Browsing by Subject "Classical Studies"
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Engaging Socrates
(2009)This dissertation considers the role of the critic in democratic political culture by engaging Socrates. Since Socrates so often stands as an exemplar for many different styles of critical activity, both in political rhetoric ... -
In the Bird Cage of the Muses: Archiving, Erudition, and Empire in Ptolemaic Egypt
(2010)<p>This dissertation investigates the prominent role of the Mouseion-Library of Alexandria in the construction of a new community of archivist-poets during the third century BCE in the wake of Alexander the Great's conquests. ... -
Naked and Unashamed: A Study of the Aphrodite Anadyomene in the Greco-Roman World
(2010)This dissertation presents a study of the Aphrodite Anadyomene type in its cultural and physical contexts. Like many other naked Aphrodites, the Anadyomene was not posed to conceal the body, but with arms raised, naked ... -
Narrative Revenge and the Poetics of Justice in the "Odyssey": A Study on "Tisis"
(2010)This dissertation examines the interplay of ethics and poetic craft in the <italic>Odyssey</italic> through the lens of the theme of <italic>tisis</italic>, "retribution." In this poem <italic>tisis</italic> serves two main ... -
Philosophical Allurements: Education and Argument in Ancient Philosophy
(2011)This dissertation investigates how recognition of Plato's <italic>Republic</italic> as a pedagogical text and of the milieu of competing disciplines in which it composed suggests new readings of its philosophical content. ... -
"The Land of the Fine Triremes:" Naval Identity and Polis Imaginary in 5th Century Athens
(2010)This dissertation focuses on the artistic, archaeological, and literary representation and commemoration of the Classical Athenian navy. While the project stresses the various and often contradictory ways in which the Athenians ...
