In the rich reception history of Dionysius Areopagita (approx. 500 AD), the writing  On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy is the only text that has not been given philosophical attention. The present ...

Compared to other medieval philologies, the particular nature of the literature of the North, and in particular of Iceland, has always meant that the study of Old Norse languages must be ...

The Greek text of Euripides’ Alcestis has been critically edited for this bilingual edition; the prose translation attempts to follow it verse by verse. The commentary, which assumes no knowledge ...

Dietrich Gerhardt takes as his starting point Goethe’s poem Love Gods in the Market-place that was published in Voss’ Muses Almanach in 1796 and later became known under the title Who will buy ...

Die Prolegomena führen in das bessere Verständnis des Homertextes selbst und in die Art der Kommentierung ein. Inhalt: Zur Geschichte der Ilias-Kommentierung (Latacz) - Textgeschichte (West) - ...

This commentary on the 3rd book of the Iliad concentrates on the interpretation of the ceremonial single combat between the rivals for Helen, Paris and Menelaus ‑ a scene that reflects the origins ...

The main focus of the present collected volume is placed on early medieval personal names, which are examined for their value as sources both for linguists and for historians. There is a discussion ...

Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist es, diesen, ungeachtet seiner héritage indo-européen fondamental (POUCET) indigen römischen Mythos in der bei Livius auftretenden Form als frühest fassbare Quelle ...

Die althistorische und philologische Forschung hat häufig darauf hingewiesen, dass die römische Literatur des ersten nachchristlichen Jahrhunderts in auffallender Weise von Darstellungen ...

The translation of ancient literature became the focus of a lively discussion in Germany around 1800. After Herder and Voss the question once more arose of just how faithfully the ancient world could ...