Vol. 24 No. 1 (2025)

The inaugural issue of 2025, non-thematic in scope, showcases a wide-ranging collection of studies. The opening article explores the sanctity of texts from historical, religious, and philological perspectives. Another contribution analyzes the performative ambiguity of a Sappho fragment, revealing subtle layers of poetic communication. Readers will also find a study of the symposium as the cultural context of Pindar’s and Bacchylides’ victory odes, as well as an examination of early ship representations in the western desert oases. The archaeology section highlights recent research on Tutankhamun’s famous dagger made of meteoritic iron. The Textus section presents three annotated source texts: an ancient Egyptian curse against charioteers, the hexameter poem of the Sinai palimpsest, and the Hungarian translation of the correspondence between Károly Kerényi and Martin Buber. Finally, Dualis closes the issue with a contemporary reflection on balance and movement in ancient art.