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The Construction of a Classical Curriculum for a Liberal Arts College
The classical studies do not occupy the position of relative prominence held some years ago. The Middle West never kept pace with the East in the regard manifested for these studies. In the pioneer stages of the development of a country there is comparatively little contact with instruments of …
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Aprenda Latim direito: reflexões sobre a prática docente de um professor em formação e desenvolvimento de uma proposta metodológica para cursos de latim jurídico
The field of classical studies in Brazil has been experiencing notable growth in recent decades, as evidenced by prolific bibliographic production across various areas. Our research is situated within this context and unfolds in two main strands: firstly, as undergraduate research fellows and …
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The politics of public records at Rome in the late republic and early empire
This study explores the relationship between political developments and the keeping of public records at Rome during a crucial time of transition in the inter-connected fields of constitutional law, politics, and administrative practices. The political value of control over records is illustrated …
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The Byzantine system from within: a comparison of Procopius' Secret History and Lydus' On the Magistracies, and their presentation of the regime of Justinian
… At first glance, the former appears unique in classical literature, yet it will be argued that it was not entirely without precedent and needs to be seen in its literary and historical context. Furthermore, the emphasis that it places on administrative history makes it a suitable comparison to …
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The typical and connotative character of Xeinoi situations across the Apologue: Three studies in repetition
This dissertation engages in a close reading and analysis of the Apologue of Homer's Odyssey; specifically, I am concerned with characterizing the nature of xeinoi situations or interactions in these books - that is, the relationship between the Ithacan travellers and the various inhabitants whom …
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Divine childhood : a study of selected Homeric hymns in relation to ancient Greek societal practices
This dissertation broadly addresses divine childhood, with particular reference to the Homeric hymns. Included in the discussion is an overview of ancient Greek practices involving the subjects of birth, midwifery, timai, kyrioi, theft, parent-child relationships, maturation and the role of female …
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Madness in Lucretius' De rerum natura
In the following thesis I examine the experience and etiology of madness in Epicurean philosophy and focus on Lucretius’ accounts of epistemology, disease and emotion in De rerum natura. I situate my general argument within Lucretius’ accounts of the physical and cognitive aspects of emotional …
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Captatio in law, life and literature : a study of the topos of inheritance-hunting in the context of Roman testamentary legislation and social practice
"Captatio and the captator are stock elements of literature and undoubtedly existed in life, but as actual practice and figure in Roman society they are nearly impossible to identify" (Champlin 1989: 212). Captatio (inheritancehunting), as it appears in Latin literature, can be defined as the …
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Luxury as a theme in Latin love elegy
The territorial expansion of Rome in the second and first centuries B.C. was accompanied by an influx of foreign luxuries and fashions into Italy. Roman,society and literature responded to this influx ambiguously, but the overall tone was one of disapproval. The association of luxury with women, …
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Female characterisation in the epic poetry of P. Papinius Statius
"No serious Latinist will deny the probability that Statius will again emerge from the current scholarly re-evaluation of Silver Age Epic as the great poet he seemed to the finest spirits of High Middle Ages and Renaissance, rather than as the pale imitator of Virgil he appeared to the censorious …
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A historical commentary on Cornelius Nepos life of Themistocles
In writing a biography on Themistocles, Nepos consulted Greek sources, mainly consulted Thucydides. Nepos often paraphrases and quotes Thucydides, while also expressing his opinion on the death of Themistocles. When he departs from Thucydides' account, he uses Ephorus. The other extant, ancient …
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The prose prefaces of Martial and Statius : a study in literary purpose
In this thesis I offer a detailed examination of the ten prose prefaces which head the Epigrams of Martial (AD c45-c96) and the Siluae of Statius (c45-c96). The most remarkable feature of these ten short pieces of prose lies in the field of literary history: these are the first extant instances of …
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The role of the traditional Mediterranean diet in the development of Minoan Crete : archaeological, nutritional and biochemical evidence
Archaeological evidence reveals that a diet consisting of mainly of cereals, pulses and olives, supplemented by fish and with a low percentage of animal products, was consumed on Crete in the Minoan period, as it was up to this century. Modem clinical and biochemical research indicates that this …
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Narrative strategies in the gospel according to Luke : a Bakhtinian exploration
… ofthe Graeco-Roman period. In contrast to the classical genres of the mainstream, epic, love-poetry and tragedy, Bakhtin rates Menippean texts as being essentially dialogic, engaged in exploring ideas of life and death from the perspective of a carnivalistic view ofthe world. He uses the genre …
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Martial's Apophoreta : an introduction and commentary
No commentary on Martial Book 14 has appeared since that of Ludwig Friedlander (1886). Since Friedlӓnder dealt with Martial' s entire corpus, his introductory remarks to Book 14 were necessarily subordinated to his wider concerns. While his commentary is very superficial. This work hopes, …
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To what extent does Horace present a coherent præceptor persona in the Ars poetica?
In the ensuing dissertation I explore the extent to which a coherent praeceptor persona may be found in Horace's Ars Poetica. In the first chapter, 'Interpreting the Ars Poetica', I commence by reviewing and commenting upon previous critical attempts to explain Horace's poem. This I have divided …
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The shepherd of Hermas : some aspects of its composition and transmission
The authorship and time of origin of the Shepherd have not been subjected to the same rigorous enquiry as the First Epistle of Clement and the Epistles of Ignatius. The reason for this is probably that the Shepherd has had little to contribute to contemporary polemics in the way that the other two …
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Violence and state response in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius
This thesis examines the concept of violence during the transition from Republic to Principate. Many of the provisions against violence which evolved during the course of the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius were a direct response to the violence of the Late Republic. They were to a large extent, …
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Fauna in archaic Greek and Kalanga oral wisdom literatures
Animals play an important role in the communication of wisdom. In songs, proverbs, aphorisms, riddles and other oral modes of communication, animals sometimes play the roles of human beings. Homeric similes, Hesiodic and Aesopic fables, and numerous oral figures of speech in Greek lyric poetry …
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