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Analecta Gorgiana
Analecta Gorgiana is a collection of long essays and short monographs which are consistently cited by modern scholars but previously difficult to find because of their original appearance in obscure publications. Carefully selected by a team of scholars based on their relevance to modern scholarship, these essays can now be fully utilized by scholars and proudly owned by libraries.
"He Was Pretty Good in There Today"
Reviving the Macho Christ in Ernest Hemingway's ""Today is Friday"" and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
By Lisa Tyler
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 1070
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0117-3
This paper examines the “muscular Christianity” phenomenon in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ and Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 short play, “Today is Friday.”
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New Suggestions on the Ciris
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 341
ISBN: 978-1-60724-595-7
Robinson Ellis reviews the debate surrounding the Ciris, an epic in miniature often attributed to Virgil, though never confirmed to be that poet's work.
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On the Old Armenian Version of Plato's Apology
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 346
ISBN: 978-1-60724-600-8
Frederick Coneybeare analyzes old Armenian codices of Plato's Apology in order to demonstrate the weakness of the chief codex used to support the Greek text.
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Notes to the Dialogus de Oratoribus Based on Gudeman's Edition
By R. B. Steele
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 356
ISBN: 978-1-60724-610-7
Reading notes and commentary to Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus, a little-known yet key work in Tacitus' ouvre.
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The Gerund and Gerundive in Livy
By R. B. Steele
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 390
ISBN: 978-1-60724-639-8
R. B. Steele classifies Livy's use of the gerund and gerundive in his history of Rome, providing insight into the regular useage of this rather irregular feature of Latin grammar.
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The Significance of the Parodoi in the Greek Theater
By Kelley Rees
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 363
ISBN: 978-1-60724-650-3
Kelley Rees examines the question of whether or not the parodoi of Greco-Roman theaters conventionally represented specific destinations relative to the city/ stage.
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Un recueil de sentences attribué à Isaac le Syrien
Edited with an Introduction by Marius Besson
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 401
ISBN: 978-1-60724-675-6
Marius Besson presents the critical text of two manuscripts containing an apophthegmatic text with sayings attributed to Isaac of Nineveh. The text also includes a separate apparatus with references to parallel texts in various early Christian documents.
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Die armenischen apokryphen Apostelakten I. Das gnostische martyrium Petri
Edited with an Introduction by Paul Vetter
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 411
ISBN: 978-1-60724-688-6
Paul Vetter presents the Armenian text, along with a Greek translation, of the “Gnostic Martyrdom of Peter” from the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The article also includes an appendix in which Vetter describes the manuscripts used in the collation.
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Die syrische "Liturgie" des Kyriakos von Antiocheia
Edited with an Introduction by Karl Kaiser
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 422
ISBN: 978-1-60724-713-5
Kyriakos, Patriarch of Antioch, was an influential figure in the development of the Syriac Monophysite tradition. Karl Kaiser presents here a brief but important survey of his life and publishes the Syriac text of a liturgy attributed to Kyriakos.
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Drei nestorianische Kirchenlieder
Edited and Translated by Daniel Haneberg
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 499
ISBN: 978-1-60724-977-1
In this study, Haneberg focuses on three prominent authors of the Church of the East: Theodore of Mopsuestia, Narsai, and Babai the Great. He includes three short poems from each author in vocalized Syriac together with a German translation.
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The Assyrian E-Vowel
By Paul Haupt
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 325
ISBN: 978-1-60724-557-5
Paul Haupt argues for the existence of an e-vowel in Ugaritic, a vowel whose existence is difficult to prove in the consonant-free script of Semitic language.
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The Agon of the Old Comedy
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 326
ISBN: 978-1-60724-558-2
Milton W. Humphreys explores the development of the comic agon – that is, the contest-in-words that is the heart of Athenian drama and a reflection of the speech competitions in Athenian politics.
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Greek and Latin Inscriptions from Palestine
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 316
ISBN: 978-1-60724-548-3
Allen offers a series of inscriptions from Palestine copied by the Rev. Dr. Selah Merrill in the years I875-77, in the course of journeys undertaken under the auspices of the American Palestine Exploration Society.
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On the Final Sentence in Greek
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 313
ISBN: 978-1-60724-545-2
Basil Gildersleeve, a prolific scholar of Greek and Latin grammar, here analyzes the development of the final clause in Ancient Greek from Homer to the Athenian dramatists.
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The Fourth Campaign at Olynthos
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 250
ISBN: 978-1-60724-479-0
David Robinson, the first to excavate the ancient city of Olynthos, presents his second report on the site and his excavations.
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Amendments in Athenian Decrees
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 248
ISBN: 978-1-60724-477-6
Billheimer uses surviving amended Athenian decrees to reverse-engineer the legislative process that may have produced them, and the subsequent steps that intervened between the voting and promulgation of an amendment.
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Studies in Pindaric Syntax.
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 310
ISBN: 978-1-60724-542-1
Basil Gildersleeve, a prolific scholar of Greek and Latin grammar, here analyzes the difficult syntax of Pindar, paying particular attention to dependent clauses and conditional statements.
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Excavations at Troy 1934
By Carl Blegen
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 242
ISBN: 978-1-60724-471-4
The first of Carl Blegen's reports on the excavation of Troy for the American Journal of Archeology detailing a small residential area.
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Sir Orfeo
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 320
ISBN: 978-1-60724-552-0
George Lyman Kittredge examines the medieval romance of Sir Orfeo against its classical predecessor in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Excavations in the North Cemetery at Corinth in 1930
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 234
ISBN: 978-1-60724-463-9
This is the site report from the excavation of the North cemetery in Corinth and represents a continuation of the report from the 1929 season, which began the excavation.
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Studies of the Exploits of Heracles on Vases
By Stephen Luce
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 226
ISBN: 978-1-60724-455-4
This paper discusses the tales of Heracles as told in vase-paintings, which often represent earlier or more popular versions of the stories than those preserved in upper-class literature.
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Medusa, Apollo, and the Great Mother
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 296
ISBN: 978-1-60724-525-4
Arthur Frothingham, one of the founding fathers of Art History, here discusses the problem of the Gorgon in ancient Greek art by arguing that Medusa represents a lost prehistoric goddess.
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Roman Remains in the Town and Territory of Velletri
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 206
ISBN: 978-1-60724-435-6
Wagener and Ashby here give a report on the Roman remains at the site of Velitrae including roads, temples, basilica, and the amphitheater.
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The Characteristics of Eye Beads from the Earliest Times to the Present
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 208
ISBN: 978-1-60724-437-0
In this ambitious article Eisen creates a chronology of eye beads (glass beads decorated with eye-like spots) from sites in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.
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The Rise of Romanesque Sculpture
Series: Analecta Gorgiana 217
ISBN: 978-1-60724-446-2
Porter explains the sudden appearance of Romanesque sculpture in the 12th century AD by suggesting an origin in the sculpture of Lombardy.
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