- Universidade de Coimbra, Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos, Department Memberadd
- Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Classical Reception Studies, Classical history, Greek and Roman History, Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, and 22 moreFilm Studies, Classics, Roman History, Greek Literature, Ancient Greek Religion, Greek Tragedy, Greek Myth, Graeco-Roman Egypt, Roman Religion, Roman social history, Ancient Greek History, Roman Historiography, Ancient Greek Tragedy and its Reception, Ancient Religion, Greek and Roman Sexualities, Ancient myth and religion, Mysteries (Greek Religion), Classical philology, Greek religion (Classics), Ancient Greece (History), The Historical Novel, and Antiquity and cinemaedit
- Doutor em Letras, na especialidade de História da Antiguidade Clássica (2003). Mestre em História e Cultura Pré-Cláss... moreDoutor em Letras, na especialidade de História da Antiguidade Clássica (2003). Mestre em História e Cultura Pré-Clássica (1996). Licenciado em História (1991), pela Universidade de Lisboa.
Professor Associado da Universidade de Lisboa. Investigador do Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra e dos Centros de História e de Estudos Clássicos da Universidade de Lisboa.
Nuno Simões Rodrigues holds a PhD in Ancient History (Classics) (2003), a MA in Ancient History (1996) and a BA in History (1991), by the University of Lisbon.
He is Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon and a researcher at the Centre for History and the Centre for Classical Studies of the ULisboa and at the Classical and Humanistic Studies of the University of Coimbra.edit
This essay presents an overview of women's role and social position in Ancient Greece.
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Introduction to the Augustan Papers.
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The Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas (Sintra) holds in exhibition three etruscan sarcophagi, as far as we know, the only ones in Portugal. Dating back to the 4th and 3rd centuries b.C., they were acquired in the 19th... more
The Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas (Sintra) holds in exhibition three etruscan sarcophagi, as far as we know, the only ones in Portugal. Dating back to the 4th and 3rd centuries b.C., they were acquired in the 19th century by Sir Francis Cook, then the owner of the estate of Monserrate, in Sintra. Sir Cook used them as decoration features in the gardens of his palace, which testifies the taste the enlightened Europe of Romanticism entertained for antiquities and works of art belonging to ancient and exotic peoples. There, the sarcophagi remained, having been damaged by the weather and unenlightened visitors. The sculpted lid of one of them disappeared in a stormy night of 1983. Eventually, they were removed and taken to the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas. In the present essay, we present hypotheses for an iconographic and chronological analysis of the sarcophagi.
Research Interests: Etruscan Archaeology, Etruscan Funerary Art, Etruscan studies, Roman Sarcophagi, Etruscans, and 13 moreItalic Archaeology, Etruscology, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Etruscan and pre-Roman archaeology, Etruscologia, Etruschi, Coleccionismo, Coleccionismo De Objetos Artísticos E Históricos, Religion of the Etruscans, Sintra Monuments, Sintra Landscape, Museu Arqueológico de S. Miguel de Odrinhas, Etrüskler / Etruszkok / Etruscans (İtalya'nın ilk halkı / Italy, First Nations), Coleccionismo oitocentista, and Sir Francis Cook
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Collection of essays on the Saeculum Augustum.
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This essay aims to discuss and identify the character «Glafira», mentioned by Luís de Camões in «Os Lusíadas» (5.95) and connected by the Portuguese Renaissance poet to Mark Antony.
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This essay focuses on the biography of Britannicus, son of Claudius and Valeria Messalina, considering particularly the information transmitted by Tacitus in the Annales. Tacitus’ work is also the only source that realizes that... more
This essay focuses on the biography of Britannicus, son of Claudius and Valeria Messalina, considering particularly the information transmitted by Tacitus in the Annales. Tacitus’ work is also the only source that realizes that Britannicus would have been sexually assaulted by Nero, his brother by adoption, brother-in-law and rival as far as power was concerned. Thus, we also intend to analyse the reference to the stuprum of the young prince and its meaning within the historiography of Tacitus.
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This essay follows the previous book "Traduções Portuguesas de Teócritos", gathering and presenting some Theocritus' Portuguese translations not included in the volume.
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This essay mainly reviews Maria Wyke's "Projecting the Past. Ancient Rome, Cinema and History" (1997).
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This essay aims to present a synthesis of topics related to the study of prostitution and prostitutes in Ancient Rome.
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This essay studies the Flavian portrait known as the Lady of Milreu, kept in the National Museum of Archaeology of Lisbon, and focuses mainly the hairstyle the depicted woman wears, relating it to the Flavian period in the Roman Empire.
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This essay considers Plutarch's Cleopatra as being depicted as Metaphor of East, mainly as the city of Alexandria.
