Conference Presentations by Dimitris Roumpekas
Current Research in Egyptology 2020-2021 (Book of Abstracts), 2021
My participation as chair in a session entitled "Human and Nature" at "Current Research in Egypto... more My participation as chair in a session entitled "Human and Nature" at "Current Research in Egyptology 2020/2021 Virtual Conference".
1ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο για την Κοινή, τις κοινές και τη διαμόρφωση της κοινής νεοελληνικής. Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών [Ίδρυμα Μανόλη Τριανταφυλλίδη], Θεσσαλονίκη, 3 Νοεμβρίου 2017
Η συνεισφορά των εγγράφων ‒δηλαδή αιτήσεων, επιστολών, συμβολαίων, καταλόγων γραμμένων σε πάπυρο,... more Η συνεισφορά των εγγράφων ‒δηλαδή αιτήσεων, επιστολών, συμβολαίων, καταλόγων γραμμένων σε πάπυρο, όστρακα ή συναφείς φορείς γραφής‒ στην ιστορία της ελληνικής γλώσσας είναι αναμφισβήτητα σπουδαία. Σκοπός της συγκεκριμένης ανακοίνωσης ήταν η παρουσίαση τριών παπυρικών επιστολών από την πτολεμαϊκή, ρωμαϊκή και πρώιμη βυζαντινή Αίγυπτο, των UPZ I 67 (153/2 π.Χ., Μέμφις), BGU I 261 (Μάιος 105 μ.Χ., Φιλαδέλφεια) και P.Ross.Georg. III 10 (4ου-5ου αι.) αντιστοίχως. Τα κείμενα αυτά, γεμάτα γραμματικά «λάθη» ‒ή καλύτερα αποκλίσεις από τη γραμματική νόρμα, εξαιτίας της φωνολογικής, μορφολογικής και συντακτικής εξέλιξης που χαρακτήριζε την ελληνική γλώσσα της περιόδου‒, αποτελούν εξαιρετικές πηγές της γραπτής μορφής της λεγόμενης «προφορικής Κοινής». Τα λάθη που περιέχονται στα κείμενα αυτά και στα όμοιά τους μαρτυρούν τη δυσκολία των γραφέων τους να προσαρμόσουν τον απλοποιημένο τρόπο ομιλίας τους στους κανόνες της γραπτής ελληνικής.
The Words of Medicine. Technical Terminology in Material and Textual Evidence from the Graeco-Roman World, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 19-22 September 2018
My intention in this paper is to share my thoughts about the metaphorical use of some terms that ... more My intention in this paper is to share my thoughts about the metaphorical use of some terms that belong to the ancient Greek conventional vocabulary as medical ones, in the light of the papyri of medical content. I refer both to the medical and to the documentary papyri from Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt, in which terms relating to the Anatomy of the human body, certain diseases, medicaments, and medical tools are mentioned. The aim of the study is to shed light on the use and meaning of the metaphorical medical words in the papyri, that is: (a) to what extent the terms found in the papyrological sources are linked to those testified in the treatises of the ancient medical authors, (b) on what kind of similarity (aspect or function) the metaphors are mostly based, (c) with what specific field of the ancient medical profession (i.e. Anatomy, diseases, Pharmacology, medical instruments etc.) the metaphorical vocabulary is mostly associated.
Books by Dimitris Roumpekas
Kardamitsa Editions, 2019
"An Anthology of Roman Poetry: from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to the End of the Golden A... more "An Anthology of Roman Poetry: from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to the End of the Golden Age". Volume I: "Prehistoric (753-241 BCE) and Archaic (241-78 BCE) Periods" contains introductions to the poetic genres of Roman Literature. Moreover, all poets and anonymous works of the periods are listed in chronological order, together with introductory notes, biographical notes, text and modern Greek translation.
Papers by Dimitris Roumpekas
This paper deals with ophthalmic leucoma as identification mark in the documentary papyri of Grae... more This paper deals with ophthalmic leucoma as identification mark in the documentary papyri of Graeco-Roman and Late antique Egypt. The main interest of the article focuses on the papyrological sources, in which leucoma represents an element of differentiation. The paper also discusses the social imprint of this ocular disease in the society of Graeco-Roman Egypt and sheds light on the efforts of the patients to cure this eye condition.
This paper deals with color terminology that occurs in the medical papyri and the documentary pap... more This paper deals with color terminology that occurs in the medical papyri and the documentary papyri of medical content from Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. Aim of this study is to detect the color terms used to describe the drugs and the sick parts of the patients’ bodies. The study helps us to come to conclusions concerning the position of color in the physicians’ and pharmacologists’ thought and works in Egypt, especially as far as the disease diagnose and the determination of the therapeutic properties of various remedies are concerned.
