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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)The major question in the study of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses concerns the interpretation of Lucius’ religious conversion in Book 11. For the past thirty years scholars have put forward interpretations that discern satire in ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)This thesis examines the ideology and reality of fides in Roman international relations, using the conquest of Iberia as a case study. It seeks to show that despite the ideology, the self-belief in Rome’s cultural superiority ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)The figure of the poor poet represents a persistent and conventional topos in Greek and Roman literature. Yet this tradition, although widely acknowledged, has not been examined in a comprehensive manner from its inception ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2012)The untimely death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC resulted in a turbulent political situation; he left behind no obvious heir and immediately his leading officers became involved in a great struggle to control his vast ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)This thesis aims to reconstruct a map of the world drawn by Eratosthenes of Cyrene (ca. 285 – 205 BC), a Greek polymath of the third century BC. It was during his time as chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria in ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)The Delphic Oracle stands as one of the most prestigious sanctuaries in the Greek landscape and certainly as the most reputable oracular centre in the region. In contrast, few other oracular centres made even a slight mark ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)The analysis of literature using evolutionary literary theory now has a scholarly record of two decades. While several archaic and classical Greek works have been interpreted with insightful and productive results using a ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)This thesis examines the early life and political career of Marc Antony (Triumvir) from 62 to 44 BC. In contrast to the prevalent scholarship, which argues that he was a passive cipher, this thesis seeks to show that he ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)This thesis examines Thucydides’ presentation of the Corinthians in his account of the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. It discusses how and where Thucydides manipulates his description of events in order to stress the ... -
(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2010)This thesis addresses issues concerning Cicero’s prosecution of Verres over the course of three chapters. The first chapter examines the case and clarifies what actually happened at the trial, what form of defence Hortensius ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)This thesis examines Alexander's conception of kingship, his relationship with royal traditions in the three great kingdoms of the Near East, and the concomitant transformation of the king's court by which Alexander created ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007)This thesis represents the first full-scale commentary on Book 10 of Martial's Epigrams. Jenkins' commentary on Book 10, a thesis from Cambridge in 1982, is the other detailed commentary on Book 10, but examines only 23 ...
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2007)
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 2002)
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1992)
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(Thesis, Master of Arts, 1990)
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