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Forbes, Irving P. M. C. "Metamorphosis in Greek myths." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381816.
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Dillon, John Edward Michael. "The Greek hero Perseus : myths of maturation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303522.
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Hatzopoulos, Marios. "'Ancient prophecies, modern predictions' : myths and symbols of Greek nationalism." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425700.
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Kizis, Costandis. "Modern Greek myths : national stereotypes and modernity in postwar Greece." Thesis, Open University, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700469.
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The thesis examines the architectural discussion on modernity and national identity in post-war Greece. In particular it focuses on four cases that try to reconcile national stereotypes with modern ideas and reflect the problematic process of absorbing modernity. Each of four cases is examined in a separate chapter and each chapter is concerned with a distinct aspect of the myths of Greekness, which appear in the work and discourse of the four main architects _ protagonists of the thesis: Aris Konstantinidis, Eero Saarinen, Alexandra Moreti and Konstantinos Doxiadis. The thesis seeks to contribute to the dis- solution of myths and constructs in architectural historiography in Greece and add to recent international scholarship on critical issues of national iden- tity and modernity. Time wise, the focus is on the period between the Second World War and the 1974 dictatorship in Greece. Yet, links with the interwar period and with the early period of the Greek state are made, and material published after 1974 (but composed before it) is also examined. A timeline (after the introduction) laying out the basic events of modern Greek history alongside with events that are mentioned in the thesis, aims to facilitate the reader to contextualise them in a wider historical lineage. Part of the thesis is based on original sources in Greek. In cases where translations were unavailable, Greek texts were translated by the author, while the original texts are included in the endnotes.
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Kaminski, Emily M. "Happily Ever After & Other Myths." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1500478511202885.
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Riedemann, Lorca Valeria. "Greek myths abroad : a comparative regional study of their funerary uses in fourth-century BC Apulia and Etruria." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2bc2051b-16ec-42cd-8460-69e78ddbeff9.
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This dissertation presents a regional comparative study of the uses of Greek heroic stories as illustrated on funerary monuments of Apulia and Etruria in the fourth century BC. Founded on the grounds of contextual archaeology and reception theory, it approaches a group of Apulian red-figure vases, Etruscan sarcophagi and tomb-paintings from both regions as a means of investigating the cultural significance of the myths presented in the grave by different peoples in Italy. Moreover, this study emphasises the possible ways in which viewers engaged with the images depicted on these monuments by defining a cultural frame ('horizon of expectations') for their interpretation of the images. Further contributions include the development of a model for the interpretation of the myths depicted on Apulian red-figure vases and the prominence of the corpus of Etruscan mythological sarcophagi, a type of monument often neglected in Etruscan studies. At the end of the dissertation, it will become clear - it is expected - that there were regional preferences for particular myths and differences in both the media and the ways in which Greek myths were used and displayed during the funeral.
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Forbes, Tracey-Anne Michelle. "Dangerous places: A novel." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36412/6/36412_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
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Dangerous Places is a novel about the gap between mythological (or 'dreamed') constructions of reality and actual life. The story centres on V en, a married woman with two young children. Her love for her children is fiercely protective and encompassing, but she feels alienated from her husband and to a
certain extent her society; so when her first love, Yanni, re-enters her life,she is strongly tempted to resume her affair with him. She is however seduced more by the memories she has 'mythologized' about him than by his physical reality; in the course of the novel she is forced to come to terms with her own delusions.
The subplot of the novel involves other characters who are
caught between illusion and reality as well, and who deal with 'truth' in differing ways.
The themes of the book are explored using a number of
structures which underlie and support the surface story. The
Greek myths of Adonis/ Aphrodite and Hades/Persephone are
framing agents for the plot, and the setting in contemporary
Brisbane and North Stradbroke Island is symbolic.
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Moretto, Cybele Carolina. "Experi?ncias com um grupo de adolescentes: um estudo psicanal?tico." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas, 2013. http://tede.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/450.
