Forthcoming
GRBS 65.1:
Lajos Berkes, “Greek Documents and their Scribes in Eighth-Century Egypt”
The use of Greek as an administrative language in early Islamic Egypt depended heavily on scribes trained in church institutions, and declined sharply in the eighth century.
Alberto Ravani “Outlining the Iliad in the Komnenian Age: Between Trojan Matter and Achilles’ Wrath’”
Writers in the 12th century, addressing the difference between the full story of Troy and the Homeric Iliad, viewed Homer as an historian who failed to follow the rule of rhetorical treatises that expected a comprehensive account.
