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  • Arctos vol. LVII (2023) has been published! All the articles of Arctos vol. LVI (2022) have become available in open-access form.

    2024-07-10

    Arctos vol. LVII (2023) has been published, see here!

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    Contents of Arctos LVII (2023): 

    Heikki SOLIN: Holger Thesleff 4.12.1924–3.10.2023 in memoriam, pp. 9–16.
    Lee FRATANTUONO: Virgil’s Snatcher She-Wolf: Harpalyce, Camilla, and Female Lycanthropy in the Aeneid, pp. 17–46.
    Boris HOGENMÜLLER: Catulls Mamurra als Sapphos Andromeda: Zur Intertextualität von Catull. carm. 41/43 und Sappho fr. 57/55 LP, pp. 47–64.
    András KÁRPÁTI: Dancing for Dionysos: Notes on a New Paestan Vase in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, pp. 65–102.
    Christian LAES: Aunts and the Roman Family: Materterae and Amitae in Latin Inscriptions, pp. 103–156.
    Olli SALOMIES: Observations on the Order of the Consuls in Consular Dates between Augustus and Diocletian, pp. 157–188.
    Heikki SOLIN: Analecta Epigraphica 344–349, pp. 189–216.
    Ioannis P. STAMOULAKIS: A Critical and Interpretative Proposal on Herodas 3,75–76, pp. 217–228.
    Heiko ULLRICH: Der Dichter Anser: Eine Indizienkette rund um Catull. 68,157f., pp. 229–240.
    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 241–292.
    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 293–296.
    Libri nobis missi, pp. 297–302.
    Index scriptorum, p. 303.

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  • Arctos vol. LVI (2022) has been published! All the articles of Arctos vol. LV (2021) have become available in open-access form.

    2023-07-12

    Arctos vol. LVI (2022) has been published, see here!

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    Contents of Arctos LVI (2022): 

    Maxwell Hardy: Ovid’s Public Poetry: Tristia 5,1,23–4, pp. 9–26.

    Paul Hosle: An 'Ars Poetica' Acrostic in a Poem by Albertino Mussato, pp. 27–32.

    Ilkka Kuivalainen: From Affection to Violence: The Treatment of Animals in Pompeian Sculpture, pp. 33–56.

    Tuomo Nuorluoto: An Unpublished Latin Inscription from Castelnuovo di Porto Including a New Nomen with the Suffix -aienus, pp. 57–64.

    Włodzimierz Olszaniec: A Corruption in Ciris 530?, pp. 65–68.

    Leena Pietilä-Castrén: A Note an a Helmeted Marble Head in a Finnish Art Museum, pp. 69–82.

    Olli Salomies: Latin cognomina in -illianus (Addendum) and Nomina in -inus,, pp. 83–100. 

    Heikki Solin: Analecta Epigraphica, pp. 101–110.

    Jyri Vaahtera: Bibulus and the Hieromenia (ἱερομηνία) of 59 BC, pp. 111–126.

    Jamie Vesterinen: Generals' Dreams before Battle: An Overview of a Recurring Motif in Ancient Historiography (4th c. BC – 3rd c. AD), pp. 127–188.

    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 189–254.

    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 255–258.

    Libri nobis missi, pp. 259–266.

    Index scriptorum, p. 267.

     

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  • Arctos vol. LV (2021) has been published! All the articles of Arctos vol. LIV (2020) have become available in open-access form.

    2022-08-24

    Arctos vol. LV (2021) has been published, see here!

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    Contents of Arctos LV (2021): 

    Silvia Gazzoli: Marmorare, incrustare: Lessico tecnico nell’epigrafia dell’Italia Romana, pp. 9–32.

    Thomas J. Goessens: Another Spanish Alienum in Canterbury? New Insights on RIB 2324, pp. 33–50.

    Kyle Helms: An Unread Safaitic Graffito from Pompeii, pp. 51–54.

    Wolfgang Hübner: Ketos und Kepheus bei Arat. 629–652, pp. 55–84.

    Lassi Jakola: Corpses, Living Bodies and Stuffs: Pre-Platonic Concepts of σῶμα, pp. 85–126.

    Urpo Kantola: Miszellen zu römischen Namen in griechischen Inschriften und Papyri, pp. 127–132.

    Abuzer Kızıl, Linda Talatas and Didier Laroche: Honorific Statue Base for the Demos of the Mylaseans at Euromos, pp. 133–142. 

    Maria Panagiotopoulou: The Children of Hephaestus: Some Thoughts on the Female Power over Patriarchal Masculinity, pp. 143–158.

    Leena Pietilä-Castrén: Forgotten and Unknown – Classical Bronzes from the National Museum of Finland, pp. 159–192.

    Olli Salomies: A Group of Romans in Ephesus in 35 BC, pp. 193–220.

    Kirsi Simpanen: The Symbolism behind the Draco Standard, pp. 221–246.

