Classics (School of): Recent submissions
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What it means to be a man : elite masculinity and warfare in Cisalpine Gaul c. 400-50 BC
(2023-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis explores Cisalpine masculinity and warfare over the period c. 400-50 BC and seeks to demonstrate that material cultural changes reflected broader socio-political and military developments. A statistical analysis ... -
Birth, death, and rebirth in Nonnus' Dionysiaca and Paraphrase
(2023-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis explores a new way to approach the Dionysiaca and the Paraphrase of Nonnus, reading the two texts in parallel and identifying the relationship between the poems and the cultural and religious contexts of their ... -
Mind, emotion, and responsibility : studies in Homeric psychology
(2022-11-30) - ThesisI examine several aspects of Homeric psychology, deploying a variety of theoretical approaches, whilst orienting my discussion around the ideas of three classical scholars: Bruno Snell, Eric Dodds, and Arthur Adkins. After ... -
The construction(s) of the public image of the Emperor Julian
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis deals with the construction(s) of the public image of the Emperor Julian. The unusual abundance of sources for Julian’s short reign as sole emperor of the Roman world (361-363) allows for biographical studies ... -
The togata and the construction of 'Roman' identity in the mid Republic
(2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis aims to be the first monograph in English on the togata, a ‘Roman’ dramatic genre, which I analyse as a source for the construction of ‘Roman’ identity in the mid Republic, that is to say, for the definition ...