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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"olympian"”.
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William Penny Brookes and his Olympian Games
… William Penny Brookes, the genesis of his Olympian Games, and their significance in sporting history. In 1850, Brookes set up Wenlock Olympian Class, later Society, the first formally constituted athletics club outside educational and military organisations, and was the first person to lead …
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Characterization in satire: the three degrees of roundness; purpose, complexity, and credibility
… roles do the many variations of love play in the Olympian lives as they navigate civil coexistence?
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The Olympic Glory of Jesse Owens: A Contribution to Civil Rights and Society
… of Owens represented for society. Owens as an Olympian in 1936 manufactured a brand of social capital that tied people together in commonality—as Americans. As well, in both myth and deed, Owens has been traditionally credited with challenging Hitler's beliefs of Aryan Supremacy. Yet, Owens was …
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Models of Reception in the Divine Audience of the Iliad
The Iliad in certain key passages construes the Olympian gods as an internal epic audience offering and exploring multiple configurations of audience response to the poem. Chapter 1 explores the special features of the divine audience in general terms and considers previous scholarship. Chapter 2 …
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Religious Practices in Classical Thebes
… religion that lie outside the traditional, Olympian pantheon. I argue that studying Theban literature and votive offerings in tandem can provide a perspective at the micro-level of Greek religion that can be expanded in order to understand the religious landscape of ancient Greece on a much …
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Wealth and ethics in Pindar
… 2. In Chapter 2, I argue that the eschatology of Olympian 2 is framed as ethical inheritance and compared to inheriting from the dead, which raises questions about what sort of wealth can cross the boundary of death. Chapter 3 shows how the power of wealth in the context of the colony of Cyrene is …
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The Rowing Coaches
… coach at Northeastern. Billy is a former Olympian and he is considered one of the rising stars in the coaching profession. Billy has been a winner at every level in the sport and he is willing to sacrifice everything to win, even friendship. Other characters include Stacy Kookla, a …
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Interpretatio Hiberniana: Classical Influences in Medieval Irish Depictions of Otherworldly Characters
… of a system of divine epithets for the Olympian gods across the Classical adaptations and particularly within Togail na Tebe. Chapter 3 reviews the extant scholarship on battle spirits, which represents the area of medieval Irish Classical reception which has been best studied to date. I …
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Determinants of Elite Rowing Performance: Implications for Developing Rowers
… progression rates and differences between Olympians (OLY) and non-Olympians (NON). OLY improved significantly following each of the first 3 years of elite level training. The results of a case series analysis of individual athletes, including a double Olympic gold medallist with >12 years …