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Item Euripides' Alcestis: Translation with Introduction, Notes, and Essay(William & Mary Press, 2024-01-01) Halleran, Michael R.Euripides' Alcestis is a timeless Greek tragedy that explores the themes of love, sacrifice, and the fragility of life. The story centers on Alcestis, the devoted wife of Admetus, who volunteers to die in his place when no one else will. Her selfless act is a poignant portrayal of love's power and the human condition's complexities. As Alcestis fades, Admetus is torn between his gratitude and overwhelming guilt. Just as all seems lost, the arrival of the hero Heracles offers a glimmer of hope. This new translation offers a profound meditation on the value of life, the depth of marital devotion, and the ultimate cost of love.Item The Art of Medicine and the Lowly Foot: Treating Aches, Sprains, and Fractures in the Ancient World(2009-01-01) Irby, GeorgiaItem Prometheus Bound and Contemporary Trends in Greek Natural Philosophy(2008-01-01) Irby, GeorgiaItem Squaring the Circle and Saving the Phenomena: Reading Science in the Greek Language Classroom(2015-01-01) Irby, GeorgiaItem That Ain’t Workin’: That’s the Way You Do It: Teaching Greek through Popular Music(2009-01-01) Irby, GeorgiaItem Review of "A. Mayor, Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines and Ancient Dreams of Technology"(2019-01-01) Irby, Georgia LExcerpt from the article: " In 1942, the great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov conceived of three laws of Robotics mandating that: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.” A later addition, the fourth, or zeroth law, outweighed the others: “A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm” (“Runaround,” 1942, later republished in I, Robot [1950]; Mayor, p. 177). Such anxieties resonated with ancient thinkers, and Mayor interrogates these and similar tensions in Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines and Ancient Dreams of Technology. One of her stated goals is to “suggest that on deeper levels the ancient myths about artificial life can provide a context from the exponential developments in artificial life and Artificial Intelligence (AI)—and the looming practical and moral implications” (p. 214). In this she succeeds as she straddles the myth, philosophy, science, and technology of the ancient and modern worlds..."Item That Ain’t Workin’; That’s the way you do it: Teaching Greek through Popular Music(2009-10-01) Irby, Georgia L.This article describes an unconventional method of teaching Greek vocabulary, grammar, and syntax through the translation or adaptation of popular songs into Attic Greek. To reinforce vocabulary and introduce or review points of grammar of syntax in a memorable way, I have adapted and translated a number of modern songs into Attic Greek. Each song was focused around one or two significant concepts (e.g., adverbs, participles, the optative mood) and was presented with the appropriate textbook chapter to augment other available materials. The students themselves, who recommended many of the songs and themes, were consequently active participants in the development of their own ancillary and review materials. My students, furthermore, were inspired to create their own translations and adaptations which were then, once the author approved the instructor’s corrections, presented to the class. Incorporating this challenging language into contemporary culture gives students a sense of intimacy and confidence with Greek. In this article, I outline the creative process, explain my Attic Greek song lyrics, and suggest further applications of this technique.2Item The Art of Medicine and the Lowly Foot: Treating Aches, Sprains, and Fractures in the Ancient World(2009-04-01) Irby, Georgia L.Excerpt from the article: "With 26 bones, 33 joints, over 100 muscles, tendons, ligaments, and a delicately balanced system of nerves, the human foot is a mechanical marvel. o less that we, Greek physicians were concerned with what could so easily go wrong with the foot..."Item Squaring the Circle and Saving the Phenomena: Reading Science in the Greek Language Classroom(2018-01-01) Irby, Georgia L.Our students live in a world where scientific achievement and knowledge are profoundly significant, just as they were to the Greeks, and it becomes increasingly important to ensure that the language requirement is as enriching an experience as possible for all students, not only for students in the humanities, but also for those pursuing STEM tracks. Here we explore the significance of science in Greek culture together with the incorporation of Greek scientific texts in the beginning and intermediate Greek language classroom. Science (knowledge) was a seminal component of the Greek intellectual experience, and approachable “scientific” texts can be found in authors identified strictly as “scientists” (e.g., Euclid), as well as in the literary canon (e.g., Homer, Aeschylus). Appended is an extensive, generously annotated appendix of “scientific” texts drawn from a variety of authors and treating the major scientific discipline.Item Prometheus Bound and Contemporary Trends in Greek Natural Philosophy(2008-01-01) Irby, Georgia L.Excerpt from the article: "The Prometheus bound is a lively testament to the Greek intellectual achievement of the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.E. In Aeschylus’ poetry one finds subtle reflections of the new learning and advances in both ethical and natural philosophy.1 For instance, Apollo’s defense of Orestes, that the mother is not even related to her children, but rather that the father provides the “seed” and the generative material, evinces the current state of medical theory and anticipates Aristotle’s efficient cause.2..."Item Exploring the Development of the Sciences(Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2009-01-01) Irby, GeorgiaLatin for the New Millennium, Levels 1 and 2, Second Edition, is available. It you are using the 1st edition and need additional copies for your classroom please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. For information on what’s new in the Second Edition, click here. This complete introductory course to the Latin language, suitable for both high school and college students, consists of two volumes, each accompanied by a teacher's manual and students' workbooks. The strategy employed for teaching and learning incorporates the best of both the reading approach and the more abstract grammatical method. The choice of vocabulary in each chapter reflects ancient authors commonly studied for the AP* Latin examinations. There are exercises designed for oral use, as well as a substantial