The final voyage of Ulysses, which is recounted by the Greek hero in the eighth bolgia of Dante’s Inferno, has given rise to much critical debate. An authoritative reading of the episode has been difficult to establish because Ulysses’ monologue appears detached from its context. This occurs as a result of the grandeur of the hero, but also because the voyage seems to have very little in common...

Advances in medical science are frequently characterized by two related phenomena. First, they create the opportunity for individuals to make choices previously unavailable and thereby pose new moral questions that challenge both our moral intuitions and social institutions. Second, innovation in healthcare unfolds, both in the sense that its utilization spreads geographically but also that it ...

Abstract The opening lines of Seneca's Thyestes (1–13), which feature Tantalus’ reference to the so-called great sinners, have received little critical attention. Through both an intertextual and intratextual analysis, this article reveals peculiarities allegedly canonical list sinners by comparing it similar catalogues in other Senecan dramas, as well identifying its structural function within...