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This essay studies the myth of Chrysippus, taking into account not only the rape topic as well as the pederasty topic, but also the hospitality subject. This allows the Author to explore Chrysippus rape narrative as a mythos of xenia.
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Incluído numa História da Roma Antiga (vol. II - O Império e a Romanidade Hispânica), este artigo estuda o período flávio: problemáticas e suas principais linhas força. Inserted in a History of Ancient Rome (vol. II - Principate and... more
Incluído numa História da Roma Antiga (vol. II - O Império e a Romanidade Hispânica), este artigo estuda o período flávio: problemáticas e suas principais linhas força.
Inserted in a History of Ancient Rome (vol. II - Principate and Hispania Romana), this essay studies the Flavian period: problematics and main trends.
Inserted in a History of Ancient Rome (vol. II - Principate and Hispania Romana), this essay studies the Flavian period: problematics and main trends.
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Herodotus is the epochal authority who inaugurated the European and Western consciousness of collective identity, whether in an awareness of other societies and of the nature of cultural variation itself or in the fashioning of Greek... more
Herodotus is the epochal authority who inaugurated the European and Western consciousness of collective identity, whether in an awareness of other societies and of the nature of cultural variation itself or in the fashioning of Greek self-awareness-and necessarily that of later civilizations influenced by the ancient Greeks-which was perpetually in dialogue and tension with other ways of living in groups. In this book, 14 contributors explore ethnicity-the very self-understanding of belonging to a separate body of human beings-and how it evolves and consolidates (or ethnogenesis). This inquiry is focussed through the lens of Herodotus as our earliest master of ethnography, in this instance not only as the stylized portrayal of other societies, but also as an exegesis on how ethnocultural differentiation may affect the lives, and even the very existence, of one's own people. Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus is one facet of a project that intends to bring Portuguese and English-speaking scholars of antiquity into closer cooperation. It has united a cross-section of North American classicists with a distinguished cohort of Portuguese and Brazilian experts on Greek literature and history writing in English.
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This essay studies a passage of Aristotle's «Problemata» in which the philosopher considers what we recognize today as homosexuality as medical issue.
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This essay studies several versions of Phaedra's myth in cinema.
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Apesar de ser um dos temas frequentemente citados pelos filólogos para abordar a problemática dos Poemas Homéricos, o facto é que esta é uma questão complexa e pouco consensual. Os problemas começam logo no facto de o(s) poeta(s) não... more
Apesar de ser um dos temas frequentemente citados pelos filólogos para abordar a problemática dos Poemas Homéricos, o facto é que esta é uma questão complexa e pouco consensual. Os problemas começam logo no facto de o(s) poeta(s) não utilizar sempre a mesma fórmula ou vocábulo para traduzir a ideia do que por norma traduzimos por «destino». Este ensaio pretende fazer um estado da questão, chamando a atenção para o que consideramos ser um erro metodológico comum: a adaptação forçada do que os Gregos entendiam por moira, e.g., com o que no século XXI se entende por Destino.
Despite being one of the issues often cited by philologists to discuss topics within the Homeric poems, the fact is this is a complex and non-consensual issue. Discussions begin on the fact that (the) poet(s) do not always use the same formula or word to translate the idea we usually translate as «destiny». This essay aims to make a state of the art, drawing attention to what we consider to be a common methodological error: the forced adaptation of what Greeks understood by moira, e.g., and what in the XXI century is meant by Destiny.
Despite being one of the issues often cited by philologists to discuss topics within the Homeric poems, the fact is this is a complex and non-consensual issue. Discussions begin on the fact that (the) poet(s) do not always use the same formula or word to translate the idea we usually translate as «destiny». This essay aims to make a state of the art, drawing attention to what we consider to be a common methodological error: the forced adaptation of what Greeks understood by moira, e.g., and what in the XXI century is meant by Destiny.
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O guerreiro grego é frequentemente representado nu na arte grega, usando apenas as armas essenciais para o ataque e a defesa. Este estudo pretende analisar a relação entre a nudez masculina, própria de alguma da arte grega antiga, e as... more
O guerreiro grego é frequentemente representado nu na arte grega, usando apenas as armas essenciais para o ataque e a defesa. Este estudo pretende analisar a relação entre a nudez masculina, própria de alguma da arte grega antiga, e as representações do guerreiro nu, tentando perceber a razão pela qual os artistas gregos optaram por representar dessa forma homens que ao mesmo tempo surgem num contexto de grande vulnerabilidade física. Palavras-chave: Arte Grega, Guerreiro Grego, Nudez Grega.