core of more conventional exercises in each chapter. The readings, pictures, and supplementary inserts on cultural information illuminate Roman life, civilization, Roman history, and mythology, as well as the continuing use of Latin after antiquity and its vigorous literary tradition in such periods as the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Each chapter also includes derivatives, the influence of Latin vocabulary on English, and selected proverbs or common Latin sayings.Item Threat and Hope: Women’s Rituals and Civil War in Roman Epic(Indiana University Press, 2007-11-01) Panoussi, VassilikiDrawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain.Item Furor(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-12-01) Panoussi, VassilikiThe Virgil Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to be published in English on Publius Vergilius Maro, the classical Roman poet whose works and thoughts have been at the center of Western literary, cultural, artistic, and pedagogical traditions for more than two millennia. Through more than 2,200 carefully researched entries, scholars and students alike are provided with an in-depth treatment of all aspects of Virgil’s poetry and his immeasurable influence that continues to the present day.Item Furies(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-12-01) Panoussi, VassilikiThe Virgil Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to be published in English on Publius Vergilius Maro, the classical Roman poet whose works and thoughts have been at the center of Western literary, cultural, artistic, and pedagogical traditions for more than two millennia. Through more than 2,200 carefully researched entries, scholars and students alike are provided with an in-depth treatment of all aspects of Virgil’s poetry and his immeasurable influence that continues to the present day.Item Greek & Roman Tragedy(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-12-01) Panoussi, VassilikiThe Virgil Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to be published in English on Publius Vergilius Maro, the classical Roman poet whose works and thoughts have been at the center of Western literary, cultural, artistic, and pedagogical traditions for more than two millennia. Through more than 2,200 carefully researched entries, scholars and students alike are provided with an in-depth treatment of all aspects of Virgil’s poetry and his immeasurable influence that continues to the present day.Item Introduction: The Roman Army in Britain(Brill, 1999) Irby, Georgia L.Excerpt from book chapter: "The Roman solider in Britain occupied his time in many ways. He bought barbarians. He built walls to delineate the borders of empire. He spend his evenings in the bas of the vici which inevitably cropped up around permanent forts or at the baths, gambling, or exercising, or gossiping..."Item Roman Bacchae: Dionysiac Mysteries, Masculinity, and the State in Livy’s Bacchanalian Narrative(John Hopkins University Press, 2019-01-01) Panoussi, VassilikiHow does the treatment of women's rituals in Latin poetry and prose reveal Roman ideas of female agency?Powerful female characters pervade both Greek and Latin literature, even if their presence is largely dictated by the narratives of men. Feminist approaches to the study of women in Greek literature have helped illustrate the importance of their religious and ritual roles in public life—Latin literature, however, has not been subject to similar scrutiny. In Brides, Mourners, Bacchae, Vassiliki Panoussi takes up the challenge, exploring women's place in weddings, funerals, Bacchic rites, and women-only rituals. Panoussi probes the multifaceted ways women were able to exercise influence, even power, in ancient Rome from the days of the late Republic to Flavian times. Systematically investigating both poetry and prose, Panoussi covers a wide variety of genres, from lyric poetry (Catullus), epic (Ovid, Lucan, Valerius, Statius), elegy (Propertius, Ovid), and tragedy (Seneca) to historiography (Livy) and the novel (Petronius).The first large-scale analysis of this body of evidence from a feminist perspective, the book makes a compelling case that female ritual was an important lens through which Roman authors explored the problems of women's agency, subjectivity, civic identity, and self-expression. By focusing on the fruitful intersection of gender and religion, the book elucidates not only the importance of female religious experience in Rome but also the complexity of ideological processes affecting Roman ideas about gender, sexuality, family, and society. Brides, Mourners, Bacchae will be of value to scholars of classics and ancient religions, as well as anyone interested in the study of gender in antiquity or the connection between religion and ideology.Item From Adultery to Incest: Messalina and Agrippina as Sexual Aggressors in Tacitus’ Annals(Oxford University Press, 2018-12-01) Panoussi, VassilikiThis chapter continues the investigation of rhetorical maneuvers clustering around social and amorous hierarchies in the fraught sphere of sexual agency by studying the trope of the sexually aggressive older female preying on a younger man in Tacitus’ Annals. On the basis of a detailed examination of the portrayal of Messalina and Agrippina, it argues that it is precisely the recognizable rhetoricity and artificiality in the deployment of this trope, here dramatized through rich intertextual echoes and connections (notably Vergil’s Aeneid and Euripides’ Bacchae), which narratively undercuts any unambiguous condemnation of female superiority over male inferiority, disrupts any simple re-assertion of traditional Roman gender hierarchies, and opens up the text to alternative interpretations beyond the reach of the narrator’s authority.Item Dancing in Scyros: Masculinity and Young Women’s Rituals in the Achilleid(Oxford University Press, 2013-01-01) Panoussi, VassilikiThis chapter examines the representation of young women’s rituals in Statius’ Achilleid. The poem shows female ritual activity (expressed through Bacchic rites, choral dancing, and collective worship of Pallas) as bestowing the young women of Scyros with a power that appears capable of containing (or at least delaying) the manifestation of Achilles’ masculinity. The girls’ agency is indicated in three ways: the power of their beauty and sexuality to attract and potentially dominate men; their association with Amazons; and their performance of Bacchic rituals. An analysis of these narrative strategies reveals that Statius invests typical motifs associated with women with an exceptional power that renders the young women capable of posing a threat to the full articulation of masculinity.