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Washington University in St. Louis

Wind, Wave, and Generative Metaphor in Greek

Abstract

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A diachronic analysis of the so-called 'Ship of State' metaphor, with the premise that the more sophisticated trope of Archaic lyric poetry is an elaboration of a larger cognitive metaphor that appears in the earliest Greek texts.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (MA)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Classics
Year dc:date.available
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Bork, Hans
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Ryan Platte

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English (en)

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:etd-1462

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citation

Bork, Hans. Wind, Wave, and Generative Metaphor in Greek. Thesis thesis, 2011. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/463