Erhabene Bilder

Die Kameen in der Antikensammlung Berlin

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The cameos in the Department of Antiquities at the State Museums in Berlin originate in the Kunstkammer of the Brandenburg Electors. The largely unpublished stock of 875 ancient, baroque and classicistic cameos mirror its changeful history of acquisition, loss and …

Herodotus’s Scythians and Ptolemy’s Central Asia

Semasiological and Onomasiological Studies

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The present book deals with semasiological and onomasiological questions in Herodotus's (5th century B.C.) famous portrayal of the Scythians and in Ptolemy's description of the Central Asiatic countries as presented in Book 6 of his 'Geography' (around 150 C.E.). The …

Krise und Wandel

Süditalien im 4. und 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Internationaler Kongress anlässlich des 65. Geburtstages von Dieter Mertens

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During the fourth and third centuries BC, Sicily and South Italy were the site of almost incessant conflicts between their indigenous peoples, Greek settlers, Punic colonists, and Roman conquerors. Their cities and villages offer great opportunity for the study of …

Selinus II

Die punische Stadt auf der Akropolis

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In 409 BC, the Greek colonial town Selinous in Sicily was conquered by the Carthaginians and fell under Punic governance. Having primarily functioned as a military base during the decades following the conquest, Selinunt began to flourish once again towards …

Die Akropolis von Athen im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Internationales Kolloquium vom 16. bis 17. Juni 2006 in Bonn

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In the Hellenistic and particularly the Roman Imperial period the Acropolis of Athens embodied the greatness of the “polis” in Classical times and must to an extent have attained a museum-like status. This volume represents the results of an International …

Rollenbilder in der athenischen Demokratie

Medien, Gruppen, Räume im politischen und sozialen System. Beiträge zu einem interdisziplinären Kolloqium in Freiburg i.Br., 24. bis 25. November 2006

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This volume contains eight papers under a common focus: the complexity of image- and role- construction in classical Athens. The development of democracy came along with a growing importance of the political order; equality among all citizens was the most …

Grabbauten des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts in den gallischen und germanischen Provinzen

Akten des Internationalen Kolloquiums Köln 22. bis 23. Februar 2007

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The present volume is based on an international colloquium held by the Institute of Archaeology of the University Cologne and the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures”. Their aim was not only the review but also the completion of the research results …

Mensch und Tier in der Antike

Grenzziehung und Grenzüberschreitung

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These conference proceedings explore the encounter of human and animal nature from a philological, historical and archaeological perspective in areas such as the body, myth, religion and cult, politics and philosophy. Ancient texts and images present a broad variety of …

Original und Kopie

Formen und Konzepte der Nachahmung in der antiken Kunst

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Der Band versammelt 15 Aufsätze, die auf verschiedenen Feldern der antiken Kunst und Architektur dem Verhältnis von Original und Kopie nachgehen: welche Formen der Nachahmung lassen sich unterscheiden, wie dienen diese der Vermittlung spezifischer Inhalte? Die Studien liefern einen Beitrag …

Antike Musterblätter

Wirkkartons aus dem spätantiken und frühbyzantinischen Ägypten

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The use of models and pattern sheets in Antiquity is still much discussed among scholars. While lost for other works of art, a considerable number painted on papyrus and used in textile work shops has been found in Egypt. The …

Persistenz und Rezeption

Weiterverwendung, Wiederverwendung und Neuinterpretation antiker Werke im Mittelalter

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The present volume is based on a colloquium held by two research centres of the Philosophical Faculty of Cologne University. i.e. the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures (Zakmira)” and the “Centre for Medieval Studies”. The contributions by various authors from the …

Stadtverkehr in der antiken Welt

Internationales Kolloquium zur 175-Jahrfeier des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Rom vom 21. bis 23. April 2004

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This volume deals with a topic that has influenced much current research, but which has rarely been applied to Classical times – the complex phenomenon of "transport" and "traffic." Varied essays reflect on the manner and to what degree people …

Kult und Kommunikation

Medien in Heiligtümern der Antike

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Media research has become a common subject and method for various academic fields. But there is, so far, no such study dealing with media research in the field of archaeology. This volume compiles contributions from authors covering different possible aspects …

Statuen in der Spätantike

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The investigation of late antique statuary lies at the intersection of various scholarly disciplines studying the ancient world. Statues set up in public are an important index of the continuity of civic practices in Late Antiquity; statues in the private …

Der imaginierte Nomade

Formel und Realitätsbezug bei antiken, mittelalterlichen und arabischen Autoren

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When a pre-modern author writes about nomads, his writing is immediately suspected of being soaked with literary formulae. This suspicion, which is no doubt justified, is for the historian linked to the question: what kind of reality can be seen …

Europas Spiegel

Die Antikensammlung im Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen

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The collection of antiquities in the Suermondt-Ludwig Museum Aachen has hitherto been nearly unknown even among specialists. It mainly contains of vases and terracotta figurines, along with sculpture, metall, plaster and glass ware representing a wide geographical and chronological range. …

Bilder von der Vergangenheit

Zur Geschichte der archäologischen Fächer

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Als Archäologe sieht man sich derzeit mit einem Widerspruch konfrontiert: Auf der einen Seite erfreut sich die Archäologie in der Öffentlichkeit einer großen Popularität, auf der anderen Seite häufen sich dramatische Nachrichten über den Wegfall von Planstellen und die Schließung …

Nebensätze bei Aristophanes

Syntax, Semantik, Pragmatik

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This book offers an analysis of all subordinate clauses of the eleven extant comedies of Aristophanes, informed by syntax, semantics and pragmatics; new perspectives are opened for the linguistic interpretation of these texts. It emerges that such factors as position …

Medieval Painting in the Lebanon

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Christians in Lebanon have been painting their churches ever since the time of Christ but their work is largely unknown. Presently, the larger study of Byzantine painting has barely touched upon medieval Lebanon and very little has been published on …

Spätantike Bauskulptur aus Oxyrhynchos

Lokale Produktion – äußere Einflüsse

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The architectural sculpture produced at Oxyrhynchus, capital of the late Roman province of Arcadia in Middle Egypt, is analysed in detail and related to the development of the architecural ornament and the decorative arts in late-antique centres such as Alexandreia …