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[First posted in AWOL 29 October 2021, updated 25 October 2026] Plato Journal ISSN: 2079-7567 e-ISSN: 2183-4105 The aim of this journal is to promote international dialogue on Plato across different languages and scholarly approaches.

[First posted in AWOL 6 November 2009.

[Most recently updated 25 October 2026] Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies ISSN: 2159-3159 GRBS is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to the culture and history of Greece from Antiquity to the Renaissance, featuring research on all aspects of the…

Victims of Violence from the early Roman fort Velsen 1 (Netherlands): Scenarios for a cold case review Edited by Mark Driessen and Carol van Driel-Murray In 1977, a remarkable discovery was made at the early Roman fort of Velsen (Netherlands): on the bott…

Reading Greek Deeply: A Linguistic, Exegetical, and Fluency-Based Introduction Kevin Grasso This book is in the series De Gruyter Studium Reading Greek Deeply offers a new approach to the study of Biblical Greek drawing on the latest linguistic research in

Didaktik des Hebräischen Über die Zeitschrift Zielgruppe der Leser- wie der Autorenschaft sind all jene, die einen Praxisbezug zum Hebräischunterricht haben.

Pyrrhus’ Legacy: Socio-Political Interactions, Mobility, and Identity Formation in South Italy Edoardo Bianchi This book is in the series Volume 434 | Beiträge zur Altertumskunde This edited volume presents research pursued within the PRIN‑2022 project Me…

Excerpting History in the Syriac World: The Miaphysite Collections (6th–10th c.)

Das Bild der Schrift in der griechischen Plastik: Materialität und Intermedialität schrifttragender statuarischer Monumente von archaischer bis hellenistischer Zeit Johannes Fouquet This book is in the series Volume 27 | Image & Context Inscriptions are a…

Imperium und Oikumene: Universale Horizonte und partikulare Kontexte in der hellenistisch-römischen Welt Charlotte Köckert Volume 120 | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies In the Hellenistic-Roman world, communication exists within the tension between…

Avian Iconography and Awareness of the Natural Calendar in Ancient Egypt Chiori Kitagawa Ancient Egyptians employed three calendrical systems—civil (365 days), natural (environmental phenomena) and lunar—yet the relationship between administrative time-re…

American Oriental Society archive Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of correspondence, records, ephemera, photographs, realia, maps, and other materials created by, or related to, the American Oriental Society (AOS).

[First posted in AWOL 11 November 2009.

“And in whom do you most delight?”

De-Marginalizing Prophetic Suprahuman Knowledge Biggerstaff, Michael Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2022, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures This dissertation assesses biblical prophets' claims to possess access to suprahuman knowledge.

Le mausolée de Néapolis de Scythie Publié le 22 octobre 2026 par Th.

“Into the Earth or Into the Womb”: Medico-Mythic Gynecology Amey, Miranda Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Greek and Latin This project uses mythology as a heuristic tool to enrich our understanding of the ancient female body and its…

The Birth of Sacrifice: Ritualized Deities in Eastern Mediterranean Mythology Hütwohl, Dannu Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2020, Greek and Latin This dissertation explores myths from cultures of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean that…

Bet Rhomaye: Being and Belonging in Syriac in the Late Roman Empire Wolfe, James Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2020, Greek and Latin My dissertation investigates how Syriac-speakers conceptualized their communal subjectivities within a…

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The Porphyry Ceiling.

Bishops and Books: Literary Authenticity and Authority in Early Christianity Koperski, Andrew Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2023, History This dissertation examines early Christian literary hierarchies and categories, beginning in the p…

Coastal Archaeology in Small Islands: Prehistoric Lifeways, Research Perceptions, Biases, Methods and Approaches Edited by Maaike S. de Waal The potential of investigating archaeology on small islands has long been underestimated.

Unforeseeable Futures: Confronting Crises in the Archaeology of Highland Societies Edited by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck, Gisela Eberhardt, and Martin Kehl Despite their apparent ubiquity today, archaeologists have seldom focused explicitly on crises.

›Se necare‹: Il suicidio in Seneca filosofo Ivan Spurio Venarucci This book is in the series Volume 14 | CICERO This study examines the theme of suicide in Seneca, analyzing all relevant passages from his prose works.

