From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of le
This volume, from an international and interdisciplinary cohort of scholars, offers independent-minded essays about central Greek texts and about the relation of social theory and comparative method t
Ancient Greeks endeavored to define the human being vis-a-vis other animal species by isolating capacities and endowments which they considered to be unique to humans. This approach toward defining th
TransAntiquity explores transgender practices, in particular cross-dressing, and their literary and figurative representations in antiquity. It offers a comprehensive study of cross-dressing, both of
This volume offers a selection of published and unpublished essays by J. Michael Walton drawn from his long career. Augmented with an introduction and section intros, this volume provides pieces which
Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Corinth, 338-196 B.C. challenges the perception that the Macedonians' advent and continued presence in Corinth amounted to a loss of significance and autonomy. Imm