The Homeric Psychology of Parmenidean Meditation John, Benjamin 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 representation of a meditative practice by analyzing [...]
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 the context of rapid political and [...]
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 fundamental component of the work's narrative structure. [...]
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 itself for war around the principle of egalitarianism. [...]
Edinburgh University Press has published Conscripting Breadwinner Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Empire: Family, Law and War (Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire, 2026),
by Kate Dannies (Miami University). A description from the Press: [...]
(image source: IEG Mainz) The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards fellowships to postdocs conducting research in European history, the history of religion,
and other historical disciplines (including Digital Humanities). [...]
Mark B. Kelley, an assistant professor of English at Florida International University, has published Crimes Against Feeling: Piracy, Sympathy, and Ocean Politics in Antebellum
American Legal Culture (University of Massachusetts Press, 2026): [...]
Infant Feeding Practices in Roman Italy: A Study of Weaning Variation and its Relationship to Physiological Stress During Infancy and Early Childhood Oldershaw, Leigh Oldershaw,
Leigh [...]
Illuminating the Abyss: The Divine Underworld in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter Knodel, Rachael 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 Homeric Hymn to Demeter. [...]