Syngeneia in Plato’s dialogues

The objective of my paper is to examine the role of syngeneia and koinonia in Plato’s dialogues. Although these notions have never been given much attention by Plato’s scholars, particularly when it comes to their relationship, this issue is likely to be crucial in philosophical terms. As I set out to demonstrate, the function of …

Platonic Sappho

Plato quotes the name of Sappho, along with Anacreon’s one, in a well-known passage from Phaedrus (235c = Sapph. test. 250d Neri). I studied this text for my research project about the reception of Sappho’s figure in the Greek literature, especially in the part of my Master’s degree thesis dedicated to the Third Sophistic. I …

Scipio Abroad: The Image of Scipio Africanus in Spain

The exploits of Scipio Africanus in the Second Punic War have captivated ancient and modern scholars. However, analyses of Scipio have traditionally been approached through a military lens that, often, only addresses his public image and identity at face value. As a result, the impact of the Hellenistic world on his presentation is often underestimated …

Hadrian and the East: (re)considering the nature of the Temple of Imperial Cult of Italica (Hispania)

Works such as M. Yourcenar’s have triggered the image of Hadrian as the philhellenic emperor par excellence. His patria, Italica (on the Baetis river, in southern Hispania) was shown great honors and given many splendid gifts (DC 69, 10, 1). Since its discovery in the mid 1980s, the sanctuary of imperial cult has become one …