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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Attic"”.
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Studies in the Linguistic Variation of Classical Attic and the Attic Orators
… clauses; complementiser usage with λέγω) in Attic from fifth to the fourth centuries BC and to explore the nature of this variation in oratory. It first analyses the distribution of these features in comedy to determine what the likely causes of variation were in the spoken language. These …
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Two-dimensional finite element model for heat transfer in residential attic using an attic barrier system
… the thermal performance of a residential attic. The attic is ventilated using an evaporative cooler for the occupied space which vents its exhaust air into the attic. The attic is also ventilated by outside air introduced at the perimeter(soffit) of the attic ceiling and is exhausted at …
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Attic Greek drama in the fifth century, B.C. ..
Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Bibliography: p. 50.
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The Evocation of Cult in Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painting
… from the vases: he is considered a protector of Attica alongside Athena and his role as safeguarding those at sea is a crucial one. Most importantly, it seems the visual nature of the festivities (processions, performance, and competition) played the most influential role in the vase-painters’ …
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A New Language for Heroes: Odysseus, Ajax, and Sophistic Language in Attic Tragedy
My objective in this project is to explore the ways in which the Homeric figures of Odysseus and Ajax are reinterpreted for the tragic stage by Sophocles and Euripides, with particular emphasis on the presence of marked sophistic modes and values of speech. My thesis begins with an overview of the …
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Tragedy With a Vengeance: Violence, Vengeance and Identity From Attic Tragedy to Shakespeare
… its roots in the soil of classical Attica, through Senecan tragedy, and into early modern drama in English. Classical and early modern tragedy is seductive in its sophisticated, savage portrayals of the relations between violence and who we are as human beings. In this study I …
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From Bigfoot in the backyard to ghosts in the attic: Predictors of paranormal belief
Previous research on the social predictors of paranormal belief is contradictive and unclear. Depending on which author you read, one theory is better at explaining why individuals accept belief in paranormal phenomena. This problem most likely is the result of weak sample sizes and an …
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Forays into the attic: The postcolonial fiction of Jean Rhys and J. M. Coetzee
… Wide Sargasso Sea: 'Who Knows What's Up in the Attic?' thinspace""; they focus on Rhys's fictional strategy of borrowing the rage and resistances of other narratives of dispossession. In both chapters, I examine Rhys's formal dismantling of the epistemes of humanist-modernism, particularly her …
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Interaction in the <i>Symposion</i>: An Experiential Approach to Attic Black-Figured Eye Cups
Archaic Greek ceramic kylixes with painted eye motifs are commonly known as eye cups, and date to 535-500 BCE. Due to the strikingly noticeable eye motifs on their outer surfaces, these cups are traditionally analyzed almost exclusively by interpreting their painted imagery. Such an approach does …
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An evaluation and comparison of the livability of prototypical and conventional house types: the development and testing of a methodology
… house type (FmHA plan no. H5-41) and the Solar Attic house type (Cooperative Extension Plan Service experimental plan no. 7220). A randomly selected sample of 32 housing professionals evaluated the plans of these houses using the Hause Plan Evaluation Checklist. They rated the Solar Attic plan …
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Religion of the Roadways: Roadside Sacred Spaces in Attica
… spaces and activities in both Athens and Attica, no scholarly work has yet examined these phenomena in a comprehensive manner. Building on the scholarship about Attic roads, ancient travel, and Greek religion, this study presents the literary testimonia, the epigraphical evidence, and the …
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Cross-Cultural Interaction and Migration: Retheorizing Greek Colonization in the 7th-4th Centuries BC with the Exchange of Attic Figured Pottery
… Black Sea through an analysis of the exchange of Attic pottery vessels. This research validates the importance of material culture for understanding culture contact. Furthermore, it demonstrates how interdisciplinary frameworks are essential for this type of interpretation. Finally, this study is …
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The Origins and Development of Linguistic Atticism
… ‘The Origins and Development of Linguistic Atticism’ deals with the linguistic debate around the idea of ‘correct Greek’, and especially with the origins and the development of a movement known as Atticism, which promoted the Attic of the fifth century BCE as the correct language through the …
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Representations of Human and Satyr Children Through Stages of Childhood Development in Athenian Art of the Sixth to the Fourth Century B.C.E. An Iconographical and Contextual Approach.
… considers Athenian childhood through images on Attic vases, plaques, and votive reliefs. A six-stage model of childhood development – newborn to adolescence – was designed to appraise the ages of children. This new model allows for more precise age determination, especially for the youngest …
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Reintroducing women into the ancient Athenian public sphere: an analysis of female depictions on Attic Athenian pottery from late 6th and 5th centuries BCE
Women in Ancient Greece are often slotted into one of two categories: housewives or sex workers. Many have argued that it is common knowledge and well-established that women were secluded in their homes, with very little physical evidence to support their claims. This paper aims to uncover how such …
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