This article discusses the content of the private letter POxy. 9.1220, which provides information... more This article discusses the content of the private letter POxy. 9.1220, which provides information about the behaviour of hippopotamuses in the Nile region. The existence of the wild mammal in Oxyrhynchus is probably related to Thoeris' cult in that city, while its occurrence in the text relates to its habit of raiding farm crops. This interpretation is supported by literary sources, but also by the sense of the verb ἀφανίζω, used to describe the animal's behaviour, in current lexica of ancient Greek. Additionally, an examination of textual variants of the fragment dealing with the hippopotamus' behaviour supports this interpretation and provides insights into animal-human interrelationship in Roman Egypt.
Ancient medical and other writers make it possible to study the particular motives, effects, and ... more Ancient medical and other writers make it possible to study the particular motives, effects, and treatments of wounds inflected by human bites.
chapitres 1-46. Édition, traduction et notes par B. Flusin, σελ, VIII+192*+355. Tome II. Livre I,... more chapitres 1-46. Édition, traduction et notes par B. Flusin, σελ, VIII+192*+355. Tome II. Livre I, chapitres 47-92 et 105-106, Édition par B. Flusin, traduction et notes par G. Dagron (†), Livre I, chapitres 93-104, Édition, traduction et notes par D. Feissel. Avec la collaboration de M. Stavrou, σελ. 471. Tome III. Livre II. Édition, traduction et notes par G. Dagron (†), à l'exception des chapitres II, 42, 44-45 et 51 édités, traduits et annotés par D. Feissel, B. Flusin, C. Zuckerman. Avec la collaboration de M. Stavrou, σελ. 438, Paris 2020 [Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae L/1-3] (Γιάννης Πολέμης) Βιβλία και δημοσιεύματα που στάλθηκαν στη διεύθυνση των Ελληνικών Οδηγίες προς τους συνεργάτες του περιοδικού * Οι συντομογραφίες των παπυρικών εκδόσεων, σειρών και λεξικών ακολουθούν το Checklist of Editions of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets, διαθέσιμο στην ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση www.papyri.info/docs/checklist. Για τις συντομογραφίες των
This paper focuses on P.Oxy. LXVII 4620 (5th/6th c.), a papyrus document which refers to a xenodo... more This paper focuses on P.Oxy. LXVII 4620 (5th/6th c.), a papyrus document which refers to a xenodocheion associated with the shrine of St. Ioustus at Oxyrhynchus. The aim of the article is to draw a connection between the forms of St. Ioustus’ veneration and the function of the charitable foundation in the framework of the shrine devoted to him. What is more, the article pursues to relate the existence of this institution with the cult of St. Ioustus as a therapeutic saint in the light of the papyrological sources, and consequently the function of the foundation as a guest house connected with the saint’s healing shrine in Oxyrhynchus, or even as a charitable infirmary associated with his church and funded by the local elite.
With this paper I attempt to study the phrase ὠιὸν δίδυμον found in the mutilated order P. Cair. ... more With this paper I attempt to study the phrase ὠιὸν δίδυμον found in the mutilated order P. Cair. Zen. IV 59602, 2 from the Zenon archive. Thorough research both on the interpretations of the adjective δίδυμος in connection with the noun ὠιόν in various modern lexica of ancient Greek language and on excerpts from certain zoological treatises of Aristotle and Pliny’s 'Naturalis Historia' lead us to interpret the phrase ὠιὸν δίδυμον as ‘double-yolked egg’. The paper pursues to amplify this meaning by relating the production and use of double-yolked eggs in the δωρεά of Apollonius with a well-organised activity of domestic fowl reproduction and egg production in Apollonius’s large estate in Philadelphia. The products of the fowl breeding, that is, poultry and eggs, were to be consumed in celebrations and festivals, as papyri from the Zenon archive confirm.
Roumpekas D., "Eggs in Graeco-Roman Egypt: Food, medicine, ritual", in E. Apostola, Ch. Kekes (eds), Current Research in Egyptology 2021. Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Symposium, University of the Aegean, 9-16 May 2021, Oxford 2022, 203-213. In Antiquity, eggs represented a very nutritive food, available in massive quantities, especially... more In Antiquity, eggs represented a very nutritive food, available in massive quantities, especially where domestic fowl were bred, and wild poultry resided. Ancient Greek and Latin medical authors, naturalists, and cooks list eggs among the most nutritious foods, consumed in many ways and used as medicine against various diseases. Additionally, eggs were a symbol of fertility, birth, and life. The aim of this paper is to deal with the use of eggs as food, medicament, and magical items in the light of the medical, magical, and documentary papyri of Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt. Lists of comestibles, food orders or private letters, represent great sources of information about the consumption of eggs in everyday life (e.g. egg species, ways of cooking, prices etc.), while the study of the medical papyri sheds light on the nutritional qualities and therapeutic properties of eggs. Finally, the focus on the magical papyri of Graeco-Roman Egypt is to reveal the remarkable role of eggs as substances in magical recipes and in ritual acts.