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Previous issue date: 2013-02-19This research aims to investigate and describe some psychic formations (intrapsychic and intersubjective) produced in the here and now of a group of adolescents; analyze the structure and operation to perform the psychodiagnostic of psychic reality of the group; and understand if the group constitutes therapeutic device, sensitizing participants to the phenomenon of the group. The study was based on the theoretical and methodological framework of Psychoanalysis applied to Groups. It formed a closed group with eight adolescents of both sexes, between fourteen and sixteen years of age, living in a city in the southwest region of the state of S?o Paulo. Twelve sessions were held, once a week, ninety minutes each, in a Psychosocial Care Center for Children and Adolescents. The group sessions were guided by the concept of Diagnostic Group, using the rule of Free Association, so that the teenagers had free to talk to one another their feelings, thoughts and fantasies produced and reactivated in the group, from reading of mythic narratives that provide adolescents in each of the sessions as resource to facilitate the process associative group. The sessions were recorded later transcription, analysis, interpretation and discussion. The material was analyzed qualitatively, from the technique of Dream interpretation, aiming, which goes beyond the mere description of the explicit content of the speech of teenagers. The results showed that adolescents sensitized to psychic phenomena of group, enabling understanding of the group process and its operation. The study found that the group has been a therapeutic device relevant to the promotion of self-knowledge, providing understanding and emotional relief to its participants. We conclude that the group, object cathexes psychic and social, was a space of confrontation and emotional bonds, depository of images, emotions and conflicts of teenagers; a place for the realization repressed desires and unconscious manifestation of the participants. We conclude, finally, that the mythical narratives constituted as a research tool, facilitated adolescents to identify with the mythical heroes and express their feelings, desires fantasies, triggering the process of transference and intersubjectivity in the group.
Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar e descrever algumas forma??es ps?quicas (intraps?quicas e intersubjetivas) produzidas no aqui-agora de um grupo de adolescentes; analisar a estrutura e o funcionamento para realizar o psicodiagn?stico da realidade ps?quica do grupo; e compreender se o grupo se constitui em dispositivo terap?utico, sensibilizando os participantes aos fen?menos do grupo. O estudo se fundamentou no aporte te?rico-metodol?gico da Psican?lise aplicada aos Grupos. Foi realizado um grupo fechado com oito adolescentes, de ambos os sexos, entre quatorze e dezesseis anos de idade, residentes em uma cidade da regi?o sudoeste do estado de S?o Paulo. Foram realizadas doze sess?es, uma vez por semana, de noventa minutos cada, em um Centro de Aten??o Psicossocial da Inf?ncia e Adolesc?ncia. As sess?es grupais foram orientadas pela concep??o de Grupo de Diagn?stico, sendo utilizada a regra da Associa??o Livre, de modo que os adolescentes tinham a liberdade de falarem entre si seus sentimentos, pensamentos e fantasias produzidas e reativadas no grupo, a partir da leitura de narrativas m?ticas, que disponibilizamos em cada uma das sess?es como um recurso para facilitar o processo associativo grupal. As sess?es foram gravadas para posterior transcri??o, an?lise, interpreta??o e discuss?o. O material foi analisado qualitativamente, a partir da t?cnica da Interpreta??o dos sonhos, visando, assim, ultrapassar a mera descri??o do conte?do expl?cito das falas dos adolescentes. Os resultados mostraram que os adolescentes se sensibilizaram aos fen?menos ps?quicos do grupo, possibilitando a compreens?o do processo de grupo e de seu funcionamento. O estudo comprovou que o grupo se constituiu um dispositivo terap?utico pertinente para a promo??o de autoconhecimento, proporcionando compreens?o e alivio emocional aos seus participantes. Conclu?mos que o grupo, como objeto de catexias ps?quicas e sociais, foi um espa?o de confrontos e de la?os afetivos, deposit?rio de imagens, emo??es e conflitos dos adolescentes; um lugar para a realiza??o dos desejos reprimidos e de manifesta??o do inconsciente dos participantes. Conclu?mos, finalmente, que as narrativas m?ticas se constitu?ram como um instrumento de investiga??o, facilitaram aos adolescentes a se identificar com os her?is m?ticos e a expressar seus sentimentos, desejos e fantasias, desencadeando o processo transferencial e a intersubjetividade no grupo.
