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The Origins of the Peloponnesian War, the Origins of the Peloponnesian War, and Theories of International Relations (2024)
Journal Article
Low, P. (2024). The Origins of the Peloponnesian War, the Origins of the Peloponnesian War, and Theories of International Relations. Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought, 41(1), 76-91. https://doi.org/10.1163/20512996-12340428

This article investigates the theoretical assumptions and implications of De Ste. Croix’s approach to interstate politics in The Origins of the Peloponnesian War. It suggests that two approaches can be identified in the work: one which sees a fundame... Read More about The Origins of the Peloponnesian War, the Origins of the Peloponnesian War, and Theories of International Relations.

Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections: National Museums Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
de Lisle, C., Liddel, P., & Low, P. (2022). Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections: National Museums Scotland. AIO papers, 14,

The inscription presented in this volume, a first-century AD ephebic list in the collection of the National Museums Scotland (NMS), has never previously been published. Peter Liddel and Polly Low found a reference to it in an online catalogue in 2018... Read More about Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections: National Museums Scotland.

Two Megarian inscriptions at Brocklesby Park (UK) (2021)
Journal Article
Low, P., & Liddel, P. (2021). Two Megarian inscriptions at Brocklesby Park (UK). The Journal of epigraphic studies, 4, 47-62. https://doi.org/10.19272/202113701004

In this article we publish two Greek inscriptions, possibly or probably from ancient Megara, which are now in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough at Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire, UK. The inscriptions have not been subject to scholarly examinati... Read More about Two Megarian inscriptions at Brocklesby Park (UK).

Xenia and Proxenia in Thucydides' Sparta (2021)
Book Chapter
Low, P. (2021). Xenia and Proxenia in Thucydides' Sparta. In A. Powell, & P. Debnar (Eds.), Thucydides and Sparta (163-182). Classical Press of Wales

Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory (2020)
Journal Article
Low, P. (2020). Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory. Histos, Supplements(11), 235-268

This chapter explores the ways in which the Athenians responded to inscriptions after their creation, and in particular their approaches to the emendation, destruction, and recreation of inscribed public texts. It argues that these approaches reveal... Read More about Remembering, forgetting, and rewriting the past: Athenian inscriptions and collective memory.