In Greek Art, Greek warriors were often depicted naked, using only essential weapons for their defence and attack. This paper's aim is to study the relationship between male nudity, as it is encountered in some Greek Art, and the representations of Greek naked warriors, trying to understand the reason why Greek artists have chosen to depict those men in such form, since at the same time they are also depicted in situations of great physical vulnerability.
In Greek Art, Greek warriors were often depicted naked, using only essential weapons for their defence and attack. This paper's aim is to study the relationship between male nudity, as it is encountered in some Greek Art, and the representations of Greek naked warriors, trying to understand the reason why Greek artists have chosen to depict those men in such form, since at the same time they are also depicted in situations of great physical vulnerability.
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The figure of Spartacus often serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different popular media. This new book brings... more
The figure of Spartacus often serves as an icon of resistance against oppression in modern political movements, while his legend has inspired numerous receptions over the centuries in many different popular media. This new book brings together a wide range of scholarly perspectives on the four seasons of the acclaimed and highly successful premium cable television series STARZ Spartacus (2010-13), with contributions from the fields of classics, history, gender, film and media studies, and classical reception. The book uncovers a fascinating range of topics and themes within the series.
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This essays presents João Canijo reshaping of the myth of Antigone through his film «Ganhar a Vida».
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Being an integral element of how humans interact with one another, violence, however disruptive, often also manifests itself as an ordering force. In this collection of essays, the contributing authors explore this particular aspect of... more
Being an integral element of how humans interact with one another, violence, however disruptive, often also manifests itself as an ordering force. In this collection of essays, the contributing authors explore this particular aspect of violence from a wide variety of perspectives, in a set of studies that focus on both the ancient and medieval worlds. Case-studies in the section on Antiquity include work on such issues as domestic violence; violence and myth; violence in Greek and Roman historiography, poetry, comedy and tragedy, and art; women and violence; violence and pollution; and various studies on classical Greek and Roman perceptions of violence. The medieval section continues with papers that look into the role of violence in the saints' lives and passions, violence in the love poems of the Carmina Burana, as well as several studies that center on actual cases of violence, such as violence and women in medieval Galicia and violence at Portuguese universities during the High Middle Ages. This book is essential reading for everyone interested in how and why violence came to be embedded in the cultural practices of classical Greece, ancient Rome, and medieval Europe.
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Although Aeneas has not yet received the same attention as other classical heroes from film directors, particularly those from Hollywood, he has been the object of cinematic representation. Interestingly, it was the Italian cinema that... more
Although Aeneas has not yet received the same attention as other classical heroes from film directors, particularly those from Hollywood, he has been the object of cinematic representation. Interestingly, it was the Italian cinema that showed greater interest in the hero of the Aeneid. This essay intends to reexamine some previous research on this topic and to analyse and outline the guidelines that film directors, such as G. Ferroni, G. Venturini and F. Rossi, followed in order to retell the myth of the Virgilian hero. We, thus, seek to provide further information on the reception of this theme in contemporary culture. Ao contrário do que acontece com figuras como Héracles, Ulisses, Aquiles, Jasão, Teseu e Perseu 2 , Eneias não tem sido um herói muito popular no cinema. Este não deixa de ser um dado intrigante, pois, se a Eneida é o poema que mais influenciou a cultura europeia/ocidental (sobretudo a litera-tura, a pintura e a música 3), não é isso que parece suceder no que ao cinema diz respeito. A razão para esta discrepância poderá estar no facto de a língua da Eneida ser o latim e de esse ter sido o idioma franco e culto da Europa medieval e renascentista, e até neoclássica, enquanto, para o mesmo período, o grego se viu confinado à Europa oriental ou às mais altas elites cultas do Ocidente.
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Este ensaio analisa a criação do termo «teocracia» por Flávio Josefo, no contexto da teoria política greco-romana do seu tempo.
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Este estudo analisa o famoso caso de Pompónia Grecina, referido por Tácito nos «Annales», enquadrando-o no contexto da proliferação judaica em Roma no século I d.C. e da emergência do cristianismo na mesma época.
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Resumen Este artículo ofrece una relectura de la escena de la película Spartacus de Stanley Kubrick (1960), en la cual todos los esclavos vencidos se autoproclaman artífices de la rebelión, considerando la hipótesis de que el realizador... more
Resumen Este artículo ofrece una relectura de la escena de la película Spartacus de Stanley Kubrick (1960), en la cual todos los esclavos vencidos se autoproclaman artífices de la rebelión, considerando la hipótesis de que el realizador y/o guionista se hubiera inspirado en la pieza española Fuenteovejuna de Lope de Vega (1618). Abstract This paper proposes a re-reading of the scene of Stanley Kubrick's film Spartacus (1960), in which all the vanquished slaves self-identify as the mentor of the rebellion, considering the hypothesis that the director and/or the scriptwriter had taken inspiration from the 1618 Spanish play Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega to write it. Palabras clave: Espartaco. Stanley Kubrick. Lope de Vega. howard Fast. Dalton Trumbo. «Macartismo».
