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An initial draft of the 1554 edition of 100 theological assertions on the book of Genesis by Andr... more An initial draft of the 1554 edition of 100 theological assertions on the book of Genesis by André des Freux, S.J. with translation. At this point, it is in the first stage of draft. I'm looking for feedback both on formatting (eg would it be helpful to have the pertinent passages of Genesis cited beside the thesis?) and errors in translation.
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The development of a typology for the scholia to Pindar demonstrates the need for a radical re-ex... more The development of a typology for the scholia to Pindar demonstrates the need for a radical re-examination of Pindar’s odes. I prove this in the instance of the omphalos in P.4.74. The scholia have always been the first resource when interpreting Pindar (Clapp, 227), but the work of Mary Lefkowitz has called into question their reliability on biographical matters (passim and esp. 147). We should be similarly skeptical about other information gleaned from the scholia.
In this paper, I apply a new analytical typography to Σ P.4.129 and demonstrate that this gloss comes not from the Alexandrian commentators nor even Didymus, but an epitomist without any personal experience of Delphi. The position of this paraphrase gloss relative to the whole corpus and its choice of glossed vocabulary confirms its late date. Its suggestion that the prophecy comes down from (κατὰ, Σ P.4.129.2) rather than beside (πὰρ, P.4.74) the omphalos confuses the fetish stone with Mount Parnassus. Recent (Braswell 168; Gentili 428, 449-50; Kirkwood 176) and older (Gildersleeve 282) commentaries, relying on the scholia, have stuck with this reading of the text in the face of internal evidence.
A comparison of Pindar (P.6.3; P.8.59; P.11.10; N.7.33; Paean.6.120; fr.63.3) and his contemporaries’ (Aesch. Eum. 40, 166) use of the omphalos makes clear why Pindar puts Pelias’ prophecy here. In all other instances these poets associate the omphalos with prophecies concerning murder. While Pindar makes Battos receive his prophecy of colonization beside the two gold eagles (P.4.4-6) as a symbol of Zeus’ power to apportion the Earth, Pelias receives his threatening oracle about Jason beside the omphalos.
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Adoremus Bulletin, 2020
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The University Bookman, 2019
A Review of John Milton’s The Book of Elegies translated by A. M. Juster The Paideia Institute fo... more A Review of John Milton’s The Book of Elegies
translated by A. M. Juster
The Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, Inc., 2019.
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Valentina Arena, Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic. Cambridge; N... more Valentina Arena, Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. ix, 324. ISBN 9781107028173.
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An initial draft of the 1554 edition of 100 theological assertions on the book of Genesis by Andr... more An initial draft of the 1554 edition of 100 theological assertions on the book of Genesis by André des Freux, S.J. with translation. At this point, it is in the first stage of draft. I'm looking for feedback both on formatting (eg would it be helpful to have the pertinent passages of Genesis cited beside the thesis?) and errors in translation.
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The development of a typology for the scholia to Pindar demonstrates the need for a radical re-ex... more The development of a typology for the scholia to Pindar demonstrates the need for a radical re-examination of Pindar’s odes. I prove this in the instance of the omphalos in P.4.74. The scholia have always been the first resource when interpreting Pindar (Clapp, 227), but the work of Mary Lefkowitz has called into question their reliability on biographical matters (passim and esp. 147). We should be similarly skeptical about other information gleaned from the scholia.
In this paper, I apply a new analytical typography to Σ P.4.129 and demonstrate that this gloss comes not from the Alexandrian commentators nor even Didymus, but an epitomist without any personal experience of Delphi. The position of this paraphrase gloss relative to the whole corpus and its choice of glossed vocabulary confirms its late date. Its suggestion that the prophecy comes down from (κατὰ, Σ P.4.129.2) rather than beside (πὰρ, P.4.74) the omphalos confuses the fetish stone with Mount Parnassus. Recent (Braswell 168; Gentili 428, 449-50; Kirkwood 176) and older (Gildersleeve 282) commentaries, relying on the scholia, have stuck with this reading of the text in the face of internal evidence.
A comparison of Pindar (P.6.3; P.8.59; P.11.10; N.7.33; Paean.6.120; fr.63.3) and his contemporaries’ (Aesch. Eum. 40, 166) use of the omphalos makes clear why Pindar puts Pelias’ prophecy here. In all other instances these poets associate the omphalos with prophecies concerning murder. While Pindar makes Battos receive his prophecy of colonization beside the two gold eagles (P.4.4-6) as a symbol of Zeus’ power to apportion the Earth, Pelias receives his threatening oracle about Jason beside the omphalos.
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The University Bookman, 2019
A Review of John Milton’s The Book of Elegies translated by A. M. Juster The Paideia Institute fo... more A Review of John Milton’s The Book of Elegies
translated by A. M. Juster
The Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, Inc., 2019.
Paperback, 135 pages, $15.
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Valentina Arena, Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic. Cambridge; N... more Valentina Arena, Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. ix, 324. ISBN 9781107028173.
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