Małgorzata Andrzejczak-Świątek

Prawno-międzynarodowe aspekty stosowania klauzuli derogacyjnej w amerykańskim systemie ochrony praw człowieka, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem problematyki derogacji praw dziecka

Law

Problematyka zakresu i zobowiązań pozytywnych dla państw  stron Amerykańskiej Konwencji Praw Człowieka na tle klauzuli derogacyjnej zawartej w je...

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The article, "Prawno-międzynarodowe aspekty stosowania klauzuli derogacyjnej w amerykańskim systemie ochrony praw człowieka, ze szczególnym uwzględnie...

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Caterina Agostini

REAL, UNREAL AND MAGIC IN PLINY THE ELDER’S NATURALIS HISTORIA

History

This paper considers some reflections on healing, witchcraft and magic in Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia, published around AD 77-79....

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Marianna Calabretta

THE MANIFESTATION OF A STAR AS THE GOD ARCTURUS’ PERSONIFICATION

Literature

The figure of a divinity, in the case of Plautus’ Rudens, Arcturus, in the role of a persona prologans was very current in archaic Latin co...

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This paper, titled "THE MANIFESTATION OF A STAR AS THE GOD ARCTURUS’ PERSONIFICATION," delves into the intriguing portrayal of Arcturus as a *persona...

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Nikolas Hächler

OBSERVATIONS OF THE MARVELLOUS IN STRABO’S GEOGRAPHIKA – THE USE OF THE UNREAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE WORLD IN ANTIQUITY

Geography

In his cultural geography, Strabo gathered important, useful and amusing information concerning the structure of earth's nature, its region...

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This paper promises a compelling examination of Strabo’s engagement with the "marvellous" in his *Geographika*, proposing to illuminate antique discou...

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Ana Kotarcic, Douglas Underwood

INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF POSTGRADUATES IN ANCIENT LITERATURE 2013

Literature

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Charles Northrop II

UNREALITY INTO REALITY: HOW CHARACTERS OF OVID’S METAMORPHOSES RECEIVE AND (DON'T) ACT ON MYTHS

Literature

The inset-narrative structure of Ovid’s Metamorphoses has long been noted as a technique to allow the poet to distort both the timeline and...

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Fiona Mitchell

MONSTROUS OMENS IN HERODOTUS’ HISTORIES

History

Monstrous omens appear four times in Herodotus: a concubine of the king of Sardis gives birth to a lion (1.84), a mule is born with male an...

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The proposed paper, "Monstrous Omens in Herodotus’ Histories," presents a compelling argument regarding the specific function and placement of monstro...

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Valerie Smitherman

HEARING THE ERINYES’ VOICES: THOUGHTS ON THE ‘BINDING SONG’ (EU. 307-96)

Literature

In Eumenides, the chorus of Erinyes confronts Orestes in Athens. They surround him as he supplicates Athena, singing: Let’s dance as well...

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Paul Jackson

DREAMS, VISIONS AND EPICUREAN GODS

Philosophy

The Epicureans, far from being atheists, did believe in gods, and were atheistic only in the sense that they did not believe in the gods th...

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Pietro Verzina

CHANGING THE SELF AND THE WORLD. THE HOMERIC HYMNS AS PATTERNS OF TRANSFORMATION AND PROGRESS

Literature

The Homeric Hymns represent the gods in a crucial and decisive moment of change in their lives, which also instigates a cosmic development....

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