    Heikki Solin: Analecta Epigraphica 331–334, pp. 247–254.

    Heiko Ullrich: Textkritische Bemerkungen zu Echtheit und Stellung von Lucr. 1,136–148, pp. 255–280.

    Eeva-Maria Viitanen: Pompeian Electoral Notices on Houses and in Neighborhoods? Re-Appraisal of the Spatial Relationships of Candidates and Supporters, pp. 281–318.

    Manfredi Zanin: The Domitii Ahenobarbi in the Second Century BCE, pp. 319–336.

     

    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 337–440.

    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 441–444.

    Libri nobis missi, pp. 445–456.

    Index scriptorum, p. 457–458.

     

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    Executive Editor and Secretary

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  • Arctos vol. LIV (2020) has been published! All the articles of Arctos vol. LIII (2019) have become available in open-access form.

    2021-07-09

    Arctos vol. LIV (2020) has been published, see here!

    The publication is for sale in Tiedekirja. The articles of Arctos LIV will be made available in open-access form one year after the publication of the printed volume. The book reviews are published in open-access form immediately.

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    Contents of Arctos LIV (2020): 

    Christer Bruun: Transfer of Property in an Ostian Professional Corpus: Sexti Sextilii and Lucii Iulii among the lenuncularii in CIL XIV 251, and a Possible Effect of the ‘Antonine Plague’, pp. 9–32.

    Ann Brysbaert, Irene Vikatou & Hanna Stöger: Highways and Byways in Mycenaean Greece: Human–environment Interactions in Dialogue, pp. 33–94.

    Gabriel Evangelou: Strategies of Reconciliation in Cicero’s Private and Public Life, pp. 95–122.

    Paolo Garofalo: Romolo e i katharmoi per la morte di Tito Tazio: presso la “selva” o la “porta” Ferentina? (note di storia e topografia romana), pp. 123–140.

    Antti Ijäs: Greek Papyri of Pragmatic Literature on Combat Technique (P. Oxy. III 466 and LXXIX 5204), pp. 141–165.

    Kai Juntunen: The Incident at Elegeia: The Meaning of στρατόπεδον in Ioannes Xiphilinus' Epitome of Cassius Dio (S.297,14–21), pp. 167–196.

    Nikoletta Kanavou: Two Rare Names from Inscriptions in the Archaeological Museum of Messenia, pp. 197–200.

    Tuomo Nuorluoto: The Nomenclature of (Claudia) Livia, "Livilla", pp. 201–206.

    Tristan Power: The Text of Catullus 6,12–14, pp. 207–211.

    Dimitris Roumpekas: Aloe in the Greek Papyri of Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt: A Contribution Concerning the Aloe Supply and Use in Antiquity, pp. 213–225.

    Olli Salomies: Some Eloquent Imperial Senators. pp. 227–240.

    Heikki Solin: Analecta Epigraphica 331–336, pp. 241–255.

    Kaius Tuori: Breaking Chairs: Sella Curulis in Roman Law, Identity and Memory, pp. 257–284.

    Eeva-Maria Viitanen: Painting Signs in Ancient Pompeii: Contextualizing scriptores and Their Work, pp. 285–331.

    Mark Janse: The Sociolinguistic Study of Ancient Greek and Latin: Review Article, pp. 333–355.

    Kaius Tuori: Spatial Theories and the Study of Ancient (Roman) Urbanism: Review Article, pp. 357–378.

     

    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 379–436.

    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 437–438.

    Libri nobis missi, pp. 439–441.

    Index scriptorum, p. 442.

     

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  • Arctos vol. LIII (2019) has been published. Old volumes of Arctos available for free!

    2020-06-29

    Arctos vol. LIII (2019) has been published, see here!

    The publication is for sale in Tiedekirja. The articles of Arctos LIII will be made available in open-access form exactly one year after the publication of the printed volume. The book reviews are published in open-access form immediately. However, a corrected version of Olli Salomies' article "Latin Cognomina Ending in -illianus" is made available right away, since footnotes 12 and 13 were not reproduced in the printed volume due to software problems.

    Simultaneously, the editors of Arctos have the pleasure of announcing the publication of all the previous volumes of Arctos [I (1954) – LII (2018)], along with the supplementa I (1968) and II (1985), as well as the two volumes of the old series (1930 and 1931) in open-access form on this website.  The articles and reviews have been re-licensed with the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC standard. Please have a look at our archives here and discover the riches of the past 90 years of classical scholarship! 

     

    Contents of Arctos LIII (2019): 

    Tommi Alho: In sulphuream Papistarum conspirationem exercitia: Retelling the Gunpowder Plot at the King’s School, Canterbury (1665–84), pp. 9–36.

    Antonino Crisà : After a Trip: The Effects of Augustus’ Propaganda in Sicily through Historical, Numismatic and Archaeological Sources, pp. 37–69. 

    Urpo Kantola : Bemerkungen zu griechischen Inschriften mit römischen Namen, pp. 69–82.