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Livaniou, Krystallia. "Le Divin et l'Humain dans les chansons populaires grecques : évolution et mythes." Thesis, Paris 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA040003.
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Les chansons populaires grecques sont imprégnées d’une profonde religiosité qui apparaît à la fois comme cadre et comme vecteur d’action. Le poète populaire entretient une relation multidimensionnelle avec le Dieu de la Bible et de l’Ancien Testament et fait des saints et des anges des personnages actifs et récurrents dans les textes ; ils évoluent parallèlement avec les héros et leurs destinées s’entrecroisent. Charos est une figure mythique qui joue un rôle fondamental dans l’ensemble des chansons. Personnage mythologiquement et symboliquement sophistiqué, Charos constitue le pilier des mirologues. Ses relations ambiguës avec la divinité déterminent celles qu’il entretient avec l’homme et fait de lui un être à part. A la fois incarnation du mal et agent de la mort, son riche parcours historique dévoile ses nombreuses facettes, ainsi que ses liens avec certaines figures héroïques ambigües telles que Digenis ou Tsamados. La nature et les animaux détiennent un rôle significatif, caractérisé d’une sacralité profonde, et ils accompagnent l’homme des chansons dans tous les aspects de sa vie personnelle et sociale. Leur capacité de métamorphose et leur rôle d’annonciateurs dans les ballades, placent les animaux sur le devant de la scène et leur accordent un rôle de première importance dans le déroulement de l’action. Le poète accorde une importance particulière à l’aspect social du sacré en explorant la notion de la trahison divine mais également celle de l’obéissance de l’homme à son dieu. La vie monacale et le clergé comme l’altérité religieuse, deviennent l’objet d’une critique d’ordre social et une source d’humour. Les chansons populaires véhiculent en les adaptant un nombre important de mythes qui ont une logue présence sur le territoire hellénique : le mythe de Tantale, de Calypso et d’Adonis en font partie. L’héritage antique de l’expression publique du deuil, du rachat du mort et du tombeau du héros vient former les bases de la philosophie populaire et fait de la mort un véritable croisement de culturesGreek folk songs are infused with a profound religiosity that appears both as a framework and as a means of action. The folk poet has a multidimensional relationship with the God of the Bible and of the Old Testament and makes saints and angels active and recurrent personalities in his texts; they evolve in parallel with the heroes, and their destinies intertwine. Charos is a mythical figure that plays a fundamental role throughout the songs. A mythologically and symbolically sophisticated personality, Charos is the pillar of the lament songs. His ambiguous relationship with the divine determines his relationship with man, and makes him a separate being. Both incarnation of evil and agent of death, his rich historical journey reveals his many faces, as well as his links with some heroic and ambiguous figures such as Digenis or Tsamados. Nature and the animals hold a significant role, characterised by a profound sacredness, and they accompany man in all aspects of his personal and social life. Their ability to transform and their role as announcers in the ballads, place the animals on the front of the stage and grant them a major role in the unfolding of the action. The poet attaches particular importance to the social aspect of the sacred by exploring the notion of divine betrayal but also that of obedience of man to his god. Monastic life and the clergy, as well as religious diversity, become objects of social criticism, and a source of humour. Folk songs preserve an important number of myths by adapting them, that have a literary presence in the Hellenic territory: the myths of Tantalus, Calypso and Adonis belong to them. The ancient heritage of the public expression of grief, of the redemption of the dead and of the hero's tomb, forms the basis of folk philosophy and makes death a true crossroads of cultures
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Ward, Philip Edward Marshall. "Hofmannsthal and Greek myth : expression and performance." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624486.
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Lefteratou, Anna. "Myth and narrative in the Greek novels." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527349.
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Deacy, Susan Jane. "The formation of Athena in Greek myth." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683304.
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Ward, Philip. "Hofmannsthal and Greek myth : expression and performance /." Berlin ; Oxford ; Bern : P. Lang, 2002. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38863985h.
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Patterson, Lee E. "The use of kinship myth in Greek interstate relations /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3091954.
