{"title":"Reading Poetry, Writing Genre. English Poetry and Literary Criticism in Dialogue with Classical Scholarship ed. by Silvio Bär and Emily Hauser (review)","authors":"Margarita Sotiriou","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2022.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2022.0005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77920667","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}
{"title":"Cheiron's Way: Youthful Education in Homer and Tragedy by Justina Gregory (review)","authors":"S. Goins","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2022.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2022.0006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82221069","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}
Abstract:A passage from Speusippus' letter to Philip underlines the value of the myths presented by the Athenian thinker in his missive as λόγοι δυνάμενοι τὴν σὴν ἀρχὴν ὠφελεῖν, that is, useful arguments for the king's rule. Speusippus' words are by no means trivial, considering that myths played a significant role as a political instrument in the Macedonian court since at least the reign of Alexander Philhellene, as Herodotus shows. Besides addressing the development of the mythical narratives related to the remote past of the Argead dynasty, this paper analyses the political use that the Macedonian rulers made of them and their successive adaptation to the necessities of the Argeadae, as well as the role that the Greek writers linked to the court played in shaping myths that, as Speusippus pointed out, became propagandistic λόγοι in the service of the Macedonian interests.
{"title":"ΛΟΓΟΙ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΝΟΙ ΤΗΝ ΣΗΝ ΑΡΧΗΝ ΩΦΕΛΕΙΝ (Speus. Phil. 8): The Political Use of Mythical History at the Macedonian Court down to the Age of Philip","authors":"A. Fernández","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2022.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2022.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:A passage from Speusippus' letter to Philip underlines the value of the myths presented by the Athenian thinker in his missive as λόγοι δυνάμενοι τὴν σὴν ἀρχὴν ὠφελεῖν, that is, useful arguments for the king's rule. Speusippus' words are by no means trivial, considering that myths played a significant role as a political instrument in the Macedonian court since at least the reign of Alexander Philhellene, as Herodotus shows. Besides addressing the development of the mythical narratives related to the remote past of the Argead dynasty, this paper analyses the political use that the Macedonian rulers made of them and their successive adaptation to the necessities of the Argeadae, as well as the role that the Greek writers linked to the court played in shaping myths that, as Speusippus pointed out, became propagandistic λόγοι in the service of the Macedonian interests.","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87835586","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}
he edited volume under review began as two conferences in 2009 and 2010. The contributors are all respected scholars in the field who represent an array of methodological approaches to citizenship. The uniting factor is the recognition of the archaic period as a valuable era of study in its own right, rather than solely a precursor to the classical age, and an overt rejection of the traditional view of citizenship based on Aristotle’s standard of holding office and administering justice. Looking beyond an institutional definition of citizenship that privileges political office, the volume showcases what it meant for the Greeks of the archaic period to be citizens from the standpoint of descent and participation. An examination of the table of contents reveals the impressive range of contributions. The chapters explore the role of military obligations, commensality, religion, athletics, associations, luxury and other community delimiting activities. The volume serves both as a compilation of the current state of scholarship on archaic Greek citizenship and as a call to action, with some chapters laying the groundwork for future developments in the field. Rather than produce the most cursory summaries of all the chapters within the constraints of this review, I will instead highlight representative chapters, in particular those that gesture towards new directions for the field. Thus, exclusion by no means indicates a lack of quality or appeal. The book opens with Duplouy’s wide-ranging survey that lays out traditional approaches to citizenship and the general response to them of the past couple of decades. Announcing from the outset that his survey will not be comprehensive, he manages to dip into controversies without getting bogged down. Despite his caveat, the chapter is a useful outline of the main currents of scholarship for those wishing to situate the chapters that follow.
