Shaping the Hero: The Achillean Figure Within Batman
Shaping the Hero: The Achillean Figure Within Batman Lopez, Rogelio My thesis studies how the figure of Achilles in Homer’s Iliad informs and shapes the character of Batman in Christopher Nolan’s The...
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“It seemed to come from somewhere deep inside me, deeper than the part that sees pictures of gold and amber palaces”: Vision and Light in Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche and C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces...
View ArticleProstitution for the State: How Prostitutes Led to Civic Success
Prostitution for the State: How Prostitutes Led to Civic Success Chen, Yuan This thesis seeks to present those circumstances in which prostitution would be beneficial to the Greek state and thus...
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Proclus on the myths of the Works and days Hilton, Colin M. This thesis argues that a combination of inspired and didactic poetry, a combination of metaphysical content and ethical nature should be...
View ArticleMoon or Sun: Gender Dynamics within Greco-Roman Erotic Magic
Moon or Sun: Gender Dynamics within Greco-Roman Erotic Magic Abbott, Samantha The scholiast asserts that in Greco-Roman erotic magic, women invoke the Moon, and men, the Sun, yet the literary and...
View ArticleBoy or god : the vacillating role of the divinity of Antinous
Boy or god : the vacillating role of the divinity of Antinous Tenpenny, Rachel Elizabeth Antinous is a figure of Roman history known to all. His name is practically infamous. The young boy and beloved...
View ArticleἝκτωρ δ’ ὡς εἶδεν: Homer’s focus on Hector in the conflict between Hector and...
Ἕκτωρ δ’ ὡς εἶδεν: Homer’s focus on Hector in the conflict between Hector and Achilles Lee, Jessica In my thesis I explore the implications of this shift in the focus of the Iliad from the μῆνις of...
View ArticleMimetic syntax in the tragedies of Seneca
Mimetic syntax in the tragedies of Seneca D’Anselmi, Luca A. In CHAPTER I, I briefly review previous scholarship that focuses on mimesis in classical literature. I argue in CHAPTER II that Seneca’s...
View ArticleBlowing in the wind : the effect of translation on Ecclesiastes’ breath motif
Blowing in the wind : the effect of translation on Ecclesiastes’ breath motif Kohrman-Glaser, Eliana This thesis discusses the translation of the Septuagint Ecclesiastes as an example of the most...
View ArticleUp with the bonnets! : Lucanian and Vergilian reception in the Scottish...
Up with the bonnets! : Lucanian and Vergilian reception in the Scottish neo-Latin epic the Grameid Hughes, Oliver The subject of this paper is an unfinished neo-Latin epic called the Grameid, written...
View ArticleThe virtues of the dead : women’s funerary monuments in classical Attica
The virtues of the dead : women’s funerary monuments in classical Attica Johnson, Hope This thesis addresses the topic of women’s funerary stelai from Classical Attica which praise the virtue of the...
View ArticleThe practice of farming and responsibility for oneself : what we can learn...
The practice of farming and responsibility for oneself : what we can learn from Vergil about our modern agrarian problem McClain, Taylor In the United States there has been a steady decrease in the...
View ArticleThe one of the soul, divine providence, and mystical union in Iamblichus
The one of the soul, divine providence, and mystical union in Iamblichus Tucker, Alexandra Neoplatonist philosopher Iamblichus (ca. 242–ca. 325) believed that the human soul contains a component,...
View ArticleFight or flight? : manifestations of moral injury in Homer’s Iliad
Fight or flight? : manifestations of moral injury in Homer’s Iliad Galumbeck, Alix While Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder arises as a well described consequence of war, moral injury presents as a more...
View ArticleLove, hate, pain, and revenge in Seneca’s tragedies
Love, hate, pain, and revenge in Seneca’s tragedies Glaser, Jenni The perennial problem of reconciling the character of Seneca the philosopher and Seneca the playwright is both my concern in this...
View ArticleOf epic proportions : an examination of Polyphemus, narrative, and culture in...
Of epic proportions : an examination of Polyphemus, narrative, and culture in Greco-Roman epics Nicholson, Alice Polyphemus became a staple character throughout Greco-Roman epic, appearing in famous...
View ArticleThe fall Of Oedipus : changes in his sense of identity and fate
The fall Of Oedipus : changes in his sense of identity and fate Rui, Yangshuyan In this thesis, I focus on Oedipus' sense of himself, regarding his kingship, social identity, and fate in Sophocles’...
View ArticleDismembered According to the Rigor of Harmony: A Structuralist Reading of...
Dismembered According to the Rigor of Harmony: A Structuralist Reading of Zosimos' "Visions" Lawson, Devin Nicole The "Visions", a spiritual alchemical text by the Late Antique alchemist Zosimos of...
View ArticleBeyond Augustus as Aeneas: Parallels between Ascanius and Octavian in...
Beyond Augustus as Aeneas: Parallels between Ascanius and Octavian in Vergil's Aeneid Fitzpatrick, Mallory Mae This thesis examines surprising parallels between the figure of Vergil’s Ascanius and the...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad, and…The Funny?: The Fusion of Comedy and Horror in the...
The Good, The Bad, and…The Funny?: The Fusion of Comedy and Horror in the Character of Polyphemus Nicholson, Alice Elizabeth Polyphemus is a dynamic character appearing in multiple genres across...
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