Heritage of Southwest Asia (Mīrās̠-i junūb-i gharbī-i Asiyā) ISSN: 3116-028X The scientific journal Heritage of Southwest Asia (Mīrās̠-i junūb-i gharbī-i Asiyā), affiliated with the Ancient Research Encyclopedia Institute, is published annually in two iss…

Das spätrömische Kastell Boiotro zu Passau-Innenstadt Altjohann, Michael Materialhefte zur bayerischen Archäologie: Fundinventare und Ausgrabungsbefunde 1974 hatte die Entdeckung von mächtigen Mauerresten der spätantiken Befestigung Boitro in Passau-Innst…

Sulpicia / Carmina William Turpin, Florian Shah, Katya Lyubivaya Dickinson College Commentaries This site contains a Latin text of the love elegies of Sulpicia, which are preserved in the Appendix Tibulliana, along with notes, vocabulary lists, and audio…

Performing Greek Comedies and Satyr Plays by Restoring, Reconstructing, and Reseeding Their Fragments Streeter, Joshua Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Theatre This dissertation examines growing trends in the practice and theory of p…

Biological variation, population aggregation, and social differentiation: an examination of dental markers of developmental stress at Neolithic Catalhoyuk Betz, Barbara Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Anthropology Across three artic…

The Virgin Mary in Ritual in Late Antique Egypt: Origins, Practice, and Legacy Beshay, Michael Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2020, History “The Virgin Mary in Ritual in Late Antique Egypt: Origins, Practice, and Legacy” examines the sig…

The Chronicle of John of Nikiu: Historical Writing in Post-Roman Egypt Yirga, Felege-Selam Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2020, History While there has been a great deal of work on the late seventh-century Chronicle of John, the anti-Cha…

Imprinting Antiquity: Reinventing the Past through Sixteenth-Century Prints Fisher, Kylie Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, 2020, Art History Early modern prints were pivotal in the construction and dissemination of information and id…

Civilizational Memory: The Transformation of Palmyra as a Cultural Patrimony of The West Abdul Samad, Bincy Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, 2020, American Culture Studies A UNESCO-listed world heritage site located in the Syr…

Ovid's Tristia as Testimony to Trauma Neely, Elizabeth Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2021, Greek and Latin This project takes advantage of modern trauma theory to develop a new reading and understanding of Ovid's first book of exile poe…

Hymnic Ecology: An Ecocritical Reading of the Homeric Hymn to Pan Maynard, Matthew Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Greek and Latin This dissertation presents a new study of Homeric Hymn 19, to Pan.

Mediterranean Islands in Late Antiquity: A Cultural and Environmental History, c. 300–600 CE Kotva, Alyssa Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2025, History Although they sit at the very center of the late antique world, Mediterranean islands…

The Best and Most Serious People: Meritocratic Discourse in Late Antiquity Lee, Trevor Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2026, Greek and Latin This dissertation investigates the role of merit as a public ideology in the late Roman bureaucra…

Communities, Connectivity and Complexity in Roman Britain: New Archaeological Agendas Martin Pitts, Penny Coombe, Eleri Cousins, Andrew Gardner and Lisa Lodwick† This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 License.

Ritual or Refuse?

The Homeric Psychology of Parmenidean Meditation John, Benjamin Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Greek and Latin This dissertation interprets the journey of the youth (kouros) in Parmenides' proem as an idealized mythological represe…

Eutrapelia: Humorous texts in Hellenistic poetry But, Ekaterina Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2021, Greek and Latin “Eutrapelia: Humorous texts in Hellenistic poetry” provides a study of the literary humor in Hellenistic iambic poetry in

Poetic Health: Literary and Medical Traditions in Apollonius' Argonautica Erez, Yelena Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Greek and Latin This dissertation examines the role of ancient medicine in Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica as a f…

Sword Arm of the Demos: The Military Contributions of the Athenian Elite Green, Derek Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2021, History Traditionally, scholars of Classical Athenian history have assumed that the Athenian demokratia organized…

Infant Feeding Practices in Roman Italy: A Study of Weaning Variation and its Relationship to Physiological Stress During Infancy and Early Childhood Oldershaw, Leigh Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Anthropology Weaning is a central…

Illuminating the Abyss: The Divine Underworld in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter Knodel, Rachael Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Greek and Latin This dissertation re-examines the gods Hades and Persephone as they are portrayed in the Ho…

[First posted in AWOL 30 November 2009.

Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies Valeria Vitale (Editor), Gabriel Bodard (Editor) This volume presents case studies in classical and Byzantine research that exemplify practices, structures and standards in open data which transform and subvert h…

How to Build Belief with Blocks: The Religious Affordance of Greco-Roman Funerary Inscriptions Kron, Colleen Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2024, Greek and Latin This dissertation investigates how ancient Roman people came to believe that

Das Privatrecht der griechischen Urkunden vom Mittleren Euphrat: P.Euphr. 6 - P.Euphr. 15 Johannsen, Tanja Das außergewöhnliche Dossier von Pergament- und Papyrusurkunden aus den Provinzen Syria Coele und Mesopotamia (P.Euphr.) bereichert unsere Kenntnis…