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- The Art of Binding Magic: An Iconographic Analysis of the Defixiones from the Fountain of Anna Perenna in Rome.
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Brown, Aaron, Department of Classics
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A preliminary review of the relevant scholarship reveals a serious lack of attention given to the perplexing images engraved alongside the texts of defixiones. Prompted by the question of how the visual component contributed to the efficacy of defixiones, I here examine the iconography of a 4th-century CE cache of defixiones from the Fountain of Anna Perenna in Rome. Through this limited case study, it is my hope to provide a foundation for a more detailed assessment of the visual language of...
Show moreA preliminary review of the relevant scholarship reveals a serious lack of attention given to the perplexing images engraved alongside the texts of defixiones. Prompted by the question of how the visual component contributed to the efficacy of defixiones, I here examine the iconography of a 4th-century CE cache of defixiones from the Fountain of Anna Perenna in Rome. Through this limited case study, it is my hope to provide a foundation for a more detailed assessment of the visual language of defixiones in general.
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- 2013
- Identifier
- FSU_migr_uhm-0203
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- Thesis
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- Excusing Dido: An Analysis and Appeal to the Scholarship and Pedagogy of Women's Suicide in Antiquity.
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Ard, Austin L., Department of Classics
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This thesis is an in-depth analysis of Book IV of the Aeneid focusing on the suicide of Dido. Book IV is an especially popular book to be read particularly in translation classes, which is why it is such a good example for such an analysis that highlights exactly how identifiable this book is to some and the sorts of emotions that it can invoke. Because of the fact that someone thousands of years later is able to identify deeply on a personal level with feelings and emotions recorded and...
Show moreThis thesis is an in-depth analysis of Book IV of the Aeneid focusing on the suicide of Dido. Book IV is an especially popular book to be read particularly in translation classes, which is why it is such a good example for such an analysis that highlights exactly how identifiable this book is to some and the sorts of emotions that it can invoke. Because of the fact that someone thousands of years later is able to identify deeply on a personal level with feelings and emotions recorded and passed down generation to generation, it shows just how connected we are as humans throughout space and time. This is why part of this thesis will discuss certain risk factors, thought processes, and warning signs individuals considering suicide may exhibit.
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- 2015
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0478
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- Female Aristeiai and Women in Masculine Roles in Epic Literature.
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Chasteen, Bethany, Department of Classics
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This honors thesis will aim to address the less-studied topic of female aristeia and women in masculine roles in ancient epic to establish examples of women breaching concepts that divided ancient society. It will also examine aristeia as a tool used by an author to foreshadow the success or failure of a character in battle in Homer's Iliad, Vergil's Aeneid and in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy. There is an exploration of German scholar Tilman Krischer's model which tracks the process that a...
Show moreThis honors thesis will aim to address the less-studied topic of female aristeia and women in masculine roles in ancient epic to establish examples of women breaching concepts that divided ancient society. It will also examine aristeia as a tool used by an author to foreshadow the success or failure of a character in battle in Homer's Iliad, Vergil's Aeneid and in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy. There is an exploration of German scholar Tilman Krischer's model which tracks the process that a hero undergoes in his aristeia as well as how his model fits other masculine Greek heroes in the Iliad. An analysis of some works by J.G. Howie on Krischer's work is included. Aristeiai for Hera in book 14 of the Iliad and Dido in book 4 of the Aeneid are proposed, following the model by Krischer. Comparison of the Amazonian warrior Penthesileia to the Greek hero Achilles is performed and an analysis of her role as a warrior in Quintus of Smyrna's Fall of Troy.
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- 2013
- Identifier
- FSU_migr_uhm-0187
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- Thesis
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- The Maturity of Aeneas: An Analysis of Anger in the "Aeneid".
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Potter, Mark, Department of Classics
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Identifier
- FSU_migr_uhm-0180
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- Thesis
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- Sexual Slander in the Attic Orators: A Survey of the Speeches of Lysias and Aeschines.
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Juras, Alexandra, Department of Classics
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The purpose of this thesis is to explore the use of sexual insults and slander as a means of character defamation in the speeches of the Attic orators Lysias and Aeschines. I intend to investigate in what ways these authors utilized sexual insults and slander, what sorts of sexual insults were used, how they compare to each other, and what they reveal to us about sexuality, culture, and morality in fifth and fourth century BCE Athens.
- Date Issued
- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0320
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- A Study of Verism in Imperial Portraiture: Antoninus Pius to the Tetrarchy, 138-305 C.E..
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Zook, Brianna, Department of Classics
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This thesis deals with the artistic style of verism during the later Roman Empire. This work examines the constructions which define verism and questions whether those attributes seen in the Roman Republican period translate into imperial portraiture in the later Roman Empire, specifically between 138 and 305 C.E. This study relies heavily on the work of Sheldon Nodelman and Susan Wood, but extends beyond the temporal scope on which these scholars had previously observed this phenomenon. This...
Show moreThis thesis deals with the artistic style of verism during the later Roman Empire. This work examines the constructions which define verism and questions whether those attributes seen in the Roman Republican period translate into imperial portraiture in the later Roman Empire, specifically between 138 and 305 C.E. This study relies heavily on the work of Sheldon Nodelman and Susan Wood, but extends beyond the temporal scope on which these scholars had previously observed this phenomenon. This work outlines the development of the veristic style from the Roman Republican period to the death of Hadrian, giving background on the uses and conventions found in this style. After the death of Hadrian, this work selects images which have traditionally been seen as belonging to some later style and reevaluates them to see if they possess the same veristic elements as those seen in the Roman Republic. When these stylistic attributes are present, this work seeks to situate the development of these attributes in the social and political ideology of the emperor, thereby explaining the reasoning behind the re-emergence of these traits.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0182
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- Weeping Warriors: Heroic Tears of Grief in Homer.
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Crum, Aubrey, Department of Classics
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This thesis seeks to analyze the socio-familial roles described in Odyssey 8.581-886 (kinsman, son-in-law, father-in-law, companion, brother) and how the Homeric heroes grieved for these specific people. This thesis also compares these grief reactions and analyzes for whom tears of grief would be appropriate. These reactions will then be used as guidelines to analyze the main grief story of the Iliad, Achilles' grief over the death of Patroclus.
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Identifier
- FSU_migr_uhm-0497
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