. The foundation—later renamed the Assyriological Centre Georges Dossin—was established in his honour by his students: Jean-Robert Kupper (1920-2009) of the University of Liège, André Finet (1921-2007) of the Free University of Brussels, Léon De Meyer (1928-2006) of Ghent University, and Denyse Homès-Fredericq (1934- ) of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels.

In its early decades, Akkadica published excavation reports, editions of cuneiform texts, and scholarly studies on the history and cultures of Mesopotamia. In addition, the journal served as a forum for the international Assyriological community by reporting on ongoing projects, academic events, newly published research, and professional announcements.

From 2001 onwards, Akkadica shifted its focus exclusively to peer-reviewed scholarly articles and has since been published biannually. During this period, the journal was edited by Léon De Meyer and Denyse Homès-Fredericq; following De Meyer’s death in 2006, Michel Tanret joined the editorial team as editor. Since 2009, Akkadica has held the A1 quality label awarded by Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate Analytics) and has been indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI).

In 2026, Akkadica entered a new phase as a diamond open-access journal, freely available online with no publication or reading fees. The journal is now published by a Ghent University–based editorial team, led by Katrien De Graef (Editor-in-Chief), with Gustav Ryberg Smidt and Mirko Surdi as Assistant Editors, and supported by an international editorial board of leading scholars in the archaeology, history, and languages of Western Asia.

[n.b. Vol, 116 ff. are currently available online] 

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024

Articles

A new granary inscription of king Argišti I and a new Urartiab form alda/bi

  • Kenan Isik

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 171–178

An exemplar of the standard version of Tu-ta-ti (CBS 7078)

  • Youngjae Lee

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 93–106

Forced real estate sales in Babylonia - ca. 2000 - 1600 BCE

  • Howard Farber

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 107–115

Linear style seals, glyptic networks, and cultural interconnections amidst Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean turmoil: Some observtions on a cylinder seal fromPyla-Kokkinokremos

  • Joachim Bretschneider
  • Alexander Donald
  • Jan Driessen

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 201–227

Seals on heels. The sealing practice of female economic actors in Old Babylonian Sippar

  • Prof. Katrien De Graef
  • Charlotte Virgils

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 117–169

When did the king bow and kneel in the Hittite festivals ?

  • Hajime Yamamoto

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 179–200

Book review

Review of Calini, I., Tell Masaīkh/Kar-Assurnasirpal. Horizons céramiques dans les cultures de la vallée du Moyen Euphrate à l'Âgedu Fer III

  • Stefano Anastasio

Volume 145 • Issue 2 • 2024 • 229–230

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Being Pagan, Being Christian in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages

Katja Ritari, Jan R. Stenger, William Van Andringa (eds.)
 

What does it mean to identify oneself as pagan or Christian in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages? How are religious identities constructed, negotiated, and represented in oral and written discourse? How is identity performed in rituals, how is it visible in material remains?

Antiquity and the Middle Ages are usually regarded as two separate fields of scholarship. However, the period between the fourth and tenth centuries remains a time of transformations in which the process of religious change and identity building reached beyond the chronological boundary and the Roman, the Christian and ‘the barbarian’ traditions were merged in multiple ways.

Being Pagan, Being Christian in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages brings together researchers from various fields, including archaeology, history, classical studies, and theology, to enhance discussion of this period of change as one continuum across the artificial borders of the different scholarly disciplines. With new archaeological data and contributions from scholars specializing on both textual and material remains, these different fields of study shed light on how religious identities of the people of the past are defined and identified.

The contributions reassess the interplay of diversity and homogenising tendencies in a shifting religious landscape. Beyond the diversity of traditions, this book highlights the growing capacity of Christianity to hold together, under its control, the different dimensions – identity, cultural, ethical and emotional – of individual and collective religious experience.

Katja Ritari holds the title of docent of Study of Religions at the University of Helsinki.

Jan R. Stenger is a professor of Classics at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

William Van Andringa is a director of studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études Paris.

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Peer Review Information

This work has been peer reviewed.

Language

  • English

Date published

Pages

340

ISBNs

  • Paperback
    978-952-369-097-4
  • PDF
    978-952-369-098-1
  • EPUB
    978-952-369-099-8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33134/AHEAD-4


 

 

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Rays of Language: Linguistic Perspectives on Non-Literary Papyri and Related Sources

Klaas Bentain, Marja Vierros (eds.)
 

