Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2024.a919683
Victoria Lansing
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2024.a919682
Richard L. Phillips
Abstract: In this article I explore how superhero tales can be used in the university classroom to help students think about the changing nature of Greek myth and narrative. In doing so I examine a handful of Batman tales in light of Walter Burkert’s ideas about myth. Applying these concepts to such tales allows students to get a better sense of how stories can adapt over time to their audiences. I conclude by offering practical suggestions on how to introduce this topic into the classroom as a fun and contemporary hook to get students thinking about how myth functions in the world, both ancient and modern.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2024.a919680
Giulio Celotto
Abstract: In this paper I argue that Catullus 11 anticipates the shift from the first section of the collection (1–14), mainly revolving around the poet’s passive love for Lesbia, to the second section (14b–26), mostly focused on his active love for Juventius. My reading has three interpretive advantages: first, it confirms the authorial arrangement of the first two segments of Catullus’ collection; second, it defends the thematic unity of poem 11 by providing a coherent analysis of the connections between stanzas 1–4 and 5–6; third, it explains the different tone used by Catullus to address Furius and Aurelius in different poems.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2024.a919679
Dominika Grzesik
Abstract: In this article, I explore the so-called “decree cultures” of selected Greek sanctuaries by studying the chronological distribution of inscribed public decrees at Delos, Delphi and the Amphiareion at Oropos. The employment of quantitative methods will allow for the careful analysis of the chronological distribution of decrees displayed within the sacred space and to compare them to public documents erected in civic spaces. Interesting questions to consider are whether local decree habits were consistent with or departed from broader practices in Greek sanctuaries, and what kind of forces and intentions lay behind the setting up of decrees in sanctuaries in the first place.
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Pub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2024.a919681
Grace Funsten
Abstract: The epitaph for Margarita ( CIL 6.29896) consists of six elegiac couplets in Latin engraved on a small marble plaque in commemoration of a domestic dog. It was discovered in Rome and likely made in the second century CE. In this paper I examine its allusions to Augustan elegy and verse epitaphs for humans, arguing that it humorously applies eroticizing and literary language to a dog. I then consider Margarita’s status as an import from Gaul, arguing that the epitaph fits into a broader tendency of Augustan elegy to use foreign luxuries to eroticize and naturalize Roman imperialism.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2023.a914588
Itamar Levin
Abstract:Scholarship on ancient Greek communication has most often covered military intelligence, diplomatic correspondence or news of public interest. In the present study, in contrast, I investigate the transmission of targeted information, news relevant to a circumscribed number of individuals, such as one household. I maintain that targeted reports were delivered thanks to an institution of informal reportage which was based on a quid pro quo between news-bringers and recipients. Unlike formal messengers, informal messengers voluntarily reported ex tempore alongside their other engagements in order to be compensated. This cultural environment enabled an efficient mechanism for reportage; it was likewise, however, a fertile ground for the circulation of misinformation.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2023.a914594
Kirsty Corrigan
{"title":"Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica Book 8: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary by Cristiano Castelletti et al. (review)","authors":"Kirsty Corrigan","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2023.a914594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2023.a914594","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139016941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2023.a914590
Sophie Mills
{"title":"Who Are We and Who Are You?: Images of Our Discipline in Popular Novels","authors":"Sophie Mills","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2023.a914590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2023.a914590","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139019075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1353/tcj.2023.a914589
D. M. Possanza
Abstract:Among Pompeian wall inscriptions CIL IV.1261 is well known for its brisk obscenities and problems of text and interpretation. According to the text as it is currently printed, the graffito is generally understood to make a political statement of some kind about the mistreatment of the Roman citizen body; in what circumstances and by whom the collective of ciues Romani has been mistreated cannot be determined from the evidence of the graffito. In this paper, I present a revised text of the graffito, and I argue that the phrase ciuium Romanorum cunnus refers not to the Roman citizen body but to the emperor Nero and that the scene described in the text is the earliest extant testimony to an event that took place in 64 CE and was witnessed by persons unknown, Nero's marriage as bride to his freedman Pythagoras.
摘要：在庞培墙壁铭文中，CIL IV.1261 以其明快的淫秽文字以及文本和解释问题而闻名。根据目前印制的文本，人们普遍认为这幅壁画是在发表某种关于罗马公民身体受到虐待的政治声明；根据壁画的证据，无法确定罗马公民集体在何种情况下受到虐待，以及受到谁的虐待。在本文中，我提出了该墓志铭的修订文本，并认为 ciuium Romanorum cunnus 一词不是指罗马公民团体，而是指尼禄皇帝，而且文本中描述的场景是公元 64 年发生的事件的最早现存证据，该事件由未知人士见证，即尼禄作为新娘与他的自由人毕达哥拉斯结婚。
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