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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"The Ancient World"”.
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From Steppe to Stable: Horses and Horsemanship in the Ancient World
This dissertation is a re-evaluation of the horse in the ancient world. The approach is not based on humans and human controls, rather it seeks to examine the equines of antiquity from the viewpoint of the horses themselves. This is accomplished by looking at equine conformation and how form …
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Amazons of the Ancient World: Women in Greek and Roman Societies as Seen in the Amazon Myth.
<p>The myth of the Amazons began in Ancient Greece. Renditions of the myth were found in art and literature of the Greeks and Romans in the ancient world. The image of the Amazons changed with the culture and ideology that discussed them. The Amazon myth reflected Greek and Roman views of women. …
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The development of the notion of libraries in the ancient world with special reference to the Middle East, the Roman Republic and the Royal Alexandrian Library
The Royal Alexandrian Library (RAL) is considered by modern scholarship to represent the epitome of the development of ancient librarianship. Its extensive holdings imply the application of modern organizational procedures such as collection development, information retrieval and promotion of use - …
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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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The figurative use of "son(s) of" in the New Testament
Daniel Ferris Born, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. William F. Cook The figurative use of "son(s) of" phrases in the NT represents the author employing the father-son relationship, and what this relationship represents in the ancient world, as a tool to illustrate …
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Injury and blessing: a challenge to current readings of biblical discourse concerning impairment
In the ancient world, impairment was common knowledge: archaeological and written material demonstrate that people with impairments were included in society. Impairment was well understood and, in the rhetorical dynamic between author and reader, it was imaginatively used. The Early Church, for …
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Reflections of renaissance ideas of education in the plays of Shakespeare
That the period of the Middle Ages seems to have been one of exceeding gloom and stagnation is probably because of the contrast between it and that most brilliant age known as the Renaissance which followed. Many scholars are of the opinion, however, that the Middle Ages must not be regarded as …
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The Augustan poets: their Master's voices? A study of the political views of Vergilius, Horatius and Propertius
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Wrestling’s Grip on the Past: A Comprehensive Study of Ancient Greek Wrestling
Wrestling was the first non-running event added to the ancient Olympics in the 18th Olympiad in 708 BC. Wrestling continued to appear in Greek and Roman art and literature all the way until the end of antiquity, leaving behind a large cultural legacy over a period of a thousand years. This long …
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Egypt’s encounter with the West: Race, Culture and Identity
The present study is an investigation into the processes involved in interpreting ethnic identity in the ancient world. Specifically, it focuses on the various “Libyan” groups currently found in Egyptological literature who are attested in ancient Egyptian sources from the dawn of Egyptian …
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’n Studie van Josua 23 gefokus op sosiale waardes as sleutel tot die verstaan van oorlogsdenke
This study was motivated by the desire to make a difference in the world. A better understanding of how ancient peoples perceived the phenomenon of war, and how these perceptions were shaped by social values, can hold great value for contemporary peace processes. A large number of Old Testament …
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Post-Traumatic Stress in Archaic and Classical Greece
Since the publication of Jonathan Shay's 'Achilles in Vietnam' in 1994, classicists have increasingly searched for evidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the ancient world. Yet, despite rapid developments in the field of psychology and psychiatry, assumptions about war, trauma and …
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Post-Traumatic Stress in Archaic and Classical Greece
Since the publication of Jonathan Shay's 'Achilles in Vietnam' in 1994, classicists have increasingly searched for evidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the ancient world. Yet, despite rapid developments in the field of psychology and psychiatry, assumptions about war, trauma and …
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Sport, games, women and warriors: an historical and philosophical examination of the early Irish Ulster cycle
This thesis identifies the early Irish Ulster Cycle of tales as a rich source of information relating to the nature and significance of sport-like activity in the ancient world. Taking the tales of the Ulster Cycle as its data, this thesis adopts a method of analysis which combines aspects of …
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Sight and blindness as an index of character in Luke-Acts and its cultural milieu.
This dissertation is a literary study of the biblical texts, and specifically of Luke-Acts. It is a literary study that seeks to understand what an ancient audience might have heard when reading these texts. Specifically, this dissertation is a literary study in characterization, particularly the …
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Reading dreams : an audience-critical approach to the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew.
This dissertation seeks to read the dreams in the Gospel of Matthew (1:18b-25; 2:12, 13-15, 19-21, 22; 27:19) as the authorial audience. This approach requires an understanding of the social and literary character of dreams in the Greco-Roman world. Chapter Two describes the social function of …
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Plague in the Graeco-Roman world, 430 B.C.-A.D. 600
This dissertation concerns itself with the study of epidemics between 430 B.C. - A.D. 600, in an attempt to find positive evidence for the existence of bubonic plague in the ancient world. Most major studies on the Black Death have concerned themselves with the great pandemics of the Middle Ages …
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The Hands That Write: Life and Training of Greco-Roman Scribes
<p>This dissertation answers the question, “How were scribes in the ancient world trained?” The following social history elevates the marginalized voices of ancient scribes, emphasizing their personhood and their agency as human individuals. Chapter 1 establishes the scope of the thesis along with …
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Enemies of Mankind: the Developing Threat of Modern Maritime Piracy and Terrorism
As the twentieth century came to a close, the number of maritime pirate attacks began to increase worldwide. These attacks ranged from simple thefts to the wholesale hijackings of large ocean-going vessels and the murder of their crews. While pirates have roamed the seven seas for countless …
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A re-evaluation of the kernos, with special reference to the kernos in Demeter's rites
The focus of this paper has therefore become the objects excavated throughout the Mediterranean, which have been called "kernoi." An examination of these vessels of various shape and a survey of the finds from excavated Demeter and Kore sanctuaries will show that the Eleusinian vessels, which may …
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