Classical Philology

Would anyone be able to offer a better translation, including word by word, of the below quote from Diodorus Siculus?

It's been a long time since I did my one semester of Classical Greek at UQ, and while I can work my way through Liddell and Scott to identify the words, putting them together in a coherent...

28 May 2017 4,958 11 View

Would anyone be able to offer a better translation, including word by word, of the below quote from Diodorus Siculus?

It's been a long time since I did my one semester of Classical Greek at UQ, and while I can work my way through Liddell and Scott to identify the words, putting them together in a coherent...

04 May 2017 4,916 12 View

I am looking for more information about the image of Helen of Troy in the elegies of Sextus Propertius. Anyone knows anything about that?

There are some quotations on Helen of Troy in the Elegies of Propertius (I BC), I would like to known if any scholar has written about that.

05 June 2016 8,394 4 View

Data-base of Spanish Renaissance texts?

I am used to edit Latin Renaissance Poetry. Frequently I do lexical searchs in the Latin Library of Brepols on-line. This let me find the text of the Antiquity which is being imitated, for...

20 March 2016 8,373 5 View

Data-base of Spanish Renaissance texts?

I am used to edit Latin Renaissance Poetry. Frequently I do lexical searchs in the Latin Library of Brepols on-line. This let me find the text of the Antiquity which is being imitated, for...

02 March 2016 5,509 6 View

I am studying the mirror in the Roman world in all his aspects. Someone has ideas in the matter, specially on his symbolic function?

Religious or magic aspects. mirror's forms or features bibliography

02 March 2016 4,171 11 View

What kind of the relationship we could do between the roman imperial cult and the perpetuation of Augustus' image?

There is a imperial cult after Augustus' reign, and the augustan deities remain being worshiped after his death. Exactly what kind relationship between these worships and Augustus?

23 October 2015 7,013 4 View

What did Ancient Sumer contribute in the development of Western Linguistics?

Why did the Sumerians shift to use Akkadian language?

09 October 2015 3,850 3 View

What kind of the relationship we could do between the roman imperial cult and the perpetuation of Augustus' image?

There is a imperial cult after Augustus' reign, and the augustan deities remain being worshiped after his death. Exactly what kind relationship between these worships and Augustus?

09 October 2015 7,678 5 View

Is it possible that the Crónica de 1344 had directly followed the source of De Rebus Hispaniae, rather than through the Estoria de España?

Is it possible that the Crónica de 1344 had directly followed the source of De Rebus Hispaniae, rather than through the Estoria de España?

08 September 2015 5,957 1 View

Is it possible that the Crónica de 1344 had directly followed the source of De Rebus Hispaniae, rather than through the Estoria de España?

Is it possible that the Crónica de 1344 had directly followed the source of De Rebus Hispaniae, rather than through the Estoria de España?

04 September 2015 2,026 1 View

Ideologically, is the Homeric epic a dissident text or is it enrolled in traditional hegemonic values?

regarding war and heroism

01 February 2015 9,553 10 View

In Medieval philosophy, how did Bernhard of Chartres comment in his Glosses on Plato and Plato´s Republic?

Bernhard of Chartres says in his Glosses on Plato, that such an ideal state cannot exist in this world. Is this now his own opinion, or does he refer to Republic IX 592ab? Because: As far as I...

04 December 2014 2,717 3 View

How do we develop ordered preferences for things in our world?

I would be extremely grateful if anyone can help me identify which philosophers wrote about how we develop preferences? Aristotle identified his 10 categories which structured our understanding...

01 February 2014 8,029 0 View

Are imagination and reality irreconcilable?

Thought (idea) vs. matter.

31 December 2013 5,298 8 View

What are your thoughts on Golden Ages and Silver Ages as viable historical categories?

Since Hesiod spoke of the various mythical ages of man - the gold, the silver, the bronze- historians have been applying golden and silver ages to the histories of particular cultures: Greece,...

10 November 2013 6,003 23 View

Does Monism answer all questions of humanity?

There are many question around human being. Can we answer all question by study of brain? Or maybe we need another aspect of mankind for discover some mysteries. I'm very eager to know that you...

10 November 2013 5,174 5 View

What are your thoughts on Golden Ages and Silver Ages as viable historical categories?

Since Hesiod spoke of the various mythical ages of man - the gold, the silver, the bronze- historians have been applying golden and silver ages to the histories of particular cultures: Greece,...

03 November 2013 5,001 23 View

When did oral epic poetry begin in Greece?

In the following paper, I advance the idea that it was not until after the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces and the collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms around 1200 BC that the performance of...

07 August 2013 3,592 3 View

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31 December 1969 8,285 0 View

Which scientist has become a role model for you?

Many scientists lived who have milestone the world with his studies from past to present. Which scientist has been a role model for you through his studies or his behavior? Which have their...

31 December 1969 677 18 View

What is life?

"What is life?" question answered such; Dostoevsky: "Hell" Socrates: "Agony" Nietzsche: "The Power" Picasso: "Art" Gandhi: "The War" What is "Life" for you?

31 December 1969 3,398 5 View