Editorial for Rosetta Journal issue 18.
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The cult of the god Serapis and the sanctuaries dedicated to his worship in Egypt and elsewhere has extensively been studied by scholars. Similarly, the kline associated with Serapis has been the subject of extensive scholarly discussion. However, the festivals associated with the god have not yet been properly covered so far. This paper deals with two festivals of the god Serapis, the Serapia, attested in Greek papyri uncovered from Egypt in the Graeco-Roman period. The first festival started on 26 Khoiak, while the second began on 30 Pharmuthi. The paper attempts to reconstruct the two celebrations in the light of Greek papyrological documents. It argues that the Serapia of Khoiak is a continuation of the Pharaonic and Ptolemaic festival of Osiris, whereas in Pharmuthi another aspect of the god Serapis, closer to the Greek Zeus, appears to have been celebrated.
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This paper researches Tibullus 1.2, a paraclausithyron poem. It looks at the poet’s technique of generic deception, the poem’s setting, the identity of the person whom Tibullus asks to pour wine, and it analyses the similarities between this elegy and Tibillus 1.5, Propertius 4.9. and Ovid Amores 1.6. Furthermore, it underlines the role of women in Tibullus 1.2 (especially the persona of Venus). Finally, it deals with the hidden discourse about poetics at the end of the elegy.
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