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Graham, Sarah V. "In search of the Dioskouroi : image, myth and cult." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b94d6fb0-f65c-40b7-9267-07e58d4abae3.
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This study explores the Greeks' experience of the Dioskouroi before the arrival of the Romans, stimulated by Cicero's assertion (Cic. Nat.D. 3.15(39)) that by his time they were worshipped widely in Greece, possibly more than the Olympians: from the archaeological evidence, a surprising claim. The task is complicated by the brothers' different incarnations in different places and at different times, and the variability and patchiness of the evidence for the period, from Homeric times to c. 146 BC. To address this (explained in Chapter 1), the study is designed around examining the evidence in selected locations over time, with an underlying theme of comparing the archaeological with the literary evidence, much of which is Roman. An overview of the evidence from literature, images and buildings sets the stage (Chapter 2). The association of Kastor and Polydeukes with 'Lakedaimon' in the literature, from Homer onwards, led the study to focus primarily on Sparta and the Peloponnese (Chapter 3), looking closely also at Sparta's near neighbours, Messene and Argos. It then looks at evidence from Thera, Kyrene and Naukratis (Chapter 4), in order to include some of the earliest material evidence we have of cult of the Dioskouroi in Greek settlements, which also have associations with Sparta and Lakonia; evidence from Thasos is included too. The final chapter considers the findings and assesses the usefulness of the methodology. The paucity of architectural evidence for major monuments and buildings specifically dedicated to the Dioskouroi, except in centres where Greeks gathered from different places for trade or religious reasons, may be explained if the primary location of their cult was the individual household, buildings only being needed for dedications to the brothers by Greeks away from home. It could also explain the seeming mismatch between Cicero's statement and the archaeological record.
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Gilchrist, Katie E. "Penelope : a study in the manipulation of myth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ace5d5e9-520e-455a-a737-0f2ee162e1e1.
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Mythological figures play a number of roles in literature: they may, of course, appear in person as developed characters, but they may also contribute more indirectly, as part of the substratum from which rhetorical argument or literary characterisation are constructed, or as a background against which other literary strategies (for example, the rewriting of epic or the appropriation of Greek culture by the Romans) can be marked out. This thesis sets out to examine the way in which the figure of Penelope emerges from unknown origins, acquires portrayal in almost canonical form in Homer's Odyssey, and then takes part in the subsequent interplay of Homeric and other literary allusions throughout later Classical literature (with chapters focusing particularly on fifth-century Greek tragedy, Hellenistic poetry, and Augustan poetry). In particular, it focuses on the manner in which, despite the potential complexities of the character and the possible variants in her story, she became quintessentially a stereotypical figure. In addition to considering example where Penelope is evoked by name, a case is also made for the thesis that allusion, or intertextual reference, could also evoke Penelope for an ancient audience. A central point of discussion is what perception of Penelope would be called to mind by intertextual reference. The importance of approaching relationships between ancient texts in intertextual terms rather terms of strict "allusion" is thus demonstrated. The formation of the simplified picture is considered in the light of folk-tale motifs, rhetorical simplification of myth, and favoured story patterns. The appendices include a summary of the myth of Penelope with all attested variants, and a comprehensive list of explicit references to her in classical literature.
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Andurand, Anthony. "Les Grecs anciens et le « mythe grec » allemand : histoire d'une « affinité élective »." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011TOU20032.
