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Etymological Law (2021)
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Ziogas, I. (2021). Etymological Law. Incontri di filologia classica, 19, 179-200. https://doi.org/10.13137/2464-8760/32056

The origins of law coincide with the origins of language, as both Plato and Horace highlight. Thus, a systematic attempt to discover the etymological roots of words simultaneously reveals the source of legality. The article examines the etymological... Read More about Etymological Law.

Famous Last Words: Caesar's Prophecy on the Ides of March (2016)
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Ziogas, I. (2016). Famous Last Words: Caesar's Prophecy on the Ides of March. Antichthon, 50, 134-153. https://doi.org/10.1017/ann.2016.9

Shakespeare’s Et tu, Brute has been influential in shaping a tradition that interprets Caesar’s last words as an expression of shock at Brutus’ betrayal. Yet this interpretation is not suggested in the ancient sources that attest the tag καὶ σύ, τέκν... Read More about Famous Last Words: Caesar's Prophecy on the Ides of March.

Orpheus and the Law: The Story of Myrrha in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (2016)
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Ziogas, I. (2016). Orpheus and the Law: The Story of Myrrha in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Law in context (Bundoora), 34(1), 24-41

According to Horace, Orpheus and Amphion were the first legislators. They forbade casual sex, gave rights to spouses, and inscribed laws on wood (Ars Poetica 396-401). Orpheus, who is both the model of the devoted husband and the founding father of p... Read More about Orpheus and the Law: The Story of Myrrha in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Sparse Spartan Verse: Filling Gaps in The Thermopylae Epigram (2014)
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Ziogas, I. (2014). Sparse Spartan Verse: Filling Gaps in The Thermopylae Epigram. Ramus, 43(02), 115-133. https://doi.org/10.1017/rmu.2014.10

In the Apophthegmata Laconica, a collection of witty exchanges that highlight the shrewdness of Laconian brevity, we read the following story. An Argive once taunted a Spartan by pointing out the multitude of Spartan tombs in Argive territory. The Sp... Read More about Sparse Spartan Verse: Filling Gaps in The Thermopylae Epigram.

Stripping the Roman Ladies: Ovid's Rites and Readers (2014)
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Ziogas, I. (2014). Stripping the Roman Ladies: Ovid's Rites and Readers. Classical Quarterly, 64(02), 735-744. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009838814000494

Ovid's disclaimers in the Ars Amatoria need to be read in this context. My main argument is that, in his disclaimers, Ovid is rendering his female readership socially unrecognizable, rather than excluding respectable virgins and matronae from his aud... Read More about Stripping the Roman Ladies: Ovid's Rites and Readers.

The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis in the Aeneid (2010)
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Ziogas, I. (2010). The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis in the Aeneid. Trends in Classics, 2(1), 150-174. https://doi.org/10.1515/tcs.2010.007

Cupid morphs into Ascanius in Aeneid 1 and I argue that this transformation invests Ascanius with erotic qualities that are essential to understanding the boy's role in the Aeneid. Vergil deliberately blurs the distinction between Ascanius and Cupid,... Read More about The Permanence of Cupid's Metamorphosis in the Aeneid.

Review of Andreas N. Michalopulos, Οβίδιος, Ηρωίδες 20-21: Ακόντιος και Κυδίππη. Εισαγωγή, Κείμενο, Μετάφραση, Σχόλια. Athens: Εκδόσεις Δημ. Ν. Παπαδήμα, 2014. Pp. 389. ISBN 9789602065969
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Ziogas, I. (online). Review of Andreas N. Michalopulos, Οβίδιος, Ηρωίδες 20-21: Ακόντιος και Κυδίππη. Εισαγωγή, Κείμενο, Μετάφραση, Σχόλια. Athens: Εκδόσεις Δημ. Ν. Παπαδήμα, 2014. Pp. 389. ISBN 9789602065969. Bryn Mawr Classical Review,

Review of Sophia Papaioannou, Redesigning Achilles: 'Recycling' the Epic Cycle in the 'Little Iliad': (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622). Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, Bd. 89. Berlin/New York: Walter De Gruyter, 2007. Pp. xii, 304. ISBN 9783110200485
Journal Article
Ziogas, I. (online). Review of Sophia Papaioannou, Redesigning Achilles: 'Recycling' the Epic Cycle in the 'Little Iliad': (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622). Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, Bd. 89. Berlin/New York: Walter De Gruyter, 2007. Pp. xii, 304. ISBN 9783110200485. Bryn Mawr Classical Review,