Maria Gerolemou
Biographic Data
| ID | 3645548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Gerolemou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerolemou |
| SIGNATURE | GEROLEMOU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD , |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7325-0030 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Recognition beyond memory in Menander: Perspectives from early Greek literature
Recognition scenes of exposed and given-away children in Menander’s fragmentary plays provide the point of departure for this chapter’s broader argument about recognition and ‘missingness’ in Greek literature. In these plays, the returning children were never socially counted as missing: no search is undertaken, and no coherent narrative of loss forms around their absence. Recognition is therefore not a mechanism of emotional restoration of the o…
Storying Gendered Emotions in Greek Culture: Introductory Notes
The study of emotion in antiquity has produced an ever-growing bibliography that spans from exploring individual emotion to assessing their expression in various historical circumstances and sources. However, in relation to ancient Greek culture, a conspicuous gap persists in the examination of how gender differences shaped emotional experiences and expressions. This concise issue aims to address this gap
Body and Machine in Classical Antiquity
This innovative and wide-ranging volume is the first systematic exploration of the multifaceted relationship between human bodies and machines in classical antiquity. It examines the conception of the body and bodily processes in mechanical terms in ancient medical writings, and looks into how artificial bodies and automata were equally configured in human terms; it also investigates how this knowledge applied to the treatment of the disabled and…
Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World by Jessica Lightfoot
Reviewed by: Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World by Jessica Lightfoot Maria Gerolemou Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World. By Jessica Lightfoot. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2021. Pp. x, 260. Lightfoot's objective, described in the prologue, is to "open up the subject of ancient wonder as a more comprehensive and coherent field of inquiry in the modern world for the first time" (2). Th…
Some Thoughts on the Mechanical Features of Pantomime Dancers
aims to investigate the kinaesthetic experience of dance, and especially of pantomime dance in Lucian's De Saltatione and in Libanius' oration 64, A Reply To Aristides On Behalf Of The Dancers, from the perspective of the mechanical. Specifically, pantomime will be discussed in juxtaposition with the concept of mechanical automation. Until now, this aspect remains unexplored; however, this is of great importance, particularly if we take into cons…
Recognizing Miracles in Antiquity and Beyond
Educating Kings through Travel: The Wanderings of Odysseus as a Mental Model in Polybius’ Histories
Zur Auffassung des Wunders in der griechischen Tragödie
The article focuses on miracles in Greek tragedy as an essential factor in pushing forward the frontiers of intellectual experience based on the notion of credibility rather than on the negative analysis of the term as an affirmation of truth conditions. Three questions are raised: a) How and when are certain events and phenomena perceived as miracles? b) Do miracles as phenomena beyond the cognitive grasp question the authenticity of human exper…
Thinking of Autonomy as Automatism: The Case of Autonomy in Thucydides' History
The following article engages in an attempt to review and further explore the notion of autonomy in Thucydides, which is described by scholars as different from freedom, eleutheria, and as primarily assigned to the interests of a weaker state that is trying to exert its independence. Without rejecting the relational aspect of the notion of autonomy, the article argues further on autonomy's internal aspect, ultimately trying to prove how autonomy …
Menopause
Unlike the attention paid to Menstruation and the reproductive life of women in ancient medical texts, the interest shown in the menopause is rather limited.
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Menopause
Unlike the attention paid to Menstruation and the reproductive life of women in ancient medical texts, the interest shown in the menopause is rather limited.
Thinking of Autonomy as Automatism: The Case of Autonomy in Thucydides' History
The following article engages in an attempt to review and further explore the notion of autonomy in Thucydides, which is described by scholars as different from freedom, eleutheria, and as primarily assigned to the interests of a weaker state that is trying to exert its independence. Without rejecting the relational aspect of the notion of autonomy, the article argues further on autonomy's internal aspect, ultimately trying to prove how autonomy …
Recognizing Miracles in Antiquity and Beyond
Educating Kings through Travel: The Wanderings of Odysseus as a Mental Model in Polybius’ Histories
Zur Auffassung des Wunders in der griechischen Tragödie
The article focuses on miracles in Greek tragedy as an essential factor in pushing forward the frontiers of intellectual experience based on the notion of credibility rather than on the negative analysis of the term as an affirmation of truth conditions. Three questions are raised: a) How and when are certain events and phenomena perceived as miracles? b) Do miracles as phenomena beyond the cognitive grasp question the authenticity of human exper…
Some Thoughts on the Mechanical Features of Pantomime Dancers
aims to investigate the kinaesthetic experience of dance, and especially of pantomime dance in Lucian's De Saltatione and in Libanius' oration 64, A Reply To Aristides On Behalf Of The Dancers, from the perspective of the mechanical. Specifically, pantomime will be discussed in juxtaposition with the concept of mechanical automation. Until now, this aspect remains unexplored; however, this is of great importance, particularly if we take into cons…
Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World by Jessica Lightfoot
Reviewed by: Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World by Jessica Lightfoot Maria Gerolemou Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World. By Jessica Lightfoot. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2021. Pp. x, 260. Lightfoot's objective, described in the prologue, is to "open up the subject of ancient wonder as a more comprehensive and coherent field of inquiry in the modern world for the first time" (2). Th…
Body and Machine in Classical Antiquity
This innovative and wide-ranging volume is the first systematic exploration of the multifaceted relationship between human bodies and machines in classical antiquity. It examines the conception of the body and bodily processes in mechanical terms in ancient medical writings, and looks into how artificial bodies and automata were equally configured in human terms; it also investigates how this knowledge applied to the treatment of the disabled and…
Storying Gendered Emotions in Greek Culture: Introductory Notes
The study of emotion in antiquity has produced an ever-growing bibliography that spans from exploring individual emotion to assessing their expression in various historical circumstances and sources. However, in relation to ancient Greek culture, a conspicuous gap persists in the examination of how gender differences shaped emotional experiences and expressions. This concise issue aims to address this gap
Recognition beyond memory in Menander: Perspectives from early Greek literature
Recognition scenes of exposed and given-away children in Menander’s fragmentary plays provide the point of departure for this chapter’s broader argument about recognition and ‘missingness’ in Greek literature. In these plays, the returning children were never socially counted as missing: no search is undertaken, and no coherent narrative of loss forms around their absence. Recognition is therefore not a mechanism of emotional restoration of the o…
Art (5 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)