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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Archaic Greece"”.
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Archery in Archaic Greece
Despite a renewed interest in scholarship about archaic warfare, hoplites, Homeric society, and several other related areas, archery in Archaic Greece has managed to escape comprehensive study for half a century. Scholarship on the subject stands in urgent need of update and revision. Certain …
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State interactions in archaic Greece
… economy operated, and about shipping routes in archaic Greece. I conclude that, contrary to the long-held belief by scholars, political activity did not determine other forms of networking between city-states, nor are political interactions readily visible in the archaeological record. …
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The Material of Polytheism in Archaic Greece: Understanding Greek Religion Through Patterns of Dedicatory Practice and Thought, ca.750–480 BCE
… of gift-giving in religious contexts in archaic Greece, in which I determine patterns of dedicatory practice across Greece, and then use these patterns as a window onto the mindset of ancient worshippers in relation to their many gods. I use new materialist perspectives to address …
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"Reciprocity and the Divine: A Study of the Major ""Homeric Hymns"""
… in the religious and social realms of Archaic Greece.
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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚA ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ: a linguistic analysis of the early Greek alphabets
… alphabetic systems that emerged in Geometric and Archaic Greece. The research concerning the so-called epichoric scripts was introduced by Kirchhoff in the 19th century and saw its highest point in the 1960s with the works of Jeffery and Guarducci. Nevertheless, recent epigraphical finds and new …
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The entry of Orpheus into archaic Greek society.
Although absent from early Archaic sources by the sixth century BCE Orpheus the poet had become synonymous with poetry and inspiration. This work will examine the emergence of the myths of Orpheus in Archaic Greece with a view to understanding his place in society. This will entail the exploration …
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Poetry in public: reperformance and publication of archaic Greek epigram
This dissertation examines Archaic Greek epigram in its context (cultural, historical, physical, etc.), with particular focus on its ancient reading and reception. My study contributes to our understanding of the performance culture of Archaic Greece, whereby, scholars have argued, poems and their …
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The origins of money: evaluating chartalist and metallist theories in the context of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia
Tracing the origins of money in archaic Greece (roughly 900-500 BC) and ancient Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, this thesis assesses the applicability of Chartalist and Metallist theories of money's origins. It is demonstrated that Metallism does not withstand a historical test given the …
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Early Greek Indexicality: Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry
… early Greek literary history and the nature of archaic Greek allusion. It examines how our earliest Greek poets self-consciously marked and signalled their interactions with other texts and traditions, often in a deeply antagonistic fashion. In recent years, scholars have explored how Roman …
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Doing History with Monsters: the Sphinx, Chimera, and Centaur in Archaic and Classical Greece
… and explaining their transformation across the Archaic and Classical periods. Monsters change with shifting historical and social contexts, but not all in the same way. Different monsters interact differently with historical conditions. In the frst chapter, I analyse the unique procedure by …