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Medeia: Maiden, Mother, Monster: a Biopoetic Analysis

Mackay, Maria Anne (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 ...
Delphi and Beyond: An Examination into the Role of Oracular Centres Within Mainland Greece

Potter, Jamie (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 ...
Reconstructing Eratosthenes' Map of the World: A Study in Source Analysis

McPhail, Cameron Kenrick (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 ...
Thucydides' Corinthians: an examination of Corinth in Thucydides' account of the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

McKenzie, Nicholas (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 ...
Fides Romana: Aspects of fides in Roman diplomatic relations during the conquest of Iberia

Perley, Sara Margaret (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 ...
The Verrines: Cicero’s Masterful Prosecution, Hortensius’ Hypothetical Defence, and the False Conclusions of Grain Production Models

Sibley, Matthew John (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 ...
From Philosophising Ass to Asinine Philosopher: Satire in Book 11 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses

Watson, Nathan (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 ...