Roumpekas D., "Alleviating Death: Consolatory expressions in the Greek mummy labels from Roman Egypt", in M. Capasso, P. Davoli, N. Pellé (eds), Proceedings of the 29th International Congress of Papyrology, Lecce, 28th July - 3rd August 2019, Lecce 2022, II, 835-845 In this paper, I pursue to study the Greek version of the bilingual (Greek and Demotic) mummy lab... more In this paper, I pursue to study the Greek version of the bilingual (Greek and Demotic) mummy labels from Roman Egypt. I detect expressions of salutation and condolence, which the writers of the tags addressed to the dead. The aim of the study is to place the consolatory devices among the other kinds of the ancient Greek consolatory literature, and reveal any links between the phrases of condolence and the social and religious status of the deceased and the writers of the mummy tags.
Since the already published papers about aloe in antiquity are scanty and refer chiefly to the li... more Since the already published papers about aloe in antiquity are scanty and refer chiefly to the literary sources, aim of this paper is to study the Greek medical and documentary papyri from Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt that give information concerning: (a) the supply, the processing, and the use of aloe in antiquity, (b) its combination with other remedies in medical mixtures, and (c) the diseases for which aloe was used in ancient times.
Στην αρχαιότητα η γεύση θεωρείτο η αίσθηση με την οποία κανείς μπορούσε να προσδιορίσει πληρέστερ... more Στην αρχαιότητα η γεύση θεωρείτο η αίσθηση με την οποία κανείς μπορούσε να προσδιορίσει πληρέστερα και ακριβέστερα τις φαρμακευτικές ιδιότητες μιας ουσίας. Αντικείμενο της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η μελέτη του προσδιορισμού της γεύσης διαφόρων ιατρικών συστατικών και πιο περίπλοκων θεραπευτικών μειγμάτων που καταγράφονται στους ιατρικούς παπύρους της ελληνορωμαϊκής και βυζαντινής Αιγύπτου. Εκτός από τη συγκέντρωση των όρων που χρησιμοποιούν οι γραφείς των παπύρων για τις γεύσεις ορισμένων φαρμάκων, η συγκεκριμένη έρευνα επιχειρεί να απαντήσει στο ερώτημα της σχέσης μεταξύ της γεύσης και των ιδιοτήτων των φαρμακευτικών ουσιών, ερώτημα που σχετίζεται άμεσα με την ταυτοποίηση της γεύσης ορισμένων φαρμάκων με τη θεραπεία συγκεκριμένων ασθενειών.
AURA, 2020
Αντικείμενο του παρόντος άρθρου είναι τα παπυρικά έγγραφα που αναφέρονται στην ύπαρξη και χρήση ι... more Αντικείμενο του παρόντος άρθρου είναι τα παπυρικά έγγραφα που αναφέρονται στην ύπαρξη και χρήση ιατρικών εργαλείων και τμημάτων ιατρικού εξοπλισμού στην Αίγυπτο των ελληνορωμαϊκών χρόνων και της ύστερης αρχαιότητας. Η κειμενοκεντρική, διαχρονική και διατοπική μελέτη των εκδεδομένων παπυρικών εγγράφων και οστράκων, που αναφέρονται σε ιατρικά εργαλεία, εργαλειοθήκες, αποθηκευτικούς χώρους, δοχεία, φαρμακευτικά υφάσματα και σπόγγους, στοχεύει στη συναγωγή γενικότερων συμπερασμάτων σχετικά με την ύπαρξη ή την ανυπαρξία οργανωμένου συστήματος κατασκευής, εμπορίας και προμήθειας ιατρικών εργαλείων στην Αίγυπτο, αλλά και τη δυνατότητα απόκτησης και χρήσης τους από ἰατρούς στη χώρα του Νείλου. Αναδεικνύεται με αυτό τον τρόπο και η σχέση μεταξύ Αρχαιολογίας και Παπυρολογίας, καθώς οι πλούσιες πληροφορίες που παρέχει το παπυρολογικό υλικό επιβεβαιώνουν και ενισχύουν τα ευρήματα της αρχαιολογικής σκαπάνης.
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