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The 2011 Meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society
The 2010 Meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society
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  • Ancient Philosophy Society 2026 Registration and Hotel Information

    Dear friends of the Ancient Philosophy Society, Registration for our 2026 meeting at New York University is now open. Note that APS membership is required to register for the meeting. We strongly encourage you to register for the APS banquet on the night of Saturday April 18th as well. Historically, the banquet has been a great chance to get to know other participants, and we hope to continue that tradition this year. You can pay membership dues and register for the meeting . . . Read More

  • Hunting for Justice

    The Cosmology of Dike in Aeschylus’s Oresteia By Kalliopi Nikolopoulou Subjects: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Classics, Comparative Literature, Drama, Religion, ViolenceSeries: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Hardcover : 9798855801286, 264 pages, March 2025Paperback : 9798855801279, 264 pages, September 2025 A purely political understanding of justice does not convey the cosmological origins of the ancient conception of justice, Dikē, in Aeschylus’s Oresteia. Drawing from Walter Burkert’s anthropology of the hunt in Homo Necans, which articulates an ancient cosmology and implies a theory of (tragic) seriousness that parallels Aristotle’s . . . Read More

  • Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy Updated Deadline

    The deadline to submit a chapter to the upcoming volume “Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy” has been extended from January 15th to February 1st. Please consider submitting a potential chapter.

  • Politeia: New Readings in the History of Philosophy

    Edited by Anne J. Mamary Edited by Meredith Trexler Drees Subjects: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Aristotle, Plato Series: SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy Hardcover : 9798855803013, 325 pages, July 2025 Paperback : 9798855803006, 325 pages, January 2026 In classical Greece, the word politeia in its largest sense meant the citizens’ engagement with the shared project that is the lived life of their polis, city, civic society. Ancient philosophers, poets, historians, and orators constantly reflected on what this shared project should be and . . . Read More

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