David Ricks (Edited by) , Michael Trapp (Edited by)
David Ricks (Edited by) , Michael Trapp (Edited by)
Dialogos" encompasses Greek language and literature, Greek history and archaeology, Greek culture and thought, present and past: a territory of distinctive richness and unsurpassed influence. It seeks to foster critical awareness and informed debate about the ideas, events and achievements that make up this territory, by redefining their qualities, by exploring their interconnections and by reinterpreting their significance within Western culture and beyond.
Pride, prudence and the fear of God - the loyalties of Alexander and Nicolas Mavrocordato, Dimitris Livanios; the Byzantine frontier in Macedonia, Paul Stephenson; Macedonia and Macedonians in "Sta mystika tou Valtou" (1937) by P.S. Delta, Peter Mackridge; Odysseus Elytis and Romanos the Melodist - a case of "modernization and distortion"?, Irene Loulakaki; moulded by Eros with skill and experience - sculpture and the male body in the poetry of Cavafy, Lianna Giannakopoulou; Hellenic fantasies - aesthetics, desire and Symonds' "A Problem in Greek Ethics", Alastiar Blanshard; "Mad about the boy" - mythological models and Victorian painting, Rosemary Barrow; shall we join the ladies? (Review article), Christopher Robinson; what now, Heraclitus? and Skeptic Days, Askold Skalsky; the first of May, translated by Susan Matthias, Georgios Vizyinos.
An annual publication that includes writings by scholars whose interests lie in Greek language, literature, history, archaeology, culture and philosophy, from both the past and the present.
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