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This essay analyzes the way in which the English playwright Terence Rattigan uses the tragedy AgamemnonbyAeschylus tostructure the dramatictext of his authorship,TheBrowningVersion (1946).The proposedanalysis alsotakes... more
This essay analyzes the way in which the English playwright Terence Rattigan uses the tragedy AgamemnonbyAeschylus tostructure the dramatictext of his authorship,TheBrowningVersion (1946).The proposedanalysis alsotakes intoconsiderationhow theelements ofGreekculture were included andadapted in the film versions thatAnthony Asquith andMike Figgis made of Rattigan’s play in 1951 and 1994, respectively.
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This essay aims to think about women’s role in Hellenistic times and society, taking the sphere of power as specific context, through five case-studies: Olympias of Epirus, Laodice I of Syria, Berenice I of Egypt, Arsinoe II of Egypt and... more
This essay aims to think about women’s role in Hellenistic times and society, taking the sphere of power as specific context, through five case-studies: Olympias of Epirus, Laodice I of Syria, Berenice I of Egypt, Arsinoe II of Egypt and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
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Este estudo pretende salientar as variações nos relatos respeitantes ao episódio do tiranicídio de 514 a.C., em Atenas, e a possibilidade de as representações do acontecimento se relacionarem tanto com a fação aristocrática como com o... more
Este estudo pretende salientar as variações nos relatos respeitantes ao episódio do tiranicídio de 514 a.C., em Atenas, e a possibilidade de as representações do acontecimento se relacionarem tanto com a fação aristocrática como com o partido democrático, então em confronto na polis. Com efeito, acabamos por concluir que as fontes sugerem ter havido um aproveitamento de um mesmo símbolo, o dos Tiranicidas, tanto por parte da facção aristocrática como pelos democratas durante o processo de transição do regime oligárquico para o democrático. E se isso aconteceu é porque ambas as facções terão reconhecido a esse símbolo potencialidades e funções político-imagéticas válidas.
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This essay deals with some hypothesis to the study of Jewish presence in Iberian Peninsula in Antiquity.
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This essay analyzes the most significant adaptations of the Exodus to cinema, from Cecil B. DeMille to Ridley Scott.
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This essay analyzes Josephus' treatment of Mariamne's affair and process, which eventually led her to death. Josephus' narrative is clearly influenced by pathetic historiography, being this one of the best know examples we have of this... more
This essay analyzes Josephus' treatment of Mariamne's affair and process, which eventually led her to death. Josephus' narrative is clearly influenced by pathetic historiography, being this one of the best know examples we have of this literary and historiographical genre.
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This essay explores agalmatophilia as an aesthetic representation in Classical Antiquity.
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This essay aims to study how the Portuguese film Director João Canijo, who has adapted Greek tragedy into big screen in the context of Portuguese culture, remakes the character of Clytemnestra in his films Filha da Mãe (1990), Noite... more
This essay aims to study how the Portuguese film Director João Canijo, who has adapted Greek tragedy into big screen in the context of Portuguese culture, remakes the character of Clytemnestra in his films Filha da Mãe (1990), Noite Escura (2004) e Mal Nascida (2007).
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The idea of “vacuum” seems to have been present in Greek culture almost from the its beginning. Indeed, if we look at the fact that the Homeric Poems and the work attributed to Hesiod are the earliest known literary testimonies of the... more
The idea of “vacuum” seems to have been present in Greek culture almost from the its beginning. Indeed, if we look at the fact that the Homeric Poems and the work attributed to Hesiod are the earliest known literary testimonies of the Greeks' culture, then it seems to us more than evident that the ideas of "chaos" and disorder or ataxia have been the subject of reflection by poets since at least the eighth century BC. This essay aims to analyze three cases of the Greek mythology in which these ideas seem the basic theme that structures them: the myths of Gigantomachy, Centauromachy and Amazonomachy.
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This paper aims to study Plutarch's references to hetairai and pornai.
