History

This work explores the misconceptions about the Ottoman Süryânî community of the pre-World War I era, using a critique of the present day historiography as the context for the discussion. The works of three early twentieth century journalists, provide the material for the study. The author contends that this group cannot be considered as Assyrian nationalists, the traditional argument, that they saw the future of the Süryânî people as best secured by the continuation of the Ottoman Empire, in which they sought a greater presence for their community.

The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority who practice a highly syncretistic religion based exclusively on oral tradition. Their myths and motifs, besides showing the influence of both Sufism and a pre-Zoroastrian Western Iranian mythology, are related to the religious movements of Late Antiquity, and reveal the vestiges of a common cultural substratum once shared by the people of the region.

Kirby Flower Smith explores the development of Greek and Latin elegiac meter from its origins to Imperial Rome.

Sutphen's list of Latin proverbs from the Classical era through the Middle Ages, arranged aphabetically.

Basil Gildersleeve discusses certain difficulties in codifying Greek syntax.

Kirby Smith explores varying 5th and 4th century BC accounts of the life and demise of Gyges, best known from Herodotous' History.

Prof. Wheeler traces the development of the Latin imperfect from its earliest roots to its later simplification.

Prof. Radford uses early Latin poetry to examine patterns of vowel quantity in early spoken Latin.

R.B. Steele provides an analysis of Livy's philosophy on the methology and purpose of the writing of history.

Prof. Hendrickson traces the legacy of Greek rhetorical theory in the writings of Cicero.

Sir Peterson's analysis of the Vatican codex of Cicero's Verrine Orations.

Edward Rand's analysis of the Harvard ms. L25, one of the few sources for both Ovid's Heroides and Tacitus' Germania.

David Robinson, excavator of Olynthos, here gives an account of the site and history of Sinope, a trading city on the Black Sea.

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.

H. C. Nutting's exploration of the use and structure of conditional sentences in Cicero's prose provides a clear discussion of this key feature of Latin syntax.

Sir Peterson's analysis of the manuscript tradition for the Verrine orations, with particular attention given towards removing word-order errors made by copyists.

This is Basil Gildersleeves review and guide to Stahl's syntax of the Greek verb, an important work of German philological scholarship.

Wilfred Mustard finds references to Vergil's Georgics in a variety of English authors from the 15th to the 19th century.

Prof. Perrin uses Aristotle's Poetics to classify and analyze the various sorts of recognition scenes found in surviving Greek literature.

This series of papers gives photographs, transcriptions, translations, and commentaries upon Roman inscriptions owned by the Johns Hopkins University.

Prof. Robinson presents a series of inscriptions found in Greece, including transcription and commentary on each.

Knapp's description of the process by which Johannes Vahlen found and compiled the fragments of Ennius into his Ennianae poesis reliquiae.

Prof. Rand uses references to Hesiod's work in other authors to defend and uphold the received text of Works and Days.

Kelley Rees examines the question of whether or not the parodoi of Greco-Roman theaters conventionally represented specific destinations relative to the city/ stage.

A monograph on several curse-tablets owned by Johns Hopkins University including text, translation, and extensive commentaries.