Classics (School of)
The University of St Andrews has been a centre for Classical studies since its foundation in 1413, and the School of Classics continues to build on its reputation for both teaching and research. Current concentrations of expertise include (among many others) classical and post-classical Greek literature; Platonic and post-classical philosophy; the archaeology of Rome and the Roman provinces, Roman Imperial literature and history, Late Antiquity and Renaissance and later engagement with the Classics.
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Narratives of death in Tacitus' Annals
(2023-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis argues that we can deepen our understanding of Tacitus’ Annals by reading the narrative through the lens of death. Through close reading and structural analysis, I demonstrate that deaths are important narrative ... -
Tyrants in late antiquity : a rhetorical and historical analysis of Claudian and Sidonius
(2023-06-16) - ThesisThe following thesis is a historical and rhetorical investigation of tyranny in the fifth century CE. The focus of the work is Claudian (c.370-404) and Sidonius (430-486), coupled for their literary and rhetorical kinship ... -
The “Christianisation” of the Iberian Peninsula : an archaeological and historical consideration of Christian space creation by late Roman and Visigothic elites from the fourth to the eighth century CE
(2023-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis sheds new light on the Christianisation of the Iberian Peninsula. Christianisation as a whole has been much-studied, and the same is true of Iberian Christianity. The majority of the available textual and ... -
Egypt and the Odyssey : Homeric dialogues with Egyptian travel literature
(2023-11-29) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the relationship between Homer’s Odyssey and the Egyptian tradition of travel literature from the second millennium BC. It is a comparative exploration of portrayals of displacement, exile, and ... -
Tacitus and the representation of the legal world in the Annals
(2023-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis investigates Tacitus’ views on the law and the narrative function of law-related episodes in the Annals. It adopts the methods of the ‘Law and Literature’ approach, exploring both Tacitus’ literary representation ...
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