Daniel Holmes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5660402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Holmes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmes |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMES D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sewanee: The University of the South |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Philodemus, Catullus, and The Domina Di(n)dymi
In both Catullus 63 and 35, Catullus refers to Cybele as the Domina Dindymi. I show that this epithet and noun collocation is only found in Catullus and argue that he purposely chose to replace the more usual “Mother of Dindymon” with “Mistress [Domina] of Dindymon” following a pun he had found in Philodemus (Epigram Sider 22), namely δίδυμοι = testicles. I then discuss the implications of this pun on the interpretation of Poems 63 and 35
Religion, Tradition, and Restorative Justice in Sierra Leone
Re-eroticizing the Hoopoe
In Aristophanes' Birds the character Tereus plays a pivotal role in persuading the bird chorus to hear Peisetairus' plan for founding a powerful bird-polis. One must ask how Peisetairus achieves his initial persuasion of Tereus, who has happily left behind the violent tyranny of his tragic role, to take on the gods and jeopardize his tranquility. Unlike Dobrov and others, who argue that the comic Tereus is a complete inversion of the tragic chara…
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Re-eroticizing the Hoopoe
In Aristophanes' Birds the character Tereus plays a pivotal role in persuading the bird chorus to hear Peisetairus' plan for founding a powerful bird-polis. One must ask how Peisetairus achieves his initial persuasion of Tereus, who has happily left behind the violent tyranny of his tragic role, to take on the gods and jeopardize his tranquility. Unlike Dobrov and others, who argue that the comic Tereus is a complete inversion of the tragic chara…
Religion, Tradition, and Restorative Justice in Sierra Leone
Philodemus, Catullus, and The Domina Di(n)dymi
In both Catullus 63 and 35, Catullus refers to Cybele as the Domina Dindymi. I show that this epithet and noun collocation is only found in Catullus and argue that he purposely chose to replace the more usual “Mother of Dindymon” with “Mistress [Domina] of Dindymon” following a pun he had found in Philodemus (Epigram Sider 22), namely δίδυμοι = testicles. I then discuss the implications of this pun on the interpretation of Poems 63 and 35
Art (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Character (mathematics (1 work) · Chorus (1 work) · Collocation (remote sensing) (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Comics (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Criminology (1 work)