The monologue on enlightenment PCG VIII 1001, describing the theater and the temple of Asclepius, is set in Athens and evokes the connections, spatial and ritual, that existed between the temple of Dionysus and that of Asclepius nearby.

Plutarch's skeptical Platonism is embodied in his understanding of Socrates and Socrates' use of eros, and serves to harmonize his use of the skeptical heritage with his understanding of central Platonic teachings: questioning is the crucial tool in the search…

The description of Odysseus stringing his bow at Od. 21.405-409, which is compared to a singer repairing a lyre, is formulated to be emblematic of the restoration of his xenia relationships and his position as basileus in Ithaca.

The charters and the prosopography of guilds in Egypt show that, rather than compensating for economic or social weakness, membership strengthened and multiplied existing family and other networks in ways that furthered success and prosperity.

With Palladas redated to the time of Constantine, several of his borrowings from Latin or from Christian terminology can now be recognized as novel colloquialisms in the scoptic tradition.

Three complementary aspects of Alexander's speeches before Issus and Gaugamela--typology, style, and argumentation--are studied to clarify the distinct ways in which Alexander's words were presented by ancient historians.

In the anecdote in Berol. P. 13044, Alexander questioning ten Indian gymnosophists, they are seen as passive recipients of his gift of clothing rather then self-sufficient sages, and there is no indication of a Cynic origin.

The few epigrams in non-elegiac meters that have been attributed to Meleager's Garland reached the Anth.Pal. from other sources instead, and their absence from the Garland probably reflects the expectation of his time that proper epigrams are elegiac.

A toy rattle, ca. 500 B.C., has inscriptions that include the owner’s name, Myrrhine, and praise of a boy “from the mounds,” i.e. private funeral games.

Examination of the chronology of the Helot revolt suggests that the Thasians’ revolt was ended before the Spartans asked for Athenian help at Ithome; the Athenians and Thucydides misconstrued Sparta’s motives.