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In this essay, we propose an analysis of one of the most famous sequences of the film Spartacus by Stanley Kubrick (1960): the one in which the slaves led by Spartacus and defeated by the Romans self-proclaim in one voice “I’m... more
In this essay, we propose an analysis of one of the most
famous sequences of the film Spartacus by Stanley Kubrick (1960): the
one in which the slaves led by Spartacus and defeated by the Romans
self-proclaim in one voice “I’m Spartacus!”. In this paper we present the
hypothesis that both the movie director and the screenwriter based their
researches on the Spanish baroque play Fuenteovejuna, by Lope de Vega.
famous sequences of the film Spartacus by Stanley Kubrick (1960): the
one in which the slaves led by Spartacus and defeated by the Romans
self-proclaim in one voice “I’m Spartacus!”. In this paper we present the
hypothesis that both the movie director and the screenwriter based their
researches on the Spanish baroque play Fuenteovejuna, by Lope de Vega.
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Matteo e Francesca e Shary e Diego constituem dois casais amigos, quarentões, que decidem passar um Verão juntos, numa casa de praia no sopé do Monte Circeu, em Itália. O segundo casal tem um filho, David, que está de regresso dos... more
Matteo e Francesca e Shary e Diego constituem dois casais amigos, quarentões, que decidem passar um Verão juntos, numa casa de praia no sopé do Monte Circeu, em Itália. O segundo casal tem um filho, David, que está de regresso dos Estados Unidos, para celebrar o seu aniversário com a família. Quando chega, o jovem David depara com duas relações em crise, uma desgastada pelo afastamento dos cônjuges, a outra pela rotina do casal. Mas é a Matteo, o amigo dos pais de David, que cabe entrar num dilema interno que afecta a sua estabilidade emocional e que o atira para o domínio do tabu a vários níveis. Matteo sente-se profundamente atraído pelo jovem David, que, no entanto, parece oscilar entre a obsessão por si próprio e a atenção que o homem mais velho lhe dedica. A Matteo resta decidir se cede à tentação ou se lhe resiste. O certo é que, cedendo à passio, haverá que lidar com as consequências da decisão que farão entrar todos os caracteres numa espiral de tragédia de contornos euripidianos e senequianos, em que não faltam muitos outros ecos da nossa herança clássica. São precisamente esses contornos que esta comunicação pretende analisar.
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This paper studies the importance of wine in Roman writers as Columella, Cato and Varro.
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Um Tema egípcio na Ilíada: a Kerostasia. Resumo: No Canto XXII da Ilíada, o Poeta descreve o combate decisivo entre Aquiles e Heitor. Zeus decide então pesar os Destinos (definidos por Ker, palavra grega que significa tam-bém «coração»)... more
Um Tema egípcio na Ilíada: a Kerostasia. Resumo: No Canto XXII da Ilíada, o Poeta descreve o combate decisivo entre Aquiles e Heitor. Zeus decide então pesar os Destinos (definidos por Ker, palavra grega que significa tam-bém «coração») de ambos os heróis, para saber qual deles sairá vencedor. A Ker de Heitor revela-se mais pesada e o herói tem de morrer. O tema da pesagem dos Destinos repetia-se depois numa dedicada a Mémnon. Mas aí, os Destinos passaram a ser almas e o motivo c omeçou a ser designado como Psykhostasia. Assim, propomos Kerostasia, ou Cerostasia, como designação para o primeiro caso. Mas o tema da Kerostasia encontra um paralelo na pesagem do coração, da cultura egípcia. Tendo em conta este dado e que, na mitologia grega, a figura de Mémnon é etíope, com este estudo pretendemos traçar uma hipotética genealogia do tema homérico da pesagem dos Destinos. Abstract In Book XXII of The Iliad, the Poet describes the ultimate battle between Achilles and Hector. Zeus had thus decided to weigh the Fates (defined as Ker, a Greek word which also means «heart») of both heroes, so as to determine who would triumph. Hector's Ker proved to be heavier and, therefore, he must die. This theme of the weighing of the Fates was later echoed in Aeschylus' lost tragedy, Memnon. But here, the Fates became souls and the motif was then called Psykhostasia. Therefore, we propose the term Kerostasia, or Cerostasia, for the first case. However, the theme of Kerostasia has a counterpart in Egyptian culture: the weighing of the heart by Anubis, as the Egyptian Book of the Dead shows us. Taking this into account as well as the fact that, in Greek mythology, Memnon is Ethiopian, this study seeks to trace a hypothetical genealogy of the Homeric theme of balancing the scales of Fate. No canto XXII da Ilíada, um dos mais emocionantes de toda a epopeia, o Poeta descreve o combate decisivo entre os dois heróis protagonistas, Aquiles e Heitor. No momento crucial, quando, ao fim de três dias, Aquiles ainda persegue Heitor, Zeus toma uma decisão, um pouco antes de o príncipe troiano morrer. Sobre ela, lemos: «Mas quando pela quarta vez chegaram às nascentes, foi então que o Pai levantou a balança de ouro, e nela colocou os dois destinos da morte irreversível:
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This paper studies the poem assigned to Sulpicia and discusses the reasons why it was translated into Portuguese in the XVIII century.
