De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📚 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. 131
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Connect 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 1413
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill Philosophy @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026✨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. 121
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Antike und Abendland Vol. 72, No. 1 (2026) www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/... @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social @bernhardhuss.bsky.socialdegruyterbrill.comAntike und Abendland Volume 72 Issue 1Volume 72, issue 1 of the journal Antike und Abendland was published in 2026. 023
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Well 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... 020
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 14/09/2026📙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... 065
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Warm congratulations to @iglesias-zoido.bsky.social on his new publication! 063
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It’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. 092
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Come visit our booth at the annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Athens! 021
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 21/08/2026In 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/... 151
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Out! 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/... 020
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Are 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... 083
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Today, 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) 1111
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Fresh 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. 152
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Curious 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! 🎺 151
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026🪲 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... 061
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The #Odyssey is having a cinematic moment. Turn to us for scholarly insights into the original text, whether from Martin West's masterful critical edition, translations into German by eminent experts, or an award-winning study of #Homeric insults. 162
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026NEW 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 040
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Another 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... 030
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Here 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... 030
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Look 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... 073
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026We 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! 070
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 13/07/2026☘️ 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 082
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It 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! 031
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026📚 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. 110
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 24/06/2026🎉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 🍾 050
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026📆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 🎉 040
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 18/06/2026How 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... 131
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 16/06/2026📣 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... 131
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026🔓 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... 161
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 10/06/2026📆Today, the Ausonius prize, awarded by the #UniTrier for excellent lifetime achievement in the field of Ancient History or Classics, will be presented to Prof. Bernhard Zimmermann, one of our most renowned authors and editors. Warmest congratulations, Bernhard 🎉 040
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 09/06/2026At the Ancient Warfare conference in Madrid (WAWIC), De Gruyter Brill editor Giulia Moriconi ran into Giorgia Proietti, who edited the volume "Memory, Space and Mindscapes in Ancient Greece" with Jeremy McInerney. Please drop by the booth and browse our latest titles in Ancient Warfare. 192
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026📙 Just published! "Expressions of Opposition to the Roman Empire" The proceedings of the 16th Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire (Sevilla, 22–25 May 2024) explore how anti-Roman discourses helped shape and consolidate the Roman Empire. Available OA: brill.com/display/titl... 0115
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 05/06/2026📯 The first volume of the Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vernacular Greek (1100–1669) is now online! This work is the English translation and concise version of Kriaras’ Dictionary of Medieval Greek Vernacular Literature (1100–1669), a landmark in Greek lexicography and historical linguistics. 131
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Who was the cinaedus in ancient Roman society? Did the term refer to an actual group of individuals, or was it a stigmatizing label? A look back at a collection entirely dedicated to this figure, and to the study of ancient sexuality. #DGBPride www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb... 062
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We are delighted to announce the publication of the second and final volume of the edition of Alexander of Aphrodisias’ commentary on Aristotle’s >Metaphysics<, edited by Pantelis Golitsis. An important project, realized with the support of @bbaw.bsky.social y.social and @dfg.de 122
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A major highlight of this year’s program: Volume XV of the renowned Basler Homer-Kommentar, dedicated to Book XI of the Iliad. The work offers a German translation of the text, by Anton Bierl, along with the commentary by Marina Coray and Martha Krieter-Spiro: www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/... 030
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The latest volume of the Harvard Egyptological Studies series is out! 021
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Well spotted by Yale Classics Library: No. 2 (2026) of Apeiron is out! Among the topics featured in this issue: Plato’s myth of Er, Aristotle’s arithmetic and ancient perspectives on imagining future evils. 🔓You can read 3 of the articles in open access here: www.degruyterbrill.com/de/journal/k... 041
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The discussion series "Humanities for Humans" returns to Berlin! We're throwing our doors open on June 11 for a timely talk on #AI images, authenticity and accountability. With @greta-olson.org (@jlugiessen.bsky.social), @femsista.bsky.social (@univie.ac.at) and Irene Kacandes (Dartmouth). 11311
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Dennis Pausch, editor of our Millennium Yearbook (as well as of the book series Millennium Studies) presents the latest issue – 📆 we are looking forward to meeting you during the second day of the Große Mommsen-Tagung! 042
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Still interested in our travel program? 🛫🏛️ Next week we head to Rome: Caroline Goodson & Julia Hillner present "A Companion to Rome (c. 400–c. 1050)". 📅 14 May | 12–2 pm 💻 Online: meet.google.com/gvx-ruhn-wpy 📖 brill.com/display/pack... @writinghelena.bsky.social @cjg70.bsky.social #medievalsky 064
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Meet our editors in Mainz! Kai Pätzke, Mirko Vonderstein and Katharina Legutke are attending the Große Mommsen-Tagung - feel free to visit our booth and browse through our latest publications📖 031
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 05/05/2026We are pleased to support tomorrow’s lecture at Utrecht University by Prof. Em. Judith M. Barringer on Greek colonies and their enduring ties to sanctuaries “back home” across the Mediterranean. Find more info: sanctuaries.sites.uu.nl/2026/05/04/p...sanctuaries.sites.uu.nlJoint Cultural Interactions/NMS/NDS LectureWestern Greek Colonies and Sanctuaries ‘Back Home’: Delphi as a Case Study Prof. Em. Judith M. Barringer May 6, 2026 Johanna Hudiggebouw – 1.27 (Alex Brenninkmeijer Zaal) Kromme Nieuwegracht 47E, Utre... 131
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 04/05/2026📢 Out now! Vol. 10 of the "Yearbook of Ancient Greek Epic Online", edited by Christos Tsagalis, is dedicated to the Cypria, a structurally privileged yet methodologically challenging poem of the Homeric Epic Cycle that narrates the prehistory of the Trojan War. brill.com/view/journal... 010
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 28/04/2026🤔 So many questions, so little time? Watch our #webinar offering top tips on how to put your best foot forward as an early career researcher: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ-f... Many thanks to our panelists Natalie Germann, Lisa Redlinski, Rose Penfold and our very own Alexandra Koronkai-Kiss. 0911
Reposted by De Gruyter Brill Ancient StudiesDe Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 27/04/2026✨ Meet our #authors! Classicist Ariadna Arriaza poses with her subject, playwright #Euripides, to celebrate the publication of her book "Euripides Mythographus: The Mythographical Impulse of Greek Tragedy," co-edited with Jordi Pàmias: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb… 131
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 12/04/2026On the final day of the CA conference, we met with Virginia Mastellari, editor of the 200th (!) volume of Trends in Classics Supplements. Together with acquisistions editor Carlo Vessella, she is making the sign of '200'. Quite an occasion! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 031
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 12/04/2026FINAL DAY In the city with a rare combination of red brick buildings, 16th century pubs, and modern skyscrapers, we are starting the final day of the Classical Association annual meeting. It's your final chance to drop by, browse our titles, and/or discuss your publication project. 040
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Always nice to see a happy contributor to a volume! At the The Classical Association meeting in Manchester Ben Cassell found his contribution on Aglaurion and Ephebic Oath in the 500th (!) volume of Mnemosyne Supplementa, brill.com/display/titl... brill.com/display/book... 020