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The influence of Homer
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Paired Expressions in Homer
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The influence of Homer
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Homer--a video story generator
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1992.
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Homer and the Art of Performative Technical Communication
… of technical communication, has included the Homeric canon as part of its discourse, technical communication scholars have not. This effort explores the connections between technical communication and samples of Homeric representations of archaic technical communication in The Iliad and …
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Pouring out tears: Andromache in Homer and Euripides
… tragic manifestations. The thesis shows how the Homeric poet and Euripides utilize three features in Andromache’s characterization. First, by making her a paragon of feminine virtue, the authors position her as a useful comparandum for the actions of other, more dangerous women. Second, by …
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Telling presences: narrating divine epiphany in Homer and beyond.
… in treating epiphany-accounts in general and Homeric epic in particular. I propose an alternative focus on how sense, both as perception and as significance, is actively produced in such contexts: narrativisation and ritualisation offer experiences-in-themselves in which people participate to …
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The Long Augment in Homer: a formula-based approach
… with the vowel epsilon, but some verbs in Homer show an eta instead. These forms were linked to Vedic instances of long augments by part of the relevant literature. Other scholars preferred to explain the Greek instances as inner developments, while others denied any philological validity …
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'Strange appearance' : the reception of Homer in Renaissance England
This thesis investigates the presence of Homer in the literary culture of Renaissance England. It seeks to identify how the Iliad and the Oqyssry, virtually unread by anyone in early 16th_century England, went on to become well-known texts by the mid-17th century. The thesis focuses on literary …
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From Homer to Hip-Hop: Using Popular Music to Teach Composition
<p>In more than forty years, not much has changed: engaging students remains one of the biggest challenges composition teachers face. Frequently, students are indifferent about assigned topics, and as a result, they are also indifferent about the writing process. Because capturing students’ …
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Te Sequor: A Study of Pope's Observations on The Iliad of Homer
Although has been written on Pope's translation of the Iliad, little has been written directly on his commentary, which comprise more than half of Pope's work. This study seeks to correct this neglect and argues that Pope's commentary is a vital part of his Iliad. I examine Pope's place among …
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The concept of Aidos in Greek literature from Homer to 404 BC
… culture antithesis continues in the chapter on Homer, of which one of the central topics is the extent to which Homeric man possesses an internal conscience. The fundamental association of aidos with popular opinion is noted, and the terms which describe both the kind of situation or conduct …
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The Gilded Tropics: Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent in Florida, 1886-1917
… examines the Floridian works of Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent in the context of tourism, race, and the environment as perceptions of the tropics in an Anglo-American context. Both artists sojourned in Florida and produced a number of watercolors and related oils that not only …
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The Structure of the Homeric Dwelling Scene: a Presentation of Justice in Homer
This PhD thesis, entitled The Structure of the Homeric Dwelling Scene: a Presentation of Justice in Homer, and written by myself, John Moss, is a study of the concept of justice in Homer by way of a recurrent narrative structure. Introducing the thesis with a reading of the Iliad, I offer an …
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A catalogue of shapes: a composite object portrait of an oral-formulaic Homer
… between two seemingly disparate art-forms - Homeric poetry (the Iliad and the Odyssey) and sculptural assemblage. The synthesis of form and content achieved by the re-organization, manipulation, and transformation of pre-existing components in the theory of an oral-formulaic Homer is explored …
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Homer in the Perfect Tense: The Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus and the Poetics of Impersonation
… most challenging texts from this corpus, the Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna (c. 3rd century C.E.). My central contention is that Quintus’ mimicry of Homer represents a radically new formative poetics, suggesting a cultural movement towards mimesis, necromancy and close encounters with the past. …
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