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This paper aims to study the representation of «ludi romani» in cinema.
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This paper studies João Canijo's version of the myth of Antigone in his film «Ganhar a Vida».
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This essay aims to study the use of Plutarch and plutarchean texts in Cinema.
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This paper studies the references in ancient sources about Herod Antipas and his wife Herodias and their exile under Caligula's Principate.
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This paper studies de war set of Euripides' tragedies.
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This essay studies a well know grafitto, that in Pompeii refers to Sodom and Gomorrah, discussing hypothesis about its Jewish or Christian origin.
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This paper studies the ekphrasis used by Vergil in the first book of the Aeneid to characterize the temple which is being built by Dido in Carthage and where could be seen the heroes of Troy.
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Este segundo volume inclui as biografias de Pertinaz, Dídio Juliano, Septímio Severo, Pescénio Nigro, Clódio Albino, Caracala, Geta, Macrino, Diadúmeno e Heliogábalo. Assim, levando em conta a acessão de Pertinaz ao trono imperial e a... more
Este segundo volume inclui as biografias de Pertinaz, Dídio Juliano, Septímio Severo, Pescénio Nigro, Clódio Albino, Caracala, Geta, Macrino,
Diadúmeno e Heliogábalo. Assim, levando em conta a acessão de Pertinaz ao trono imperial e a morte de Heliogábalo, o volume abrange o período da História de Roma que vai de 192 a 222 d.C. Mas, se tomarmos como ponto de partida o nascimento de Pertinaz (122 d.C.), o conjunto perfaz cerca de um século. O período abrangido pelas vidas aqui reunidas coincide com o da instituição da dinastia dos Severos, que se seguiu à dos Antoninos, que marcou a vários níveis o apogeu imperial romano. De todas as biografias reunidas neste volume, a de Heliogábalo deverá ser, pela riqueza das descrições, a que melhor corresponde a um certo imaginário contemporâneo — ainda que não necessariamente factual — da Roma Antiga: uma civilização pautada pela desmesura, pelo excesso, pelo exotismo, pela crueldade e pela perversão.
This second volume includes the Lives of Pertinax, Didius Julianus,
Septimius Severus, Pescenius Niger, Clodius Albinus, Caracala, Geta,
Macrinus, Didadumnus and Heliogabalus. Thus, taking into account
Pertinax’s accession to the imperial throne and Heliogabalus’ death, the
volume covers the period of Rome’s history from 192 to 222 AD. If we
take into account the birth of Pertinax (A.D. 122), the time covered by
this set of lives is therefore about a century. The period covered by the
lives gathered here coincides with that of the establishment of the Severan dinasty, which followed that of the Antonines, emperors that marked at various levels the Roman imperial apogee. Of all the biographies gathered in this volume, that of Heliogabalus should be, by the wealth of descriptions, the one that best corresponds to a certain contemporary - though not necessarily factual - imaginary of Ancient Rome: a civilisation marked by excess, exoticism, cruelty and perversion.
Diadúmeno e Heliogábalo. Assim, levando em conta a acessão de Pertinaz ao trono imperial e a morte de Heliogábalo, o volume abrange o período da História de Roma que vai de 192 a 222 d.C. Mas, se tomarmos como ponto de partida o nascimento de Pertinaz (122 d.C.), o conjunto perfaz cerca de um século. O período abrangido pelas vidas aqui reunidas coincide com o da instituição da dinastia dos Severos, que se seguiu à dos Antoninos, que marcou a vários níveis o apogeu imperial romano. De todas as biografias reunidas neste volume, a de Heliogábalo deverá ser, pela riqueza das descrições, a que melhor corresponde a um certo imaginário contemporâneo — ainda que não necessariamente factual — da Roma Antiga: uma civilização pautada pela desmesura, pelo excesso, pelo exotismo, pela crueldade e pela perversão.
This second volume includes the Lives of Pertinax, Didius Julianus,
Septimius Severus, Pescenius Niger, Clodius Albinus, Caracala, Geta,
Macrinus, Didadumnus and Heliogabalus. Thus, taking into account
Pertinax’s accession to the imperial throne and Heliogabalus’ death, the
volume covers the period of Rome’s history from 192 to 222 AD. If we
take into account the birth of Pertinax (A.D. 122), the time covered by
this set of lives is therefore about a century. The period covered by the
lives gathered here coincides with that of the establishment of the Severan dinasty, which followed that of the Antonines, emperors that marked at various levels the Roman imperial apogee. Of all the biographies gathered in this volume, that of Heliogabalus should be, by the wealth of descriptions, the one that best corresponds to a certain contemporary - though not necessarily factual - imaginary of Ancient Rome: a civilisation marked by excess, exoticism, cruelty and perversion.
