Lampas - Volume 56, Issue 3, 2023

Abstract In this article I aim to show the importance of forms of address in ancient Greek tragedy. In several case studies of Sophocles’ plays, I highlight, examine, and interpret how forms of address are used. I first examine women’s ways of addressing other women in the Antigone and Electra, then men’s ways of addressing other men by looking at the Philoctetes, and finally the interactions between a man and a woma Read More

Abstract ‘[Congenital eunuchs] form a third class of half men, in addition to hermaphrodites and eunuchs.’ In his Natural History, Pliny identifies (congenital) eunuchs and hermaphrodites as gender variables that are neither male nor female. These gender variables are heuristically called the third gender, which offers the opportunity for scholars to study gender variables that do not conform to a binary sex/gender system of Read More

Abstract During the fourth century, Christianity developed from a persecuted religion to the only official religion of the Roman Empire. Written sources suggest that this came at the expense of religious tolerance. Egypt and Syria play an important role in this narrative. In this article, I argue that the practice of religious life was much more nuanced than the writings suggest at first glance. This argument is illustrated by mean Read More