https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142546 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:39:52 GMT 2026-04-30T18:39:52Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142756 Title: Seduction or rape? power dynamics between citizen and slave sex Authors: Dwight, Zanthia Abstract: Homosexual relationships in Classical Athens are often spoken about within the parameters of pederasty, which is connected in many ways to elites educating younger elites. Relationships of this kind have incurred scrutiny from scholars concerning gender and power relationships within differing age groups and the possible loss of social status amongst younger and older participants. This paper will take interest in the relationships with the greatest power dynamic: those of master and slave. The existence of power imbalance in sexual relations creates perfect conditions for situations of abuse, which then often occurs. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142756 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142755 Title: The modal definition of being in Plato’s Sophist Authors: Hull, Andrew Abstract: The common view is that, whatever the exact nature of the definition (from now on called the ‘modal definition of being’ after Crivelli), it disappears from the dialogue entirely after the Friends reject it. Against this, I will argue that the modal definition is still present in the dialogue because it is necessary for both communion between the Forms and knowledge of the Forms. Following Crivelli, I will argue that the modal definition of being means that any being possesses the power to affect something or to be affected by something. If the modal definition is indeed tacitly affirmed by Plato in the Sophist, then we have a unified definition for being that describes both Forms and the soul, finally answering the question of what unites these seemingly disparate types of entities. [excerpt] Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142755 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142754 Title: Sermonic stylistics in the Satires of Horace Authors: Goldman, Oscar Abstract: In his fourth sermo, Horace claims that he does not consider himself to be a ‘real poet’ – and warns that the reader should follow suit. This defensive posturing, delivered in the middle of his satiric apologia, rests on both the contrastive colocation of poema and sermo, and the implied association of sermo with satura. The reader is ironically invited, by analogy with Comedy (Horace’s adopted Ursprung of Roman satire), to consider that the type of poem presented is merely conversational speech (sermo) set to metre. This sermonic aspect of Horatian satire has historically been considered as a predominantly stylistic (the enfant terrible of hexameter in comparison to epic) and philosophical (a parodic distortion of Plato’s dialogues) nuance. [excerpt] Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142754 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142753 Title: Non-sleeping satirists : watchful eye(s) and insomnia Authors: Foskolou, Sofia Abstract: All Roman verse satire involves direct social observation —albeit from a subjective and critical viewpoint: that of the observer (i.e. the satirist), to be sure, but one that is comprehensive in its own way–, usually in the sense of eye-witnessing the wickedness prevailing in its contemporary Roman society, and occasionally even in the anti-soporific –yet, still vision-related– sense of experiencing satire-induced insomnia episodes, occurring when conspicuous cases of vice or folly –only to be detected by the satirist’s open eye(s)–, along with racing thoughts resulting from such visual stimuli, arouse the satirist’s moral sensitivity, and thus prevent him from sleeping. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142753 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z