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Este livro reúne traduções portuguesas de Teócrito conhecidas até à data da sua publicação.
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Além de discutir os conceitos de «mito» e «lenda», este livro aborda as narrativas da Roma Antiga que se inserem nesse âmbito.
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Tradução do grego, introdução e notas de «Ifigénia entre os Tauros» de Eurípides.
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A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais,... more
A navegação consulta e descarregamento dos títulos inseridos nas Bibliotecas Digitais UC Digitalis, UC Pombalina e UC Impactum, pressupõem a aceitação plena e sem reservas dos Termos e Condições de Uso destas Bibliotecas Digitais, disponíveis em https://digitalis.uc.pt/pt-pt/termos. Conforme exposto nos referidos Termos e Condições de Uso, o descarregamento de títulos de acesso restrito requer uma licença válida de autorização devendo o utilizador aceder ao(s) documento(s) a partir de um endereço de IP da instituição detentora da supramencionada licença. Ao utilizador é apenas permitido o descarregamento para uso pessoal, pelo que o emprego do(s) título(s) descarregado(s) para outro fim, designadamente comercial, carece de autorização do respetivo autor ou editor da obra. Na medida em que todas as obras da UC Digitalis se encontram protegidas pelo Código do Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos e demais legislação aplicável, toda a cópia, parcial ou total, deste documento, nos casos em que é legalmente admitida, deverá conter ou fazer-se acompanhar por este aviso. Arqueologias de Império Autor(es): Leão, Delfim (coord.); Ramos, José Augusto (coord.); Rodrigues, Nuno Simões (coord.) Publicado por: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra URL persistente: URI:http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/45208
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Introdução ao volume de estudos «Violência no Mundo Antigo e Medieval»
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Conferência apresentada na Ordem dos Médicos, acerca da lepra na Antiguidade.
Paper presented in the Physicians Guild, concerning leprosy in the Ancient World.
Paper presented in the Physicians Guild, concerning leprosy in the Ancient World.
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Debate acerca do chamado cinema épico, com particular incidência nos filmes The Ten Commandments (1956), Quo Vadis (1959) e Spartacus (1960).
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Resenha do livro: BURNETTE-BLETSCHE, R. (Ed.). The Bible in Motion. A Handbook of the Bible and its Reception in Film. Berlin, Boston: Walter De Gruyter GmbH, 2016. 921p., por Nuno Simões Rodrigues.
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Resumo: Apesar de ser um dos temas frequentemente citados pelos filólogos para abordar a questão da datação dos Poemas Homéricos, em particular a relação cronológica entre a Ilíada e a Odisseia, a realidade é que esta é uma problemática... more
Resumo: Apesar de ser um dos temas frequentemente citados pelos filólogos para abordar a questão da datação dos Poemas Homéricos, em particular a relação cronológica entre a Ilíada e a Odisseia, a realidade é que esta é uma problemática complexa e pouco consensual. Os problemas começam logo no fato de o(s) poeta(s) não utilizar(em) sempre a mesma fórmula ou vocábulo para traduzir a ideia do que por norma traduzimos por «destino». Este ensaio pretende tratar da questão, chamando a atenção para o que consideramos ser um erro metodológico comum: a adaptação forçada do que os Gregos entendiam por moira, e.g., com o que no século XXI se entende por Destino.
Palavras-chave: poemas homéricos; Destino; moira; Zeus; predestinação.
FORMULAS AND MEANINGS FOR FATE IN THE HOMERIC POEMS Abstract: Despite being one of the issues often cited by philologists to discuss the question of the dating of the Homeric poems, particularly the chronological relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey, the fact is this is a complex and non-consensual issue. Discussions begin on the fact that (the) poet(s) do not always use the same formula or word to translate the idea we usually translate as "destiny". This essay aims to make a state of the art, drawing attention to what we consider to be a common methodological error: the forced adaptation of what Greeks understood by moira, e.g., and what in the XXI century is meant by Destiny.
Keywords: Homeric poems; Destiny; Moira; Zeus; predestination.
Palavras-chave: poemas homéricos; Destino; moira; Zeus; predestinação.
FORMULAS AND MEANINGS FOR FATE IN THE HOMERIC POEMS Abstract: Despite being one of the issues often cited by philologists to discuss the question of the dating of the Homeric poems, particularly the chronological relationship between the Iliad and the Odyssey, the fact is this is a complex and non-consensual issue. Discussions begin on the fact that (the) poet(s) do not always use the same formula or word to translate the idea we usually translate as "destiny". This essay aims to make a state of the art, drawing attention to what we consider to be a common methodological error: the forced adaptation of what Greeks understood by moira, e.g., and what in the XXI century is meant by Destiny.
