American Journal of Philology articles

Recent articles from American Journal of Philology

The seal of Theognis, writing, and oral poetry.
June 22, 1995... [GREEK TEXT OMITTED]. Kyrnos, by me as I practice my art let a seal be set on these words, and never will they be stolen unobserved. Nor will anyone substitute something worse for the good that is present, and everyone will say, "The words are Theognis of Megara's. Among all mankind he is...

Herodotus and the rhetoric of otherness.
June 22, 1995... The first part of this essay investigates the validity of current readings of certain stories in Herodotus in terms of the rhetoric of male/female otherness. The second part discusses their presentation of women in terms of the rhetoric of the otherness of the royal barbarian. "Rhetoric" is a...

The Soteria at Delphi: Aetolian propaganda in the epigraphical record.
June 22, 1995... The Delphic sanctuary was the scene of two extraordinary events involving barbaroi in ancient Greek history. In both cases tradition stated that divine forces aided the Hellenic cause. The first of these events was the famous repulse of Xerxes' army in 480 (Hdt. 8.35-39). The second episode,...

The character of Bacchis in Terence's 'Heautontimorumenos.'
June 22, 1995... SY. Pessima est haec meretrix. CH. ita videtur. SY immo si scias (Ter. Ht. 599) Most readers of Terence have viewed the hetaera Bacchis in Heautontimorumenos as a stereotypical wicked prostitute, a greedy, hardnosed businesswoman, in short, "Terence's only mercenary courtesan."(1) Yet at...

A delicate foot on the well-worn threshold: paradoxical imagery in Catullus 68b.
June 22, 1995... In poem 68a Catullus tells his friend Manlius that he cannot write poetry because of the intense grief he is experiencing over the death of his brother. In 68b, on the other hand, although he is in the throes of the very same grief - to which he makes reference by repeating almost verbatim what...