The first millennium BC saw two great powers embracing the East-West divide: the Achaemenid and Hellenistic empires. The papers in this volume examine…

The difficulties of a translation vary with the character of the text, the nature of the languages involved and the intended audience. Working in two…

The Greek city of Nikopolis was founded by Octavian (later known as the Emperor Augustus) after his victory in the naval battle of nearby Actium in 31…

This collection of outstanding essays gives an in-depth look at the role of meals in creating a sense of family and community in the Mediterranean wor…

Prince Christian Frederik (1786-1848) became King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1839. His accession to the throne took place at the end of Denmark's 'G…

This is the third volume of a periodical that is published every two years on the archaeological activities of the Danish Institute at Athens, and con…

One of the most beautiful of cities, founded more than 2,400 years ago, Rhodes had a profound influence on the Roman, and subsequent western, civiliza…

P.O. Brøndsted (1780-1842) was the father of classical archaeology in Denmark, and his writings won great acclaim all over Europe. He travelled in Gre…

'... there is something here to interest most Platonic scholars ... The collection opens with a fine paper by Lesley Brown on totalitarianism, already…

Every second year the Danish Institute at Athens publishes a volume presenting the new results of Danish field archaeology in Greece and the Eastern M…

The contributors to this volume seek to decipher the Hellenistic citizens' views on vital elements of their society: the city, the ruler, religion, ma…

The first historian to record the history of Greece from the Persian Wars to 431 BC was Hellanikos, the author of a now lost History of Athens. He rep…