Boris M Nikolsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 6423425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris M Nikolsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris M |
| FAMILY NAME | Nikolsky |
| SIGNATURE | NIKOLSKY B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0760-8639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Philo of Alexandria on the contents of the Book of Genesis (Abr. 1)
The article discusses the strange presentation at the beginning of Philo of Alexandria’s On Abraham of the main content of the Book of Genesis as an account “of fruitfulness and barrenness, of dearth and plenty; how fire and water wrought great destruction of what is on earth; how on the other hand plants and animals were born and throve through the kindly tempering of the air and the yearly seasons.” The Book of Genesis is not a natural science …
Πρίω and πρίων in Aristophanes’ Acharnians, vv. 34–36
The article deals with a joke in vv. 34–36 of Aristophanes’ “Acharnians.” Dicaeopolis describes the anguish he feels because of the war and the unwillingness of his fellow citizens to make peace. He longs for his village and his deme and dreams of peace; the city disgusts him. Recalling his former happiness in the village, Dicaeopolis says that his deme unlike the city οὐδεπώποτ’ εἶπεν “ἄνθρακας πρίω”, / οὐκ “ὄξος”, οὐκ “ἔλαιον”, οὐδ’ ᾔδει “πρίω”…
Pseudartabas and his Attire (Aristophanes “Acharnians” 94–97
The article is devoted to the interpretation of the passage from Aristophanes’ “Acharnians” (94–97), in which Dikeopolis expresses his feelings caused by the appearance of the Persian ambassador Pseudartabas in a strange Persian costume. According to the traditional point of view, which had its origins in the ancient scholia, the appearance and gait of Pseudartabas resembled a ship, and it is in comparison with the ship that the meaning of the jo…
Sorrows and Joys of Dicaepolis
First sixteen verses of Aristophanes’ Acharnians pose many questions to their commentator. Scholars had various conjectures concerning events that had provoked strong emotions of Dicaeopolis, about his ways of describing the emotions as well as about the comic effects of the passage. The article deals with the most controversial of these questions. It is argued that the prologue reproduces tragic structure and parodies tragic language. E.g., in v…
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Sorrows and Joys of Dicaepolis
First sixteen verses of Aristophanes’ Acharnians pose many questions to their commentator. Scholars had various conjectures concerning events that had provoked strong emotions of Dicaeopolis, about his ways of describing the emotions as well as about the comic effects of the passage. The article deals with the most controversial of these questions. It is argued that the prologue reproduces tragic structure and parodies tragic language. E.g., in v…
Pseudartabas and his Attire (Aristophanes “Acharnians” 94–97
The article is devoted to the interpretation of the passage from Aristophanes’ “Acharnians” (94–97), in which Dikeopolis expresses his feelings caused by the appearance of the Persian ambassador Pseudartabas in a strange Persian costume. According to the traditional point of view, which had its origins in the ancient scholia, the appearance and gait of Pseudartabas resembled a ship, and it is in comparison with the ship that the meaning of the jo…
Πρίω and πρίων in Aristophanes’ Acharnians, vv. 34–36
The article deals with a joke in vv. 34–36 of Aristophanes’ “Acharnians.” Dicaeopolis describes the anguish he feels because of the war and the unwillingness of his fellow citizens to make peace. He longs for his village and his deme and dreams of peace; the city disgusts him. Recalling his former happiness in the village, Dicaeopolis says that his deme unlike the city οὐδεπώποτ’ εἶπεν “ἄνθρακας πρίω”, / οὐκ “ὄξος”, οὐκ “ἔλαιον”, οὐδ’ ᾔδει “πρίω”…
Philo of Alexandria on the contents of the Book of Genesis (Abr. 1)
The article discusses the strange presentation at the beginning of Philo of Alexandria’s On Abraham of the main content of the Book of Genesis as an account “of fruitfulness and barrenness, of dearth and plenty; how fire and water wrought great destruction of what is on earth; how on the other hand plants and animals were born and throve through the kindly tempering of the air and the yearly seasons.” The Book of Genesis is not a natural science …
Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Joke (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods (2 works) · Allusion (1 work)