Neil O’Sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil O’Sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | O’SULLIVAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6918-2015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Factories, capitulations, and the dilemmas of Ottoman–Portuguese detente in Basra, 1622–1722
This article examines Ottoman–Portuguese commercial agreements in Basra during the century after 1622 and the legal ambiguities that they engendered. On two separate occasions, the Portuguese established a factory in Basra: first in 1624 during the reign of the Afrāsiāb pasha (who governed in the name of the Ottomans from 1612 to 1667) and once again in 1690 when the city was ruled again by Ottoman governors (Ottoman direct rule was restored in 1…
Greek Influences on Cato’s Latin
Cato the Censor is commonly accepted as both the founder of Latin prose and as an outspoken critic of everything Greek. The relationship between these two roles is one that deserves more investigation than it has received, especially in the area of his actual linguistic usage as opposed to his (largely reconstructed) ideology: recent studies have been longer on the latter than on his Latin words and syntax and the way they may have been influence…
Greek Solutions to Problems in Catullus 1 and 84
This paper argues that the notorious patrona virgo of Catullus 1 is a corruption of a codeswitch into archaic Greek, and that the evasive punchline of fluctus (H)ionios of 84 can also be found in the specialized knowledge of non-Attic Greek which the poet and his circle demonstrated
Manuscript Evidence for Alphabet-Switching in the Works of Cicero
Our manuscripts of Cicero contain dozens of Greek words that are presented in some passages in Greek letters, and in others are transliterated into Latin. In a recent paper I collected the evidence for this phenomenon in connection with common nouns and adjectives (for example ὑποθήκη vs hypotheca , ἱστορικός vs historicus ), surveyed scholarship to date and posited an interpretative framework which is assumed in this study also. Key components o…
Manuscript Evidence for Alphabet-Switching in the Works of Cicero
Of the hundreds of Greek common nouns and adjectives preserved in our MSS of Cicero, about three dozen are found written in the Latin alphabet as well as in the Greek. So we find, alongside συμπάθεια, also sympathia , and ἱστορικός as well as historicus. This sort of variation has been termed alphabet-switching; it has received little attention in connection with Cicero, even though it is relevant to subjects of current interest such as his bilin…
The Authenticity of [Alcidamas] Odysseus
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Aristophanes' First Critic
ARISTOPHANES' FIRST CRITIC: CRATINUS FR. 342 K‐A NEIL O'SULLIVAN NEIL O'SULLIVAN University of Western Australia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 49, Issue Supplement_87, January 2006, Pages 163–169, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb02337.x Published: 27 July 2011
Poetry from old rope
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Plato and
Alcidamas, Aristophanes and the Beginnings of Greek Stylistic Theory
Aristophanes and Wagner
Two notes on [Vergil] Catalepton 2
The difficulty of this little poem is shown by the facts that Ausonius had no idea what it was about, and that Westendorp Boerma's commentary takes 22 pages to explicate its five lines. The latter relies on Quintilian 8.3.27ff., who quotes the poem, saying that Vergil wrote it to attack a certain Cimber for his taste in obsolete words. This is no doubt the Annius Cimber whom Augustus ridiculed when reprimanding Mark Antony for a similar foible (S…
Manuscript Evidence for Alphabet-Switching in the Works of Cicero
Of the hundreds of Greek common nouns and adjectives preserved in our MSS of Cicero, about three dozen are found written in the Latin alphabet as well as in the Greek. So we find, alongside συμπάθεια, also sympathia , and ἱστορικός as well as historicus. This sort of variation has been termed alphabet-switching; it has received little attention in connection with Cicero, even though it is relevant to subjects of current interest such as his bilin…
The Authenticity of [Alcidamas] Odysseus
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Two notes on [Vergil] Catalepton 2
The difficulty of this little poem is shown by the facts that Ausonius had no idea what it was about, and that Westendorp Boerma's commentary takes 22 pages to explicate its five lines. The latter relies on Quintilian 8.3.27ff., who quotes the poem, saying that Vergil wrote it to attack a certain Cimber for his taste in obsolete words. This is no doubt the Annius Cimber whom Augustus ridiculed when reprimanding Mark Antony for a similar foible (S…
Aristophanes and Wagner
Alcidamas, Aristophanes and the Beginnings of Greek Stylistic Theory
Plato and
Poetry from old rope
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Aristophanes' First Critic
ARISTOPHANES' FIRST CRITIC: CRATINUS FR. 342 K‐A NEIL O'SULLIVAN NEIL O'SULLIVAN University of Western Australia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 49, Issue Supplement_87, January 2006, Pages 163–169, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb02337.x Published: 27 July 2011
The Authenticity of [Alcidamas] Odysseus
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Manuscript Evidence for Alphabet-Switching in the Works of Cicero
Of the hundreds of Greek common nouns and adjectives preserved in our MSS of Cicero, about three dozen are found written in the Latin alphabet as well as in the Greek. So we find, alongside συμπάθεια, also sympathia , and ἱστορικός as well as historicus. This sort of variation has been termed alphabet-switching; it has received little attention in connection with Cicero, even though it is relevant to subjects of current interest such as his bilin…
Manuscript Evidence for Alphabet-Switching in the Works of Cicero
Our manuscripts of Cicero contain dozens of Greek words that are presented in some passages in Greek letters, and in others are transliterated into Latin. In a recent paper I collected the evidence for this phenomenon in connection with common nouns and adjectives (for example ὑποθήκη vs hypotheca , ἱστορικός vs historicus ), surveyed scholarship to date and posited an interpretative framework which is assumed in this study also. Key components o…
Greek Influences on Cato’s Latin
Cato the Censor is commonly accepted as both the founder of Latin prose and as an outspoken critic of everything Greek. The relationship between these two roles is one that deserves more investigation than it has received, especially in the area of his actual linguistic usage as opposed to his (largely reconstructed) ideology: recent studies have been longer on the latter than on his Latin words and syntax and the way they may have been influence…
Greek Solutions to Problems in Catullus 1 and 84
This paper argues that the notorious patrona virgo of Catullus 1 is a corruption of a codeswitch into archaic Greek, and that the evasive punchline of fluctus (H)ionios of 84 can also be found in the specialized knowledge of non-Attic Greek which the poet and his circle demonstrated
Factories, capitulations, and the dilemmas of Ottoman–Portuguese detente in Basra, 1622–1722
This article examines Ottoman–Portuguese commercial agreements in Basra during the century after 1622 and the legal ambiguities that they engendered. On two separate occasions, the Portuguese established a factory in Basra: first in 1624 during the reign of the Afrāsiāb pasha (who governed in the name of the Ottomans from 1612 to 1667) and once again in 1690 when the city was ruled again by Ottoman governors (Ottoman direct rule was restored in 1…
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