Theses - Classics
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Anthropogony, Myth and Gender: Athenian Autochthony as a Case Study
(2019-07-20)This thesis, with its reflections on previous myth theories, especially structuralism in the 20th century and post-structuralist readings in recent decades, suggests a new approach for understanding Greek mythology. Taking ... -
Fictions of Female Voices in Hellenistic Poetry
(2019-07-20)This thesis examines female voices in Hellenistic Poetry. It argues that fictions of female voices in Greek literature produced in this period assume unprecedented importance. Fictions of female voices of course appear ... -
Traditional Gods and Civic Religion in Plato’s Later Dialogues
(2019-05-18)Two types of divinities predominate in Plato’s later dialogues, the traditional and cosmic gods. This thesis focuses on the traditional gods and inquires into their cosmological status and function in the Timaeus and the ... -
Grammatical Gender and Transformation in Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
(2019-04-27)Ovid’s Metamorphoses offers a meandering sequence of mythological transformations with no formal scheme – or so scholars have long thought. This thesis wagers that the poem does offer a scheme for understanding the world, ...
