Arethusa is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 established in 1967. It covers the field of Classics

Classics

Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...

 using an interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinarity

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 approach incorporating contemporary theoretical perspectives and more traditional approaches to literary and material evidence. It frequently features issues focused on a theme related the classical world. The current editors

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 of the journal are Martha Malamud and John Dugan (SUNY Buffalo). The journal is named for the mythical nymph Arethusa

Arethusa

- Mythology :* Arethusa , a nereid nymph who became a fountain* See Hesperides for Arethusa, a hesperid nymph- Places :* Arethusa , an ancient city in Mygdonia of ancient Macedonia* Arethusa , a titular see of Syria near Apameia...

 and published three times each year in January, May, and September by the Johns Hopkins University Press

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