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Sparse Spartan Verse: Filling Gaps in The Thermopylae Epigram (2014)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.