. by Reynaldo Riva

“…Certain ideas about monkeys which classical antiquity accepted as true are presented, ideas which may have helped L. …”
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A South Italian Bell‑Krater – a New Acquisition of the National Museum, Prague by Helena Svobodová, Pavel Titz, Romana Kozáková

“…The Classical Antiquity Collection in the National Museum was recently enriched by the donation of an assemblage of pottery sherds. …”
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Tecniche di purificazione rituale nei papiri magici greci by Paolo Vitellozzi

“…As far as classical antiquity is concerned, some fundamental studies, such as Walter Burkert’s monograph on Greek religion (1977) or Robert Parker’s Miasma (1983), provide us with a clear view on the religious thoughts underlying purification rituals in the Mediterranean world. …”
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El Encomio del duque de Alba de Calvete de Estrella. Entre la apología y el desagravio by Manuel Antonio Díaz Gito

“…By means of different rhetorical techniques related to the encomium, such as the surpassing of paradigmatic models from Classical Antiquity or the concealment of negative aspects, the poet sketches a flattering portrait of the Great Duke with the intention of both praising him and improving his public image.…”
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D’Annunzio ‘grecista’ in appendice a Primo vere by Chapelle, Luca

“… The first time Gabriele d’Annunzio’s literary activity dealt with the classical antiquity dates back directly to 1879, when the author published his first poetic collection: Primo vere. …”
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Reason without feelings? Emotions in the history of western philosophy by Kišjuhas Aleksej

“…After the analysis of the philosophies of emotions and passion amongst the most important philosophers and philosophical works of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, the paper presents ideas on this interrelationship within the framework of modern philosophy, or during the so-called Age of Reason. …”
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Corrupção e morte da política: análise de uma patologia social by Orlando Lyra de Carvalho Jr.

“…Using the modern concept of political corruption, defined as the undue utilization of public power for private gains, this article examines the conceptual transformation of that the notion of corruption has undergone since Classical Antiquity. Through a Foucauldian analysis of central aspects of the historical-political process, which makes possible the transposition of the term interest from the merely economic field to central forms and notions of contemporary political organization, we reach the conclusion that, if applied literally, the modern concept of corruption represents the death of political and the surest path to totalitarianism.…”
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HOUSES IN THE ENGLISH NOVEL: MODERNISMS, EKPHRASES, AND THRESHOLDS by Michael Hattaway

“…It demonstrates how certain topics and tropes, dating back to classical antiquity, can be traced through this period, and how they record some of the great nineteenth-century and early modern concerns: urbanization, industry and industriousness, conspicuous display, alienation, gender roles, the resilience of romantic notions of nature, and, underlying all, a sense of mutability and precariousness undermining stability.…”
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Oswald Spengler and his Interpretation of the Ancient Egyptian Civilisation by David Engels

“…This somewhat obscures his contribution to comparative history and his interest not only in Classical Antiquity and the West, but also in the Ancient Near East. …”
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Los siete sabios de Grecia. Enfoque Crítico by María Esther Conejo A.

“…Many texts from the ClassicalAntiquity mention the "Seven Greek learned men". …”
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De la rhétorique des « nations » à la théorie des « races ». L’influence des théories scientifiques sur la pensée des stéréotypes « nationaux » (XIIIe-XVe-XVIIIe s.)... by Benoît Grévin

“…The various “proto-national” stereotypes developed in the late Middle Ages from a complex mixture of topoi, partly inherited from classical antiquity, and folkloric motifs. The study of sources of a classificatory type cataloguing the qualities and defects of “nations” (nationes, gentes, linguae...) allows us to show how this thought becomes scientific from the thirteenth century onwards by taking the paths of medicine and scholastic philosophy. …”
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The Mythical Underworlds of Francis Stevens and Daphne du Maurier by Mercedes Aguirre

“…These stories do not follow the ‘canonical’ or more popular type of underworld narrative, especially the idea of the katabasis or descent to the underworld and the encounter with the dead, a motif which has often been present in Western culture since classical antiquity and has generated numerous narratives. …”
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Antiphon’s the Orator’s Sports Lexicon and Methaphors: Some New Considerations by Héctor Felipe PASTOR ANDRÉS

“…The sports vocabulary and metaphors of antiphon’s texts have not ever been conscientiously studied, despite the increasing amount of scholarly attention that other authors’ sports lexicon and usages have received. this scarcity is all the more surprising because of the importance of antiphon for the study of javelin throw in classical antiquity. the aim of this essay is to remedy such a deficient situation. in order to do so, i have studied the passages that contain purely sports terms, sports usages of generic terms, and sports metaphors. i have studied all the terms in their respective contexts and have provided a significant number of classical references, along with modern sources.…”
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Den stulna myten: Samtida speglingar av antiken by Peter Jackson

“…A recent exhibition of reconstructed polychrome statues and reliefs from Classical Antiquity (White Lies), and the Hollywood blockbuster movie Troy, are seen as indicative of this hypercorrecting urge. …”
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Archivi intermediali: il valzer nella testualità byroniana by Carla Pomarè

“…A special relationship with the rediscovery of classical antiquity influenced creative processes which are, in theatrical dance, linked to connoisseurship practice and the perception of classical iconography through technique, aesthetic and moral values. …”
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The Minice Hillfort and its Hinterland. Putting the Archaeological Data Together by Viktoria Čisťakova, Petra Tušlová, Miloslav Slabina

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‘The Delightful Logic of Intoxication’: Fictionalising Alcoholism by Wojciech Klepuszewski

“…This reflection is as relevant to classical antiquity, when wine was savoured during the Greek symposia, as to the modern world, in which alcohologists study the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. …”
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A semiotic analysis of the recreation of “the raven” in the simpsons by Sílvia Maria Guerra Anastácio, Célia Nunes Silva

“…It is worth investigating how signs of the source culture from the nineteenth century have been translated into those of the target culture from the twentieth century; or to seek traces of irony in this intertextual dialogue with allusion to myths, deities, and figures from classical antiquity.…”
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Time as a Dimension of Byzantine Identity by Johannes Koder

“…The notion of identity (tautotes) was discussed, often in contrast to its opposite “otherness” (heterotes), not only during Classical Antiquity but also by Christian and Byzantine authors since Late Antiquity. …”
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FROM THE GEOCENTRIC REFERENCE TO THE HELIOCENTRIC: SCIENCE, MODERNITY AND TEACHING by Fernando Roberto Jayme

“…Since the classical antiquity, numerous theories have been elaborated to explain the morphology of the universe. …”
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