Hyperboreus publishes original articles and reviews of books on all fields of classical scholarship based primarily on the interpretation of classical sources.
Hyperboreus was founded by the Bibliotheca classica Petropolitana in 1994 as the first academic journal in Russia since the 1917 revolution specializing in the field of classical studies. Scholars from the Classical Department of St. Petersburg State University, the St. Petersburg Institute of History (Russian Academy of Sciences) and St. Petersburg Classical Gymnasium participated in the foundation of the journal. The editors value highly the support and advice of many Western European and American scholars during the foundation and subsequent activities of Hyperboreus.
The aims of Hyperboreus are to advance the study of classical antiquity in Russia and to encourage international cooperation in this field by publishing original articles and reviews of books in English, German, French, Italian, Latin and Russian. The editors invite contributions in all areas of classical scholarship (language and literature, history, philosophy and sciences, papyrology, epigraphy, archaeology, arts) based primarily on the interpretation of classical sources.
Hyperboreus also aims at throwing light upon archaeological excavations of the classical sites on the Northern coast of the Black Sea region.
Hyperboreus publishes primarily articles on the period before 565 AD (the death of Justinian). Articles on subjects beyond this date, primarily on the history of classical scholarship, are published only in special volumes dedicated to papers read at the conferences hosted by the Bibliotheca Classica.
Hyperboreus is edited in two annual fascicles.
The annotations follow the bibliographical periodicals: Gnomon, L' Année philologique.
Hyperboreus is covered by the Scopus database.
Hyperboreus was included in the list of Class-A journals by Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research Institutes (resolution of the Executive Board no. 103 of 07-05-2025, areas 10/D1 "STORIA ANTICA", 10/D2 "LINGUA E LETTERATURA GRECA", 10/D3 "LINGUA E LETTERATURA LATINA", 10/D4 "FILOLOGIA CLASSICA E TARDOANTICA") .
The full archive of Hyperboreus is available here.
