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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Thebes"”.
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Religious Practices in Classical Thebes
My thesis uses Thebes as case study to focus on Theban religious practices during the Classical age (traditionally defined as between 510 BCE and 323 BCE). By narrowing my study to this geographical and chronological scope, my research aims to add to the traditional narrative of Theban history by …
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Royal images in private tombs at Thebes in the early Ramesside period
Cultural memory is a relatively new area of study within Egyptology. It is, however, a key issue in the understanding of how society functioned. Important work has been done by scholars such as Assmann on the subject and this study hopes to build on that by taking the case of depictions of kings in …
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Redefining Egyptian “pastes”: material characterisation and technological developments in Third Intermediate Period coffin sets from Thebes
Ancient Egyptian coffins have been the subject of numerous scientific studies, primarily focusing on wood analysis and the polychrome decoration of their surfaces. However, the construction materials of coffins, often collectively referred to as “pastes,” have received relatively little scholarly …
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Ancient Greek Tragedy: a study on the nature of Dystopianism
… century BC. It reconsiders Zeitlin's view that Thebes was the mirror image of Athens and instead argues Argos represents the anti-Athens. It also explore how Thebes and Argos were portrayed, arguing that although both were 'Sin Cities', the way they were portrayed on the tragic stage was …
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Hieratic Ostraca of the Rameside period in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: documentation, classification and commentary
… a large headquarter settled somewhere in western Thebes. These small administrative stations were in charge of preparing works to be executed into some group of tombs in the vicinity. That can explain the reason why we find some artefacts of a certain king somewhere else other than the area where …
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Hypnosis as an Analgesia in Labor and Delivery
A bas relief taken from an ancient tomb in Thebes shows a priest obviously in the act of hypnotizing a patient. Undoubtedly, hypnosis was used by the priest in charge of the Egyptian "Sleep Temples" when they gave curative suggestions to sufferers who sought their aid. | In Asia and India, Holy men …
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Ephorus, ideal communities, and Greece : philosophical themes in a universal history
… in the histories of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes. Furthermore, these themes are related to philosophical and political discourses of the 4th century found in the major philosophical schools. Thus, while Ephorus should not be considered a moral historian, his worldview was shaped by the …
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Women in Statius' Thebaid
… of the Thebaid is the war between Argos and Thebes caused by the fraternal strife of Oedipus' sons. War and politics are realms traditionally associated with the actions of men. And yet, in the Thebaid, Statius has three major female characters, Argia, Antigone and Jocasta, who take an active …
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Into the woods: narrative studies in the 'Thebaid' of Statius with special reference to books IV-VI
… subsumes it into the greater; the Seven against Thebes persist in interpreting events in Nemea in terms of Hercules' victorious encounter with the Lion. In chapter seven, I return again to Hercules and to the Silvae in discussing the memorialisation of Opheltes. Comparison of Silvae III 1's …
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Boeotian Kabeiric ware: the significance of the ceramic offerings at the Theban Kabeirion in Boeotia
… material from the sanctuary of the Kabeiroi at Thebes in Boeotia. The lack of relevant literary evidence necessitates a reliance on the archaeology as the primary means of interpretation. In particular the archaeological context and iconography of the ceramics offer an interesting and highly …
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Patterns of Exile in Greek Tragedy
… institutions. (2) Tragedies of nostos, set in Thebes or Argos, dramatize the return of a character to his native polis. In these plays, the homecoming is regularly followed by an act of vengeance which leads to kin-killing and results either in the returning character's death (e.g. A. A., Se.; …
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An Epic of Tragic Proportions: [In]forming the Politics of Statius’ Thebaid through Greek Tragic Intertext
… conflict include Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, and Euripides’ Phoenissae and Suppliant Women. I identify various passages throughout the epic that parallel scenes from these tragedies, not only through their more overt …
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Pindar's Isthmians 3 And 4: Essays And Commentary
… the topography of the sanctuary of Herakles at Thebes and the vivid account he gives of the sacrifices performed at the local festival of Herakleia (Isthm. 4.61-6). After examining in extenso references to geographic and architectural landmarks in Greek poetry, I suggest that the nature of such …
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Environmental Change in Ovid's Poetry
… the figures of the serpent at the foundation of Thebes and Typhoeus at the rape of Proserpina. The third chapter argues that Ovid uses the gradual arrival of spring over the course of the "Fasti" as an opportunity to observe the arts of civilisation caught between stages of development. The …
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Female characterisation in the epic poetry of P. Papinius Statius
… concerning the myth of the Seven Against Thebes, as well as beginning a poem, popular in the Middle Ages, intended to chronicle the full career of the hero, Achilles. Death prevented the completion of the latter work, so that there are only 1127 lines extant. I here undertake an evaluation …