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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Octavian"”.
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Fortune and family in the presentation of Octavian in Nicolaus of Damascus' Bios Kaisaros
… with regards to his characterisation of Octavian and Caesar. Nicolaus uses the theme of Fortune, a familliar topos of Hellenistic literature, at key moments during the text of the Caesar Extract, to highlight his presentation of Octavian and Caesar. The characterisation of Octavian and …
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The Shadow of the comet : divine patronage in the rise of Augustus by Dora Y. Gao.
… of divine patronage in the rise of the young Octavian between 44 and 27 B.C. The comet was concluded to have actually occurred through an analysis involving Poisson statistics, basic calculations of orbital dynamics, and historical context. The physical manifestation of this comet over Rome …
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A Character Study of Two Trouser Roles For Mezzo-Soprano In Opera: "Cherubino" From W. A. Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro and "Octavian" From R. Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
… from W. A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and "Octavian" from R. Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. The study analysis of these two roles incorporates the history of the characters as reflected through the development of librettos in which they appear, a character study focusing on acting and …
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Men of Letters: The Oratorical and Philosophical Relationship Between Cicero and Brutus
… murder, however, with the rise of Antony and Octavian, Cicero and Brutus did not agree on how best to serve the Republic, and the few extant letters between them, the <italic>Epistulae ad Brutum</italic>, are filled with frustration. This dissertation proceeds chronologically and can be …
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Classical Masculinity in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
… the divine representations of Cleopatra and Octavian Caesar as they oppose each other, and how Antony’s role within their conflict defines his value as a classical Roman man. I then deliberate his sexual fetishism for the matriarch pharaoh, and how their relationship functions as …
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Augustus, Justinian, and the Artistic Transformation of the Roman Emperor.
… of art depicting the first Roman Emperor, Gaius Octavian Caesar, best known as Augustus, and Justinianus, the greatest Roman Emperor. More than 500 years separates these two men, whose only connection, at first sight, is that both served as Roman Emperor. I will analyze each piece of art, discuss …
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Considering Tuning: From Bach to 21st Century Trends
This thesis is an exploration of instrumental tuning trends from Bach to 21st Century, considering different areas of musicological and acoustical studies. While the introduction brings us in a tuning continuum with brief explanations from the origins, the first chapter details the controversial …
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Apostasy -- A Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Approach
<p>This thesis concerns apostasy, which responds to a major religious crisis in the life of a believer by a deliberate alienation and abandonment of faith. This crisis involves a conflict on an intellectual, social, or emotional dimension. The problem of the thesis may be stated as follows: How can …
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Entwicklung und Charakterisierung einer neuen Clusterquelle für die Herstellung dünner Schichten
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit ist eine neue Clusterquelle entwickelt worden. Die Motivation dieser Entwicklung entstammt dem Wunsch nach einer Anpassung der vorliegenden Apparatur an industrielle Anforderungen. Die vor einem Jahrzehnt entwickelten Magnetron-Clusterquelle stößt die Methode relativ schnell …
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Dialogical Writing in Philosophy and Literature. A Study on Plato's Crito and Gorgias and Peacock's Nightmare Abbey
Both Thomas Love Peacock and Plato use dialogue for their works while they differ in what they envisage and what they achieve, i.e. same form, different objectives. Thus, having Peacock and Plato writing dialogues in different frames - one literary and one philosophical - raises an important …
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Inclusive scattering of polarized electrons from polarized protons in the Delta-excitation region with BLAST
<p>Inclusive scattering of polarized electrons from polarized protons has been studied using the BLAST detector at MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center. The Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (BLAST) is a detector designed to study in a comprehensive and precise way the spin-dependent …
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Analysis of Solid West Management Process: The Case study of Temeke Municipal in Dar es Salaam.
This research was analyzing of Solid Waste Management Process in Temeke Municipal Council in Dar es salaam. A sample of 42 respondents was selected for the study. The study used accidental technique to collect the data from Community members from the streets. The study gathered data from primary …
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Assessment of Warehouse Receipt System Role in Improving Small Holder Farmers Income; A Case of Cashew Nuts Farmers in Mtwara Region
Although agriculture is the main source of income for the majority of Tanzanian’s the sector is not well developed, especially on agricultural marketing. The major objective of this study was to assess the Role of Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) in improving the small holder farmer’s income (case …
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Fixing file descriptor leaks
We design, implement and test a tool for eliminating file descriptor (FD) leaks in programs at run-time. Our tool monitors FD allocation and use. When the allocation of a new FD would fail because a process's entire pool of FDs is already in use, our tool "recycles" (forcibly closes) an FD. The FD …
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Memory And Moderation: The Imperial Image Of Augustus And Its Perception Among Later Authors
… negative light. Suetonius' negative depiction of Octavian might imply a perceived insincerity in the moderation of Augustus. However, it is evident from Suetonius' account that he is more concerned with his continuous display of moderation as emperor, which serves as a model for his successors. …