Renewed attention to the language of ancient documentary sources – above all Greek papyri – has opened new paths in linguistic research. Rays of Language: Linguistic Perspectives on Non-Literary Papyri and Related Sources brings together specialists from across the field to explore how everyday written documents illuminate linguistic diversity, change, and communication in the ancient world. The volume offers a comprehensive overview of current approaches to the study of non-literary Greek and related languages.

Drawing on new corpora, digital tools, and theoretical frameworks, the contributors examine a wide range of linguistic phenomena from spelling practices and language contact to syntax, register, and discourse structure. Each chapter demonstrates how documentary texts, often considered peripheral, in fact provide crucial evidence for the dynamics of language in use and for the multilingual realities of Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt.

The book is organised into four thematic parts. Part 1: Language Contact and Scribal Influence explores multilingualism, scribal norms, and the interplay between Greek and other languages used in Egypt, including Latin and Coptic, while also considering early Arabic documentary practices within a comparative framework. Part 2: Quantitative Studies applies corpus-based and computational methods to questions of usage and change, revealing new insights into frequency and distribution. Part 3: New Insights on Greek Syntax investigates syntactic developments in the papyri, shedding light on phenomena such as the optative, insubordination, and variation in formulaic complementation structures. And Part 4: Socio-Pragmatic Approaches situates linguistic choices within their social and communicative settings, analysing stylistic variation, occupational language, and discourse markers.

By situating Greek within its wider linguistic environment – engaging with Latin, Coptic, and Arabic sources – Rays of Language broadens the horizons of papyrological linguistics and historical sociolinguistics alike. It offers both a synthesis of ongoing developments and a stimulus for future research into the language of the ancient Mediterranean’s everyday written culture.

Klaas Bentein is an associate research professor of classics and linguistics at Ghent University.

Marja Vierros is a professor of classical philology at the University of Helsinki.

License

CC BY-NC 4.0

Peer Review Information

This work has been peer reviewed.

Language

  • English

Date published

Pages

442

ISBNs

  • Paperback
    978-952-369-139-1
  • PDF
    978-952-369-140-7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-34

Rays of Language

Linguistic Perspectives on Non-Literary Papyri and Related Sources



(eds.)

Renewed attention to the language of ancient documentary sources – above all Greek papyri – has opened new paths in linguistic research. Rays of Language: Linguistic Perspectives on Non-Literary Papyri and Related Sources brings together specialists from across the field to explore how everyday written documents illuminate linguistic diversity, change, and communication in the ancient world. The volume offers a comprehensive overview of current approaches to the study of non-literary Greek and related languages.

Drawing on new corpora, digital tools, and theoretical frameworks, the contributors examine a wide range of linguistic phenomena from spelling practices and language contact to syntax, register, and discourse structure. Each chapter demonstrates how documentary texts, often considered peripheral, in fact provide crucial evidence for the dynamics of language in use and for the multilingual realities of Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt.

The book is organised into four thematic parts. Part 1: Language Contact and Scribal Influence explores multilingualism, scribal norms, and the interplay between Greek and other languages used in Egypt, including Latin and Coptic, while also considering early Arabic documentary practices within a comparative framework. Part 2: Quantitative Studies applies corpus-based and computational methods to questions of usage and change, revealing new insights into frequency and distribution. Part 3: New Insights on Greek Syntax investigates syntactic developments in the papyri, shedding light on phenomena such as the optative, insubordination, and variation in formulaic complementation structures. And Part 4: Socio-Pragmatic Approaches situates linguistic choices within their social and communicative settings, analysing stylistic variation, occupational language, and discourse markers.

By situating Greek within its wider linguistic environment – engaging with Latin, Coptic, and Arabic sources – Rays of Language broadens the horizons of papyrological linguistics and historical sociolinguistics alike. It offers both a synthesis of ongoing developments and a stimulus for future research into the language of the ancient Mediterranean’s everyday written culture.

Klaas Bentein is an associate research professor of classics and linguistics at Ghent University.

Marja Vierros is a professor of classical philology at the University of Helsinki.




 

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