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Item Metadata only Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings: Studies in the Representation of Physical and Mental Suffering(Brill, 2023) Clarke, J.R.; King, D.; Baltussen, J.Item Open Access Simplikios(Schwabe Verlag, 2018) Baltussen, J.N.; Riedweg, C.; Horn, C.; Wirwa, C.Abstract not availableItem Metadata only Knowledge: Science and Education(Bloomsbury, 2020) Baltussen, J.N.; Dignas, B.The paper examines the role of writing in the rise of science during classical antiquity, treating the new technology as an increasingly important tool comparable to an external memory.Item Metadata only Book review of Kit Morrell: Pompey, Cato, and the Governance of the Roman Empire(Herder-Institut, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 2019) Rafferty, D.Item Metadata only The Fall of the Roman Republic(Classical Association of Victoria, 2015) Rafferty, D.Item Metadata only People in power, societies in crisis - Greece - The Peloponnesian War (460 - 403 BC)(Classical Association of Victoria, 2017) Rafferty, D.Item Metadata only The Consul at Rome: the Civil Functions of the Consuls in the Roman Republic(Bryn Mawr College, 2011) Rafferty, D.Item Metadata only L’armée imaginaire: les soldats prolétaires dans les légions romaines au dernier siècle de la République(Bryn Mawr College, 2021) Rafferty, D.Abstract not availableItem Metadata only Holden and Me: Treasures of a Working Life(National Motor Museum, 2021) Bolognese, M.; Clark, J.; Collins, C.Jennifer Clark, Carolyn CollinsItem Metadata only Eunapius' lives of philosophers and sophists: Was he constructing "pagan saints" in the age of Christianity?(E.J. Brill, 2020) Baltussen, J.N.; Parry, K.; Anagnostou-Laoutides, E.Item Metadata only Simplicius and the commentator's task: Clarifying exegeses and exegetical techniques(Walter De Gruyter, 2018) Baltussen, J.; Strobel, B.Analyses the exegetical techniques of the commentator Simplicius (480-540 CE) in relation to his predecessorsItem Metadata only Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica, Book 7(Oxford University Press, 2020) Davis, P.J.The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the best known of ancient Greek myths and has captivated people for over two and a half thousand years.Item Open Access Early theories of sense perception: Greek origins(Routledge, 2019) Baltussen, J.; Skeates, R.; Day, J.This chapter gives an overview of some key themes in the early theories of sense perception. It covers early Greek theories (in particular those of the so-called Presocratics), Plato, Aristotle, and the early Peripatetics (Theophrastus and Strato). The comments on these first attempts at theorising senses come to us through the filter of Peripatetic reporting, which can be a challenge to their interpretation. In addition, it is argued that one can, to a degree, detect an increasing sophistication in the theoretical reasoning on the mechanism of sense perception. Finally, where possible, the chapter questions the standard hierarchy of the senses and highlights unusual cases of multisensory observations. The chapter provides the intellectual background for underpinning sensory studies of the ancient world, not just archaeology.Item Metadata only A scene from comedy in Brindisi(Firenze University Press, 2014) Green, J.A recently-discovered mosaic in Brindisi contains what is undoubtedly a comic scene. Although badly damaged, it can be shown to have presented what was understood in antiquity as the key moment of Menander’s Samia, and it demands our reconsideration of the plot of that fragmentary play.Item Open Access Rape, revenge and resurrection in Correr's Progne(Springer Netherlands, 2020) Clarke, J.R.When Gregorio Correr selected the myth of Procne and Philomela for his c. 1427 adaptation of Seneca’s Thyestes, he was altering what is sometimes termed ‘a tragedy with no women’ into one which largely focuses on female protagonists. Yet he chose to omit the scene where Philomela (or Philomena) weaves a tapestry depicting her rape and mutilation by her sister’s husband Tereus. This scene, which is a key feature of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and also appears in all other medieval and Renaissance adaptations of the myth, has been interpreted by scholars as Philomena’s successful attempt to find an alternative voice for her outrage after Tereus has cut out her tongue. This paper addresses the implications of Correr’s omission of this important feature of the myth, analysing its effect on the portrayal of Philomena and the dynamics of her relationship with her avenger Procne. It shows how the agency in this relationship is shifted almost entirely to Procne and how Philomena is transformed into a type of ghost who is brought back by her sister’s rage and dreadful act of retribution on her husband. Within this analysis attention will be given to the Christian elements of Correr’s reception of the myth, in particular the motif of resurrection which permeates the play and the final scene which culminates in a distortion of the rites of the eucharist.Item Restricted The Peripatetics. Aristotle's Heirs 322 BCE-200 CE(Routledge, 2016) Baltussen, J.The Peripatetics explores the development of Peripatetic thought from Theophrastus and Strato to the work of the commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias. The book examines whether the internal dynamics of this philosophical school allowed for a unity of Peripatetic thought, or whether there was a fundamental tension between philosophical creativity and the notions of core teachings and canonisation. The book discusses the major philosophical preoccupations of the Peripatetics, interactions with Hellenistic schools of thought, and the shift in focus among Greek philosophers in a changing political landscape. It is the first book of its kind to provide a survey of this important philosophical tradition.Item Restricted Understanding odours in problemata 12-13: Peripatetic problems concerning the elusive sense of smell(Brill, 2015) Baltussen, J.; Mayhew, R.This chapter analyses books 12 and 13 on odours in ps.Aristotle, Problemata. It offers a reading which shows how the ideas and materials are Peripatetic, but do not represent a coherent Aristotelian account.Item Metadata only Aristotelian commentary tradition(Routledge, 2014) Baltussen, J.; Slaveva-Griffin, S.; Remes, P.It is fundamental to our understanding of commentary as a genre that they respond to another text, often called the ‘base text’. Ancient commentaries have sometimes been characterized as “secondary texts”, but the label is likely to cause some misconceptions about how we should understand the nature of commentary (Sluiter 2000). It is preferable to read “secondary” as “using another text as its starting point” rather than as “unimportant”, “subservient” or “unoriginal”. 1 In what follows I hope to show that the commentary in late antiquity defies such facile descriptions. Philosophical commentary required certain conditions for it to develop and thrive. And instead of being a philological activity, like most modern commentaries tend to be (producing a set of disparate notes to a text), philosophers would comment within a specific ideological setting and almost always to serve a higher purpose (understanding and truth); in other words, they were created in response to the school founder’s writings (a “canon”) and were didactic in purpose. Given the peculiar nature of the works it will be helpful to spend some time clarifying the background of philosophical exegesis, especially among the Peripatetics. After that I turn to the main part of the analysis, in which I clarify the methodology and evolution of the commentaries on Aristotle.Item Restricted A bark worse than his bite? Diogenes the Cynic and the politics of tolerance in Athens(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015) Baltussen, H.; Baltussen, H.; Davis, P.Item Restricted Simplicius on elements and causes in Greek philosophy: critical appraisal or philosophical synthesis?(Cambridge University Press, 2015) Baltussen, J.; Marmadoro, A.; Prince, B.Examines the analysis of first principles in natural philosophy by Simplicius in his Commentary on Aristotle's Physics book 1 and on Aristotle's De caelo and shows how the inclusive approach can resolve problems but also influences Simplicius' own articulation of the issues.