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The Digression on Cyprus in Claudian’s Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii et Mariae
Tzounakas, Spyridon (Walter de Gruyter, 2023)In Claudian’s epithalamium for Honorius and Maria, which celebrates the marriage of the emperor to Stilocho’s daughter in 398 CE, Cupid visits Venus’ palace in Cyprus, and a significant part of the poem (lines 49-108) is ...
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Introduction
Tzounakas, Spyridon; Alekou, Stella; Harrison, Stephen (Walter de Gruyter, 2023)
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Preface
Tzounakas, Spyridon (Deinotera Editrice, 2023)The collection of essays included in this volume arises from an interdisciplinary research project on the reception of ancient Cyprus in the culture of the western world, a programme that was co-funded by the European ...
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Prostitution in Ancient Cyprus, the myth of thepPropoetides in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the perpetuation of a stereotype
Tzounakas, Spyridon (Deinotera Editrice, 2023)This study examines certain ancient sources that mention prostitution in Cyprus, focuses on how this idea became established in Latin literature, and argues that historical facts aside, it was the existence of such Latin ...
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The Roman Conquest of Cyprus in the Rhetorical Strategies of Cicero’s De domo sua and Pro Sestio
Tzounakas, Spyridon (Deinotera Editrice, 2023)This study explores how the Roman conquest of Cyprus is rhetorically treated by Cicero in two of his speeches, De domo sua and Pro Sestio. It argues that Cicero not only criticizes the actions of Clodius and his compatriots, ...