New book: Dufault, Early Greek Alchemy, Patronage and Innovation in Late Antiquity
…I am finishing a project of my own this summer and so have been a delinquent blogger, and will remain so for a while longer. However, I cannot let pass […]
Tag Archives: Greek
Two PhD positions in Bologna within the ERC project AlchemEast
For anyone interested in alchemy in the (broadly) ancient world, why not apply to do a PhD under the rubric of the project “Alchemy in the Making: From ancient Babylonia […]
conference: Ancient Revelation: Divination, Prophecy and Epiphany
On 25-27 June 2019, Durham University will host the conference ‘Ancient Revelation: Divination, Prophecy and Epiphany.’ The speakers will focus on Greek and Christian literature, mainly produced in the Roman […]
Sinatti on Neoplatonic Demons and Angels
A new book on demons and angels in Neoplatonism has just been reviewed in BMCR by Cesare Sinatti – you can read the review here. The book is: Luc Brisson, […]
new book: Das Paradies ist ein Hörsaal für die Seelen
2018 also saw a new volume of (German) papers on schools as institutions of higher learning, looking at a variety of ancient materials but focusing largely on late antiquity: »Das […]
New book – Nicolaïdis, ed. Greek Alchemy from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity
In 2018, this new book of essays on the history of Greek alchemy was published. The subject is difficult and the study of it is changing a lot these days. […]
conference: ‘Ralph Cudworth at the Crossroads of Modernity’
The following announcement is courtesy of the ‘philosophie-antique’ mailing list. Cudworth himself was hardly ancient (he lived and wrote in the 17th century), but he and other ‘Cambridge Platonists’ were […]
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