Most cited papers in Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
What are the most cited papers in Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies?
The most cited paper in Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies is "Fatal Charades: Roman Executions Staged as Mythological Enactments" (Kathleen M. Coleman, 1990), with 721 citations. Next come "Early Greek elegy, symposium and public festival" (556) and "Tombstones and Roman Family Relations in the Principate: Civilians, Soldiers and Slaves" (484).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 136 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatal Charades: Roman Executions Staged as Mythological Enactments Kathleen M. Coleman · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1990 | 721 |
| 2 | Early Greek elegy, symposium and public festival E. L. Bowie · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1986 | 556 |
| 3 | Tombstones and Roman Family Relations in the Principate: Civilians, Soldiers and Slaves Richard Saller, Brent Donald Shaw · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1984 | 484 |
| 4 | What Do Objects Want? Chris Gosden · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory | 30 Aug 2005 | 431 |
| 5 | Saeculum: History and Society in the Theology of St. Augustine Herbert A. Deane, R. A. Markus · The American Historical Review | Oct 1971 | 397 |
| 6 | Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism Tony Freeth, Yanis Bitsakis, Xenophon Moussas et al. · Nature | Nov 2006 | 357 |
| 7 | Image and Authority in the Coinage of Augustus Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1986 | 322 |
| 8 | Demosthenes on Liturgies: a Note Jon Davies · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1967 | 313 |
| 9 | The tragic wedding Richard Seaford · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1987 | 300 |
| 10 | Über Geschmack lässt sich nicht streiten? Maximilian Haars · NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften Technik und Medizin | 15 May 2023 | 294 |
| 11 | The pagan holy man in late antique society Garth Fowden · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1982 | 282 |
| 12 | When the Gods Were Born: Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East Carolina López‐Ruiz, Johannes Haubold · Aestimatio Sources and Studies in the History of Science | 21 Dec 2015 | 276 |
| 13 | Democritus and the Sources of Greek Anthropology Charles Paul Segal, Thomas G. Cole · The Classical World | 1968 | 275 |
| 14 | Pagans and Christians P. H. Sawyer | 16 Feb 2010 | 272 |
| 15 | Imago mundi: cosmological and ideological aspects of the shield of Achilles Philip Russell Hardie · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1985 | 264 |
| 16 | The Appropriation and Subsequent Naturalization of Greek Science in Medieval Islam: A Preliminary Statement A. I. Sabra · History of Science | Sep 1987 | 262 |
| 17 | The “Catechetical” School of Early Christian Alexandria and Its Philonic Heritage Annewies van den Hoek · Harvard Theological Review | 1997 | 258 |
| 18 | The Iliad in a Nutshell: Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae Michael Squire | 2011 | 251 |
| 19 | The career and conversion of Dio Chrysostom John L. Moles · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1978 | 246 |
| 20 | Hoards, Small Change and the Origin of Coinage Colin Mackennal Kraay · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1964 | 241 |
| 21 | Networks, Territories, and the Cartography of Ancient States Mónica L. Smith · Annals of the Association of American Geographers | 17 Nov 2005 | 238 |
| 22 | Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin Paul E. Damon et al. · Nature | Feb 1989 | 236 |
| 23 | Stigma: Tattooing and Branding in Graeco-Roman Antiquity Christopher P. Jones · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1987 | 234 |
| 24 | Diodorus Cronus and Hellenistic Philosophy David N. Sedley · Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society | 1977 | 229 |
| 25 | New Evidence on the Province of Asia Christian Habicht · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1975 | 228 |
| 26 | Homer on Life and Death Jenny Strauss Clay, Jasper Griffin · The American Journal of Philology | 1982 | 225 |
| 27 | How the dithyramb got its shape Armand D’Angour · The Classical Quarterly | Dec 1997 | 222 |
| 28 | Poetic inspiration in early Greece Penelope Murray · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1981 | 222 |
| 29 | Organic chemistry of embalming agents in Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman mummies Stephen Buckley, Richard P. Evershed · Nature | Oct 2001 | 221 |
| 30 | The cheese and the worms: The cosmos of a sixteenth-century miller David H. Throgmorton · The Social Science Journal | Mar 1986 | 208 |
| 31 | Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets Fritz Graf, Sarah Iles Johnston | 22 Jun 2007 | 207 |
| 32 | La famille et l'amour sous le Haut-Empire romain Paul Veyne · Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales | Feb 1978 | 203 |
| 33 | Lucan/The Word at War John T. Henderson · Ramus | 1987 | 202 |
| 34 | Did Chrysippus understand Medea? Christopher John Gill · Phronesis | 1983 | 195 |
| 35 | The Shadow of Callimachus: Studies in the Reception of Hellenistic Poetry at Rome Richard L. Hunter | 2006 | 195 |
| 36 | Eleatic Questions G.E.L. Owen · The Classical Quarterly | May 1960 | 191 |
| 37 | Syrie Romaine, de Pompée à Dioclétien Jean-Paul Rey-Coquais · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1978 | 191 |
| 38 | Hallmarks in the history of epilepsy: Epilepsy in antiquity Emmanouil Magiorkinis, Kalliopi Sidiropoulou, Aristidis Diamantis · Epilepsy & Behavior | 6 Dec 2009 | 188 |
| 39 | The Myth of the Neronian Persecution Brent Donald Shaw · The Journal of Roman Studies | 14 Aug 2015 | 188 |
| 40 | The Automata in the Byzantine "Throne of Solomon" Gerard Brett · Speculum | Jul 1954 | 186 |
| 41 | Money and Exchange in the Roman World Michael H. Crawford · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1970 | 186 |
| 42 | Persecution and response in late paganism: the evidence of Damascius Polymnia Athanassiadi · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1993 | 186 |
| 43 | Momentary Monsters: Lucan and His Heroes John F. Makowski, W. R. Johnson · The Classical World | 1989 | 186 |
| 44 | Monody, Choral Lyric, and the Tyranny of the Hand-Book Malcolm Davies · The Classical Quarterly | 1988 | 184 |
| 45 | Mosaic Physics and the Search for a Pious Natural Philosophy in the Late Renaissance Ann Blair · Isis | Mar 2000 | 182 |
| 46 | The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs Steven M. Stannish · History Reviews of New Books | 2002 | 180 |
| 47 | Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations P. A. Brunt · The Journal of Roman Studies | Nov 1974 | 178 |
| 48 | Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia Glenn W. Most | 2018 | 174 |
| 49 | The Etymologies in Plato's Cratylus David N. Sedley · The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Nov 1998 | 173 |
| 50 | Money in Mesopotamia Marvin A. Powell · Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient | 1996 | 171 |
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