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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Hesiod"”.
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Hesiod Unveiled: The 'Other Poet' among the Exegetes
… to the corpus of epic poetry attributed to Hesiod across eight hundred years. Beginning at the Library of Alexandria, it examines how philological techniques, allegoresis, and education intertwine to interpret the Other Poet, the second pillar of the Hellenic canon after Homer. It provides …
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The Apocalypticism of Hesiod, Plato, & Virgil: Expanding the Boundaries for Christian Apocalyptic Intertexts
… definition, much of this study examines Hesiodic, Platonic, and Virgilian texts, as example cases, to demonstrate apocalypticism among even the most high-profile Greco-Roman authors. Thus, I lay the groundwork for new scholarly lines of inquiry on the apocalypticism of these and …
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The Cult of the Muses in Thespiai
… they are mentioned in the Homeric poems, it was Hesiod who first introduced the Heliconian Muses to the Western world. From the Boeotian poet onwards, Muses were no longer homeless, and mount Helicon and its surroundings would forever be thought of as their space. The town where Hesiod lived, …
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Embracing Evil: The Threat and Allure of the Female in Greek Poetry
… an examination of the work of the archaic poets, Hesiod and Semonides, and analyzes how these authors depict the potential dangers that the average female represents to men in the form of monetary injury as well as reproductive dependence. Next, I turn to the female protagonists of fifth-century …
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LE ETIMOLOGIE GRECHE NEI COMMENTARII DI SERVIO A VIRGILIO
… order. The relevant Greek parallels range from Hesiod (VIII-VII century BCE) to Eustathius of Thessalonica (died c. 1195 CE), while the relevant Latin parallels range from Naevius (III century BCE) to Isidore of Seville (died 636 CE). In the Conclusions, a comprehensive analysis of Servius' …
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The Early-Modernization of the Classical Muse
… invocations of archaic figures like Homer and Hesiod, I locate the 'ontological stirrings' in which the poet identifies his self through his at times troublesome and combative dependence on the Muse. By early modernity, a philosophical era, the classical Muse's appearances figure radical and …
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch: Rural Civic Ethos from the Rhapsodes to Water Rights
… begins with the rhapsodes, specifically Hesiod, and the ways in which his ethic of work developed in and defined the rural community of Boeotia. Following that analysis, I focus on the rural elements of Cicero, specifically his work to value his homeland of Arpinum as a place in order to …
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The concept of Aidos in Greek literature from Homer to 404 BC
… of the relevant terms in the poetry from Hesiod to Pindar are largely heterogeneous, but particularly worthy of note are Hesiod's remarks on the ambivalence of aidos (a notion also present in Homer), Solon's application of the verb, aideomai, to his lack of concern for the misguided …
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The Good Old Days: The Concept of the Golden Age in Greek Political Thought
… of the idealized past. First, I analyze Hesiod’s myth of the metals to define the golden age as a political concept and identify its core elements. Next, I turn to Plato, who demonstrates how a political thinker can use the golden age to open possibilities for political theorizing and …
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Anthropophagy and cannibalism in ancient Greek literature
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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The Interchange of Plain Velar and Aspirate in Kronos/Chronos: A Case for Etymological Equivalence
… sources, but it will demand a rereading of Hesiod's Theogony to account for the possible relation of its myth and symbols to comparable myths and symbols of the transitioning ages of the world and consequent calendrical corrections. </p>
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Who is it that writes? Poetry and the plural self
‘Who is it that writes?’ is the central question of this thesis, which consists of a creative and a critical component. The creative work “Letters to Mark” is an attempt to address the questions, as similarly formulated by the poet Fernando Pessoa; who, really, am I? How many am I and, who is it …
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Early Greek Indexicality: Markers of Allusion in Archaic Greek Poetry
This thesis is concerned with 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 …