Starting from the comparison between the situation of Augustan poets and that of artists and intellectuals in the totalitarian regimes of our time, this book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the problem of the relation of art, thought and power.

This book offers a study of the medieval Georgian translation of Proklos' Elementatio Theologica. It establishes ist significance for the Greek text and provides first insights into the textual and philosophical significance of Georgian translations and commentaries of Greek texts.

_Political Poetry across the Centuries_ aims to give a concise yet wide ranging overview of political poetry from antiquity to the immediate past spanning from Europe to East Asia.

The present volumes unites papers which explore the European image of god in an intercultural context. They range from classical antiquity to contemporary philosophy and science.