{"title":"Defining Citizenship in Archaic Greece ed. by Alain Duplouy and Roger Brock (review)","authors":"Naomi T. Campa","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2022.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2022.0007","url":null,"abstract":"he edited volume under review began as two conferences in 2009 and 2010. The contributors are all respected scholars in the field who represent an array of methodological approaches to citizenship. The uniting factor is the recognition of the archaic period as a valuable era of study in its own right, rather than solely a precursor to the classical age, and an overt rejection of the traditional view of citizenship based on Aristotle’s standard of holding office and administering justice. Looking beyond an institutional definition of citizenship that privileges political office, the volume showcases what it meant for the Greeks of the archaic period to be citizens from the standpoint of descent and participation. An examination of the table of contents reveals the impressive range of contributions. The chapters explore the role of military obligations, commensality, religion, athletics, associations, luxury and other community delimiting activities. The volume serves both as a compilation of the current state of scholarship on archaic Greek citizenship and as a call to action, with some chapters laying the groundwork for future developments in the field. Rather than produce the most cursory summaries of all the chapters within the constraints of this review, I will instead highlight representative chapters, in particular those that gesture towards new directions for the field. Thus, exclusion by no means indicates a lack of quality or appeal. The book opens with Duplouy’s wide-ranging survey that lays out traditional approaches to citizenship and the general response to them of the past couple of decades. Announcing from the outset that his survey will not be comprehensive, he manages to dip into controversies without getting bogged down. Despite his caveat, the chapter is a useful outline of the main currents of scholarship for those wishing to situate the chapters that follow.","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86732321","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}
Abstract:In this article, we continue the discussion about the future of critical editions begun in volume 112 of The Classical Journal by Keeline and continued in volume 114 by Olson. Written from the point of view of two scholars working in the field of digital philology, the article affirms some elements of Keeline's vision and addresses Olson's concerns about that vision. Concrete examples from an active project that seeks to translate the visual elements of traditional critical editions into machine-readable data reveal that Keeline and Olson's views are not as far apart as they seem.
{"title":"The Digital Critical Apparatus: Thoughts from the Field","authors":"Samuel J. Huskey, Hugh Cayless","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2022.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2022.0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In this article, we continue the discussion about the future of critical editions begun in volume 112 of The Classical Journal by Keeline and continued in volume 114 by Olson. Written from the point of view of two scholars working in the field of digital philology, the article affirms some elements of Keeline's vision and addresses Olson's concerns about that vision. Concrete examples from an active project that seeks to translate the visual elements of traditional critical editions into machine-readable data reveal that Keeline and Olson's views are not as far apart as they seem.","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80286382","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}
{"title":"The Reception of Cicero in the Early Roman Empire. The Rhetorical Schoolroom and the Creation of a Cultural Legend by Thomas J. Keeline (review)","authors":"A. Balbo","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2021.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2021.0011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79939850","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}
Abstract:Renaissance thought, as well as its intertwined reception of classical texts, generally receives little interest in either Classics or Philosophy departments. In this article, I outline my experiences teaching Renaissance philosophy in the format of a survey course treating a broad range of thinkers (e.g., Ficino, Della Mirandola, Machiavelli) and themes (e.g., “mirror for princes”, myth of Venice), examine the available materials and consider the student learning outcomes underpinning such a course. By evaluating the skill set that students acquire from such a course which could enrich their study of classical antiquity, I argue for a more widespread adoption of Renaissance thought on the undergraduate Classics curriculum and suggest how such a course might be implemented.
{"title":"Introducing Renaissance Philosophy to the Undergraduate (Classics) Curriculum","authors":"C. O’Brien","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2021.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2021.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Renaissance thought, as well as its intertwined reception of classical texts, generally receives little interest in either Classics or Philosophy departments. In this article, I outline my experiences teaching Renaissance philosophy in the format of a survey course treating a broad range of thinkers (e.g., Ficino, Della Mirandola, Machiavelli) and themes (e.g., “mirror for princes”, myth of Venice), examine the available materials and consider the student learning outcomes underpinning such a course. By evaluating the skill set that students acquire from such a course which could enrich their study of classical antiquity, I argue for a more widespread adoption of Renaissance thought on the undergraduate Classics curriculum and suggest how such a course might be implemented.","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87494286","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}
{"title":"Ovationes Anni Salutis MMXXI","authors":"D. J. White","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2021.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2021.0010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88014541","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}
{"title":"The Hellenistic Court. Monarchic Power and Elite Society from Alexander to Cleopatra ed. by Andrew Erskine, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Shane Wallace (review)","authors":"Carol J. King","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2021.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2021.0014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81678743","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}
{"title":"Arms and the Woman: Classical Tradition and Women Writers in the Venetian Renaissance by Francesca D’Alessandro Behr (review)","authors":"Seán Easton","doi":"10.1353/tcj.2021.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2021.0015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35668,"journal":{"name":"CLASSICAL JOURNAL","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72713167","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}
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