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Érigée, à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, en objet de prédilection de la nouvelle science de l'Antiquité (Altertumswissenschaft), la Grèce ancienne devint aussi, dans l'Allemagne savante et littéraire d'alors, objet d'un mythe tout à fait singulier, le « mythe grec » allemand.Les Allemands – telle est l'idée qui préside à la formation du Griechenmythos – sont les Grecs de l'époque moderne, ils sont reliés à eux par une « affinité élective », une parenté spirituelle idéale. Ce discours, qui perdure jusqu'au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, établit un dialogue, sans cesse renouvelé, entre le passé hellénique que l'on ambitionne de reconstituer et le présent de l'Allemagne, cette nouvelle Hellade que l'on aspire à édifier. Il revêt, dans le même temps, une place et une signification essentielles dans l'imaginaire et les pratiques discursives de la science de l'Antiquité. Laboratoire où se forme et se réinvente, durant toute la période concernée, la croyance en l'affinité gréco-allemande, l'Altertumswissenschaft fait de celle-ci le miroir de son originalité et le support de ses ambitions.Menée dans la perspective d'une histoire de la réception de l'Antiquité à l'époque moderne, la présente étude vise à retracer l'histoire des relations entre le Griechenmythos et l'Altertumswissenschaft, de Wilhelm von Humboldt à Werner Jaeger, dans une démarche attentive à l'entrelacement de la production des savoirs sur le passé grec et la fabrique du mytheSet up as a chosen field of study by the newly founded “science of Antiquity” (Altertumswissenschaft), Ancient Greece also became, in late 19th century Germany, the object of a quite peculiar myth, the German “Greek myth”.Germans – that is the basic assumption of the Griechenmythos – are the modern Greeks, they are related to them by an “elective affinity”, by an ideal spiritual relationship. This discourse, which endures until the end of the Second World War, establishes an ever-renewed dialogue between the Hellenic past, which one aims at reconstructing, and the present of Germany, this new Hellas ever to be built. It takes on, at the same time, a key role in the imaginative world and the discursive practices of Altertumswissenschaft. The latter, during this period, is the laboratory where the hellenists shape and reinvent the Greek-German belief, mirror of the originality of their project and medium of their ambitions.Undertaken from the perspective of reception studies, the present inquiry goes back over the relations between the Griechenmythos and Altertumswissenschaft, from Wilhelm von Humboldt to Werner Jaeger, paying attention to the interlacing of the production of knowledge on Ancient Greece and myth-making
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Hall, E. "Inventing the barbarian : Ethnocentric interpretation of myth in Greek tragedy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384739.
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Dipla, Anthi. "Images of revolt : women of myth in the art of classical Athens." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297329.
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Boccabello, Jeremy. "Cosmological allegoresis of Greek myth in Theophilus of Antioch's Ad Autolycum." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572764.
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This dissertation is an investigation into Theophilus of Antioch's use of cosmological allegoresis of Greek myth in Ad Autofycum. It serves two purposes: (1) it contributes to our understanding of the mythological interpretation by Theophilus and the other second century Christian apologists, and (2) it concludes that the purpose for Theophilus' use of cosmological allegoresis of Greek myth is to portray Hellenistic cosmo-theological ideas as foils to those he associates with Scripture. The first chapter surveys previous research on Ad Autofycum, its apologetic argument and its use of mythology. The evidence for evaluating Theophilus' use of cosmological allegoresis is then examined in two parts: Part One establishes the historical context for the study in two chapters: Chapter two includes Graeco-Roman attitudes toward myth, advocates of 'barbarian' myth, cosmo- theological readers and the place of cosmological allegoresis; Chapter three surveys Jewish and Christian use of cosmological allegoresis and interpretations of Genesis in the doctrinal history of the ontological relationship of God and matter. Part Two assesses Theophilus' use of cosmological allegoresis in two chapters: chapter four shows how cosmological allegoresis fits his apologetic argument and examines his interpretations; Chapter five shows how Theophilus contrasts the myths and Scripture and portrays Autolycus as a cosmo-theological interpreter of myth. Finally, chapter six provides a general summary of the dissertation and its conclusions. This dissertation concludes that the purpose for Theophilus' use of cosmological allegoresis of Greek myth is to portray Hellenistic cosmo-theological ideas which serve as foils to those he associates with Scripture. It also explores several implications for current scholarship and provides a prospective for future study in this area.
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Zardini, Francesca. "The myth of Herakles and Kyknos : a study in Greek vase-painting and literature /." Verona : Fiorini, 2009. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9788887082937.
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Fucci, Grace. "Eurydice: A Collection of Essays to complement the Theatre Department Workshop Production." Thesis, Boston College, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107411.
