Classics (School of): Recent submissions

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    • Bloody women : rites of passage, blood and Artemis : women in Classical Athenian conception 

      Thompson, Heather Ann (1998) - Thesis
      The expected role for women in 5th century Athens as presented in evidence from myths, rituals, medicine and religion was socially and biologically conceived of in strict terms, but it was also perceived as conflicted. ...

    • The role played by the sanctuary at Isthmia in the rise of the Corinthian polis from the eighth to the sixth century BC 

      Toley, Richard Mark (1997) - Thesis
      Bringing together selected evidence from sanctuaries and burials outside and within the Corinthia, the present study discusses the material in five chapters. Each is devoted to providing an insight into a particular aspect ...

    • A commentary on Plautus' 'Aulularia' 

      Walker, Joanne (2005) - Thesis
      This thesis provides a commentary on Plautus' Aulularia. In the introduction I examine the key themes and issues of Aulularia, in particular the two main textual problems of the names of the slaves and the lost ending, and ...

    • Sex and society in the 'Laws' of Plato 

      Moore, Kenneth R. (2003) - Thesis
      This thesis deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to ancient historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient 'sexuality' (e.g. through Dover, ...

    • Linguistic evidence for Mycenaean epic 

      Macleod, Eilidh (2003) - Thesis
      It is now widely acknowledged that the Greek epic tradition, best known from Homer, dates back into the Mycenaean Age, and that certain aspects of epic language point to an origin for this type of verse before the date of ...