Theses - Classics
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Fifth-century CE Greek Christian verse paraphrase
This thesis focuses on the literary phenomenon of Greek Biblical epic, that is, the rewriting of Christian prose narratives in the form of hexameter verse. It examines how such a transformation of form raised profound ... -
Embryo, Body and Generation: A Comparative Study of Embryological Thought in Ancient Greece and Early China
Embryological thought across different cultures is a field that has rarely been investigated by historians of science. The goal of this dissertation is to reveal the similarities and differences of understandings of the ... -
The Mythology of Ecphrasis in Rome and Roman Greece (50 BC - 500 AD)
Greek and Latin literature of the Roman empire is full of descriptions of artworks (a phenomenon known as “ecphrasis”). Even though these descriptions have received much scholarly attention in recent decades, Classicists ... -
Space and Spatial Metaphor in the Texts of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger
This thesis looks at the use of spatial images and metaphors in the works of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. It considers natural and architectural spaces in the works of both authors and explores how each made use ...
