Some interesting work has also been done in the history of Classical Scholarship - including the work of South African Classics scholars - Lexicography, Epigraphy, Art, and Archaeology. Further contributions have been made in the field of Ancient Philosophy and Ancient Religion. I knew about the story of Diogenes bringing a plucked chicken into Platos academy when he found out Plato defined man as 'featherless bipeds' for Press J to jump to the feed. Many contributions have been made in the field of Ancient History, but the majority have been literary in nature. The journal publishes work in all fields of Classics, from textual criticism to the Classical Tradition / Reception Studies. Both died on the same day, Alexander a few minutes before, and Diogenes a few minutes after him hence the story has come into being. The story has some significance, and some historicity also about it, because on the same day Diogenes also died. It has published work by scholars residing in South Africa, the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Rhodesia and Nyasaland / Zimbabwe / Tanzania, Belgium, New Zealand, Italy, Israel, Poland, Greece, France, and Japan. A fictitious story has been prevalent for these two thousand years. The language of publication is mainly English, but many contributions have also been written in Afrikaans, German, French, Dutch, Latin, and Italian.Īcta Classica is an international journal.

A religious man tried to convince Diogones that Poseidon was the great god of the. Articles from volume 57 (2014) have DOI tags (DOI 10.15731/AClass).Īcta Classica publishes articles, notes, and reviews. A story is told about a philosopher of Ancient Greece, Diogenes of Synope. Acta Classica: Proceedings of the Classical Association of South Africa (ISSN 0065-1141) appears annually and is listed on the ISI and SAPSE list of accredited journals.

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