    Christian Laes: Lectors in the Latin West: The Epigraphical Evidence (c. 300–800), pp. 83–128.

    Jenna Rice: “Just Rage”: Causes of the Rise in Violence in the Eastern Campaigns of Alexander the Great, pp. 129–156.

    Ronald Ridley: Vicit disciplina militaris, vicit imperii maiestas? Livy 8.30–35, pp. 157–184.

    Olli Salomies: Latin Cognomina Ending in -illianus, pp. 185–210

    Heikki Solin: Analecta Epigraphica 327–330, pp. 211–218.

    Toivo Viljamaa: Words or Sounds? — Ancient Grammarians on Interjections, pp. 219–248. 

    Ian Worthington: Augustus’ Annoyance with Athens, pp. 247–254.

     

    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 255–309.

    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 310–312.

    Libri nobis missi, pp. 313–315.

    Index scriptorum, p. 316.

     

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  • Arctos vol. LII (2018) has been published!

    2019-08-21

    Arctos vol. LII (2018) has been published! The publication is for sale in Tiedekirja. 

     

    Contents: 

    Mireille Corbier: "Nouvelle lecture d'une inscription de Mâcon (Matisco) (Saône-et-Loire, France)", pp. 11–15. 

    Gianluca De Martino : "A Multicultural Approach to the Study of the Cult of Hera in Poseidonia/Paestum", pp. 17–39.

    Richard Duncan-Jones : "The Antonine Plague Revisited", pp. 41–72.

    Hilla Halla-Aho: "Left-dislocation, Subordinate Clauses and the Stylistic Difference between Plautus and Terence", pp. 73–94.

    George Hollenback: "The Problems in the Vitruvian Hodometer Revisited", pp. 95–98.

    Mika Kajava & Urpo Kantola: "A Funerary Inscription from Northern Mesopotamia", pp. 99–101. 

    Arthur Keaveney: "Notes on Plutarch: Comparison Lysander-Sulla 2,5–7 and 5,5", pp. 103–118.

    Georgios E. Mouratidis : "The Political Vocabulary of the Imperial-period Greek Elite; Some Notes on the Title ἀξιολογώτατος", pp. 119–135.

    Tiziano Ottobrini : "Cirillo di Gerusalemme e le catechesi 12 e 13 nella basilica costantiniana (348 p.Ch.): verso una mistagogia sindonica", pp. 137–155.

    Olli Salomies : "A Fourth-Century Inscription from Abritus in Moesia Secunda", pp.157–165.

    Kaj Sandberg & Jasmin Lukkari : "Equestrian Fortunes and Roman Imperialism", pp. 167–190.

    Heikki Solin : "Analecta Epigraphica 322–326", pp. 191–198.

    Kaius Tuori : "Pliny and the Uses of the Aerarium Saturnias an Administrative Space", pp. 199–230.

     

    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 231–270.

    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 271–272.

    Libri nobis missi, pp. 273–276.

    Index scriptorum, p. 277.

     

     

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  • Arctos vol. LI (2017) has been published!

    2018-08-28

    Arctos vol. LI (2017) has been published! The publication is for sale in Tiedekirja. 

     

    Contents: 

    Heikki Solin: "Rolf Westman in Memoriam" (pp. 9–12)

    Ria Berg: "Toiletries and Taverns. Cosmetic Sets in Small Houses, Hospitia and Lupanaria at Pompeii" (pp. 13–49).

    Maurizio Colombo: ”Il prezzo dell'oro dal 300 al 325/330 e ILS 9420 = SupplIt V 253-255 nr. 3. (pp. 41–61).

    Lee Fratantuono: "Pallasne Excurrere Classe: Minerva in the Aeneid" (pp. 63–88).

    Janne Ikäheimo, Jari-Matti Kuusela & Eero Jarva: "Buried Under? Re-examining the Topology and Geology of the Allia Battlefield" (pp. 89–109).

    Boris Kayachev: "Ciris 204: an Emendation" (pp. 111–113).

    Olli Salomies: "An Inscription from Pheradi Maius in Africa (Ae 1927, 28 = ILTun. 25)" (pp. 114–133).

    Umberto Soldovieri: "Una nuova dedica a Iuppiter da Pompei e l'origine di L. Ninnius Quadratus, tribunus plebis 58 a.C" (pp. 135–146.) 

    Divna Soleil: "Héraclès le premier mélancolique : Origines d'une figure exemplaire" (pp. 147–166) 

    Heikki Solin: "Analecta Epigraphica 319–321" (pp. 167–177).

    Holger Thesleff: "Pivotal Play and Irony in Platonic Dialogues" (pp. 179–220).

     

    De novis libris iudicia, pp. 221–276.

    Index librorum in hoc volumine recensorum, pp. 277–279.

    Libri nobis missi, pp. 281–285.

    Index scriptorum, p. 286.

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