Classics
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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Free-range, organic, locally-sourced satire : Juvenal goes global
(Universitätsverlag Winter, 2017-05-29) - Book item -
Elena Ferrante as the classics
(2017-08) - Journal article -
Myth and argument in Plato’s Phaedrus, Republic, and Phaedo
(2016-05) - ThesisMyth and Argument in Plato’s Phaedrus, Republic, and Phaedo investigates the role played by eschatological myth in the arguments of Plato’s Phaedrus, Republic and Phaedo. It argues that a reconsideration of the agenda ... -
Soft hands, hard power : sponging off the empire of leisure (Virgil, Georgics 4)
(2018) - Journal articleThis article seeks to jumpstart the politico-historicist scholarship on Virgil's Georgics in the direction of Marxist criticism. I argue that the Georgics should be understood less as a battle site for intra-elite power ... -
Other times, other customs? : analysing the 'Gesta Roberti Wiscardi'
(2002) - ThesisThis thesis approaches the Gesta Roberti Wiscardi as a means of gaining an insight into the cultural values of its author and intended audience. A detailed study is made of the various role models within the poem: the ideal ...
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