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News from the Classical, Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
📚 New publication! In her book, Leanne Madelon Jansen challenges the image of Cicero as a failed statesman. On the contrary, historians portrayed him as an exemplary political figure, whose words and deeds became crucial to the historical reconstruction of the collapse of the Roman Republic.
Connect with us in Frankfurt! This year, you'll find us in Hall 4.1 at Stand E92. Stop by from October 7–11 to have a chat, browse our books and take home some of our must-have merch. We can't wait to see you! @buchmesse.de #fbm25
✨We are thrilled to announce the publication of the first printed volume of #WPR! 📖 “Cicero’s 'Academics' and Their Reception”, edited by Francesco Verde, is now available as the first independent commentary of the series, exploring one of the most influential works in the history of Platonism.
Well spotted as usual, by Yale Classics Library: Vol. 71, No. 4 of "Phronesis" (2026) is now available. This issue has a strong focus on Aristotelian philosophy, and part of the content is available in Open Access. Enjoy! brill.com/view/journal...
Yale Classics Library@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 2w agoPhronesis Vol. 71, No. 4 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social
📙Just published! "Themistius and the Power of Words", edited by Elisa Coda, examines Themistius as a philosopher, orator, and interpreter of Aristotle, tracing the broader impact of his thought across the intellectual landscape of Late Antiquity. Learn more: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Warm congratulations to @iglesias-zoido.bsky.social on his new publication!
J. C. Iglesias-Zoido@iglesias-zoido.bsky.social · last mo.NEW BOOK J. Carlos Iglesias-Zoido (ed.), The Narrative Setting of Historiographical Speeches. Classical Antiquity and the Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World (Int. Stud.Hist. Rhet. 19), Leiden: Brill, 2026 @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social brill.com/display/titl...
It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful place for a book exhibtion than at the 25th ICBS in Vienna (main building of the university)! We congratulate our author Sergio Basso on a fantastic book presentation and look forward to more wonderful conversations at our booth through Friday.
Come visit our booth at the annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Athens!
In Vienna for the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies next week? Then join our author Sergio Basso, together with Paolo Cesaretti and Charis Messis, for the presentation of his book "Dynamics of Transmission of Barlaam and Ioasaph". See you there! www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
Out! A new special issue of the Journal of Latin Linguistics: Argument structure alternations in Latin; Guest Editors: Jaume Mateu and Jesús de la Villa Journal of Latin Linguistics Vol. 25, No. 1 (2026) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Are books dangerous? Dangerous to whom, when and why? Going beyond usual discourses on canons, censorship, and book-burning, this edited volume reveals dangers posed by Latin texts, from antiquity to the Modern Age. You can read it OA...at your own risk!😇 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Today, the sun will disappear for a moment. Ovid tells us why: it is not the Moon coming between the Earth and the Sun, but Apollo’s love for Leucothoe that makes him turn pale! «nec tibi quod lunae terris propioris imago obstiterit, palles; facit hunc amor iste colorem.» (Ov. Met. 4.200–203)
Fresh off the press! "Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Dido: The Queen of Carthage before, in, and after Virgil" brings together contributions from senior and junior scholars to examine the figure of Dido in Virgil's "Aeneid" and beyond.
Curious about what the 2026 Latin Word of the Year will be? After "retotatototato" (the sound of a fanfare) in 2024 and "rhonchissātor" (a snorer) in 2025, the next winner hides among the entries of the newly published fascicles - XIII and XIV - of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Place your bets! 🎺
🪲 A Bug's Life... but in the past. "Microhistories Retold: Insects in the Premodern World", edited by Przemysław Marciniak, explores how insects were observed, interpreted, and represented across cultures in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Brand new and OA! ⬇️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
NEW SERIES "COIMBRA STUDIES IN CLASSICS" LAUNCHED Series editor Carmen Soares presented in one of the CCC's plenary session the Coimbra Studies, co-edited by Delfim Leão and Douglas Cairns. All volumes will be in Open Access. For more information: www.brill.com/csic
Another wonderful gathering at the CCC in Maynooth, where editors Berenice Verhelst and Christopher Forstall met with contributors to the volume on Direct Speech in Greek and Latin Epic: Martina Delucchi, Deborah Beck, and Patrick Burns. Available in Open Access ! brill.com/display/titl...
Here at the CCC in Maynooth, a great panel on Eunapius' World is ongoing. We were so glad to run into the scholars who made Eunapius' work accessible to the German speaking world: Bruno Bleckmann and Günther Martin. brill.com/display/titl...
Look whom we met in Maynooth, at the Celtic Conference in Classics (CCC): Christopher Farrell, co-editor of the Brill Companion to the Reception of Xenophon. The book is one of the highlights on our display table. www.degruyterbrill.com/.../isbn/978... brill.com/display/titl...
We landed in Maynooth, at the Celtic Conference in Classics! Drop by the booth for a chat and browse our latest titles. We look forward to speaking with you!
☘️ Maynooth, here we come! If you'll be at the Celtic Conference in Classics too: stop by the De Gruyter Brill booth, have a chat with our editors Mirjam and Carlo, and discover our latest publications. The newest Brill’s Companions will be there too! 📚 #CCC2026
It was a great pleasure to attend the "Ständige Ägyptologenkonferenz" again, which took place this year in Leipzig at the “Fakultät für Sportwissenschaften”; many thanks to the organizers. After so many great meetings and conversations, we’re already looking forward to next year’s SÄK in Munich!
📚 Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volumes, no. 200: "Greek New Comedy Beyond Menander", edited by Virginia Mastellari, challenges the long-dominant “Menandrocentric” view on Greek New Comedy by turning to Menander’s contemporaries and the wider landscape of late-Classical and Hellenistic comedy.
🎉Let's celebrate: Niklas Holzberg, one of our most renowned and most productive authors and #Tusculum editor, is 80 years old today 🎊🎂 This is the perfect occasion to thank him for all his work and all his wonderful books. We are looking forward to many more to come - happy birthday, Niklas 🍾
📆Tomorrow, our author Alexandra Eckert will speak at a conference on Democracy taking place in Berlin: humanistische-hochschule-berlin.de/demokratie/ Her book on this topic will be out soon: www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/... - we are very much looking forward to this new publication 🎉
How can digital resources change the way we work with ancient texts? Join our live webinar on 30 June to discover how online resources can help classicists research, read, and explore ancient languages, texts and authors. Sign in here! marketing.degruyterbrill.com/ClassicsxDig...
📣 The first update for Supplementum Grammaticum Graecum Online (SGGO) is live! Nearly 62,000 words of new content have been added, further expanding this collection of critical editions of testimonies and fragments of ancient Greek grammarians. 🔗Check out the update here: brill.com/display/db/s...
🔓 Out now and OA! "Synchronizing the Body in Ancient Medicine and Philosophy", edited by Giouli Korobili, Kassandra J. Miller and Philip J. van der Eijk. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
