By J. R. Green (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from … Continued
Edited by F. Edward Cranz (NHC Fellow, 1981–82)
Edited by Dorothy J. Thompson (NHC Fellow, 1993–94) and Willy Clarysse How did a new Egyptian dynasty cope with the problems of establishing rule in a country with a long history of developed administration? This volume publishes fifty-four Ptolemaic papyri from the Fayum and Middle Egypt, with English translations and extensive commentaries. Dating from c. … Continued
By HermogenesEdited and translated by Cecil W. Wooten (NHC Fellow, 1980–81) Cecil Wooten has produced the first translation into any modern langauage of a key treatise of the ancient world. He provides a faithful English translation of Hermogenes' analysis based on a reliable Greek text established by Rabe at the beginning of this century and … Continued
By John Palmer (NHC Fellow, 2004–05) John Palmer develops and defends a modal interpretation of Parmenides, according to which he was the first philosopher to distinguish in a rigorous manner the fundamental modalities of necessary being, necessary non-being or impossibility, and non-necessary or contingent being. This book accordingly reconsiders his place in the historical development … Continued
By Gregory Vlastos (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1980–81; 1981–82) This vivid and compelling study of Socrates’s moral philosophy and, more generally, of his moral outlook and his attitude toward religion and society, reclaims the remarkable originality of his thought. Gregory Vlastos shows us a Socrates who, though he has been long overshadowed by his successors, Plato … Continued
By Christopher Baswell (NHC Fellow, 1993–94) What happens when a prestigious text of one period is read and reused in a different, much later world? What can we learn from the annotations accumulated by a single manuscript as it moved among new institutions and readerships? In this study Christopher Baswell takes as his model Virgil's … Continued
Edited by F. Edward Cranz (NHC Fellow, 1981–82)
By Steven H. Lonsdale (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life … Continued
Edited by J. R. Green (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) and Eric Handley Greek theatre was one of the glories of the ancient world. It survives not only in cultural traditions, but in plays which can still be read and seen and in artistic images. This book examines the history of Greek theatre as seen through representations … Continued