Refutes the often-held view that Proclus – in line with other Neoplatonists – adheres to the idea of an essential harmony between Plato and Aristotle.  Meer

Refutes the often-held view that Proclus – in line with other Neoplatonists – adheres to the idea of an essential harmony between Plato and Aristotle.  Meer

Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind –which underpin the notion of consciousness– challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity.  Meer

Reconstructs relative clause structure in Proto-Indo-European, examining evidence from a wide range of archaic Indo-European languages and employing the framework of generative linguistic theory.  Meer

Analyses afresh the naturalistic version of Peripatetic ethics preserved in Cicero's On Ends 5, our major source for the ethical system of the first-century BCE philosopher Antiochus of Ascalon.  Meer

The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. Discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how they contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.  Meer

Challenging established narratives of literary history, this book explores how the earliest known Greek poets signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions.  Meer

For academic audiences interested in the history or archaeology of religion in the Roman Empire, or in the Roman provinces, in particular Roman Britain.  Meer

Challenging established narratives of literary history, this book explores how the earliest known Greek poets signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions.  Meer

Provides valuable insights into the development and use of the Linear B writing system and important methodological advances in investigating the Linear B texts' chronology and the activities of their writers.  Meer

Collects fourteen important essays of Cambridge sociologist Keith Hopkins - one of the most radical, innovative and influential Roman historians of his generation.  Meer

Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues.  Meer

Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues.  Meer

Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society.  Meer

Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society.  Meer

For the first time investigates the ways that technological, and especially mechanical, strategies were integrated into ancient Greek religion. Presents in full the evidence from the fifth century BCE to the second century CE, thereby revealing the shifting matrices of agency between technical objects, mechanical knowledge, gods, and mortals.  Meer