Classics (School of): Recent submissions
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The language of the gods : oblique communication and divine persuasion in Homer's Odyssey
(2010-06) - ThesisOften praised for its sophistication in the narrator- and character-text, the Odyssey is regarded as the ultimate epic of a warrior’s much-troubled nostos. As a corollary of both its theme and the polytropia of the main ... -
Warlords and generals : war and society in early Rome
(2009-06) - ThesisThis thesis will argue that the development of early Rome can be described using a sequence of large, socio-political dichotomies based on Rome's activity in the sphere of warfare. The use of dichotomies in early Roman ... -
Written into the landscape : Latin epic and the landmarks of literary reception
(2009-06) - ThesisLandscape in Roman literature is manifest with symbolic potential: in particular, Vergil and Ovid respond to ideologically loaded representations of abundance in nature that signal the dawn of the Augustan golden age. ... -
Approaching death in the classical tradition
(2008-06-26) - ThesisThe thesis consists of five chapters: the first functions as an overture; the second, third and fourth deal with Plato, Cicero and Montaigne respectively; and the fifth raises some questions. The overture explores ... -
The bare necessities? a comparative study of the material evidence for Roman medical practice in urban domestic and army spheres
(2007-11-30) - ThesisThe study of medicine in the Roman world is, in many areas, hampered by lack of evidence yet, despite this, valuable research has been done in the areas of urban domestic and army medicine. The aim of this thesis is not ...