Keywords: Homeric poems; Destiny; Moira; Zeus; predestination.
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Greek Literature, Homer, Greek, and 15 moreAncient Greek History, Homeric poetry, Ancient Greece, Greece, Ancient Greek Language, Greek Philology, Ancient Greek Literature, História, Homero, Homeric studies, História Antiga, Homeric epic, Poemas Homéricos, Grécia, and Grécia Antiga
Resumo: A ideia de «vazio» parece estar presente na cultura grega praticamente desde o seu início. Com efeito, se atendermos ao fato de os poemas homéricos e a obra atribuída a Hesíodo serem os mais antigos testemunhos literários... more
Resumo: A ideia de «vazio» parece estar presente na cultura grega praticamente desde o seu início. Com efeito, se atendermos ao fato de os poemas homéricos e a obra atribuída a Hesíodo serem os mais antigos testemunhos literários conhecidos da cultura dos gregos, então, parece-nos mais do que evidente que a ideia de «caos» e de desordem ou ataxia foi objeto de reflexão por parte dos poetas desde pelo menos o século VIII a.C. Este ensaio pretende analisar três casos da mitologia em que essas ideias parecem o tema de base que os estrutura: os mitos da Gigantomaquia, da Centauromaquia e da Amazonomaquia.
Palavras-chave: caos; ataxia; cosmos; ordem; desordem; Gigantomaquia; Centauromaquia; Amazonomaquia.
THREE GREEK MYTHS OF CHAOS AND ATAXIA
Abstract: The idea of "vacuum" seems to have been present in Greek culture almost from the its beginning. Indeed, if we look at the fact that the Homeric Poems and the work attributed to Hesiod are the earliest known literary testimonies of the Greeks' culture, then it seems to us more than evident that the ideas of "chaos" and disorder or ataxia have been the subject of reflection by poets since at least the eighth century BC. This essay aims to analyze three cases of the Greek mythology in which these ideas seem the basic theme that structures them: the myths of Gigantomachy, Centauromachy and Amazonomachy.
Key-words: caos; ataxia; cosmos; order; disorder; Gigantomachy; Centauromachy; Amazonomachy.
Palavras-chave: caos; ataxia; cosmos; ordem; desordem; Gigantomaquia; Centauromaquia; Amazonomaquia.
THREE GREEK MYTHS OF CHAOS AND ATAXIA
Abstract: The idea of "vacuum" seems to have been present in Greek culture almost from the its beginning. Indeed, if we look at the fact that the Homeric Poems and the work attributed to Hesiod are the earliest known literary testimonies of the Greeks' culture, then it seems to us more than evident that the ideas of "chaos" and disorder or ataxia have been the subject of reflection by poets since at least the eighth century BC. This essay aims to analyze three cases of the Greek mythology in which these ideas seem the basic theme that structures them: the myths of Gigantomachy, Centauromachy and Amazonomachy.
Key-words: caos; ataxia; cosmos; order; disorder; Gigantomachy; Centauromachy; Amazonomachy.
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Um número significativo de tragédias escritas por Eurípides tem como cenário a guerra. Apesar de os temas abordados pelo poeta serem essencialmente mítico-atemporais, parece-nos evidente que os tempos bélicos que Eurípides viveu,... more
Um número significativo de tragédias escritas por Eurípides tem como cenário a guerra. Apesar de os temas abordados pelo poeta serem essencialmente mítico-atemporais, parece-nos evidente que os tempos bélicos que Eurípides viveu, dominados pela Guerra do Peloponeso, não foram estranhos às suas escolhas enquanto autor, assim como aos cenários que concebeu para os seus dramas. Este estudo pretende analisar essa problemática, tentando estabelecer a relação entre a vivência sociopolítica do poeta com a forma como ele concebeu a sua arte narrativa e enquadrou algumas das suas tragédias.
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Este estudo analisa as descrições que relatam o exílio de Herodes Ântipas e de Herodíade no século I a.C. O exílio dos príncipes judeus foi decretado por Gaio Calígula e as fontes referem locais de destino como a Gália e a Hispânia. Muito... more
Este estudo analisa as descrições que relatam o exílio de Herodes Ântipas e de Herodíade no século I a.C. O exílio dos príncipes judeus foi decretado por Gaio Calígula e as fontes referem locais de destino como a Gália e a Hispânia. Muito provavelmente, Herodes e Herodíade terão sido exilados na Gália.