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Thesis advisor: Scott CummingsThis thesis is a series of short essays centered around the Theatre Department's Workshop Production of Sarah Ruhl's "Eurydice" presented in February as a part of the 2016-2017 season. The essays -- based on the "micro essay" structure used by Sarah Ruhl in her book, "100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write" -- cover the directorial process from the beginning of dramaturgical research to the closing performance. Written over the course of a year, these essays come from different moments and mindsets to represent a short glimpse into a distinct moment in time, much like the structure of the play
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2017
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Arts and Sciences Honors Program
Discipline: Theater
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Faraone, Christopher A. "Talismans and Trojan horses : guardian statues in ancient Greek myth and ritual /." New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/91024775-d.html.
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Van, Zyl Smit E. "Contemporary witch : dramatic treatments of the Medea myth." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1440.
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Armosti, Yianna. "Rape myth acceptance : exploring the influences of media and the Greek-Cypriot culture." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7330/.
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The aims of this thesis were to investigate the impact of media on Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA), and to explore the attitudes of Greek-Cypriots toward victims of rape. The systematic review of the existing literature explored whether seven types of media affect individuals’ RMA. The findings show that RMA of male participants exposed to experimental stimuli was significantly higher than male participants exposed to neutral media. This trend did not hold for females. Chapter Three presents a critique of the RMA scale used in the empirical study: the Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression scale (AMMSA; Gerger et al., 2007). The chapter presents methodological issues of existing RMA measures, discusses the rationale for the development of the AMMSA and presents its main strengths and limitations. Chapter Four aimed at examining the RMA of Greek-Cypriots and their attributions of blame in situations depicting sexual violence. The results indicate that males endorse more RMA and tend to attribute more blame to the victim and less to the perpetrator. Older participants and participants not acquainted with victims of sexual assault scored higher on the RMA scale. The final chapter summarises the findings and discusses implications for practice and recommendations for future research.
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Sakellari, Alexandra. "The scenic presentation of the Electra-myth in Greek, German and American drama." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/844c957b-a33e-4e4a-a6ba-a3b3bd83174d.
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Clark, Isabelle. "Studies in Hera's relation to marriage in Greek mythology and religion." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340116.
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Mann, Christopher John Rupert. "Myth and truth in some odes of Pindar." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fb1fa986-6226-48e7-86a8-89df6b800669.
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The main part of this thesis is a survey of Pindar's treatment, in his epinicians, of myths involving the mythological family of the Aiakids. I establish what may be known of Pindar's sources for these stories, and then compare his own accounts. I consider (together with some minor incidents) Aiakos' assist- ance in building the walls of Troy; Phokos' murder; Peleus' experience with Hippolyta and Akastos, and his marriage to Thetis; Telamon's participation in Herakles' expedition against Troy; Achilles' infancy, his combats against Telephos, Kyknos, Hektor and Memnon, and his own fate; Aias' birth and suicide; and finally the story of Neoptolemos' visit to Delphi (chapters 1-7). My major conclusion is that his versions of these myths are more firmly grounded in the mythological tradition than is widely believed: they are constantly allusive, and contain little innovation. What changes there are may be ascribed to a broad rationalizing tendency, rather than to sophisticated poetic purposes. Pindar seems to prefer lesser known, often locally preserved, strands of tradition, but is concerned to produce authoritative accounts of them. The defensive tone of N. 7 may be satisfactorily explained by his care to produce such an account from confused and undignified material; the poem does not contain an apology for a hostile treatment of Neo- ptolemos in Pae.6. In chapter 8, I confirm my conclusions by examining three difficult cases: the myths of P. 3, O.I, and the break-off from the first myth of 0. 9. These examples confirm that traditional material has intrinsic value in epinician, and suggest the conclusion that the explication of a paradeigmatic relation between myth and victory is not the only valid explan- ation of the function of myth in Pindar. Myth may also serve to provide a publicly acceptable warrant for the praise of the victor.
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Petrakis, Marina. "Propaganda in Metaxas' Greece : 1936-1940." Thesis, University of Kent, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342133.
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Nair, Jacquelyn. "“NEITHER WITH THE OPINIONS OF THE GREEKS NOR WITH THE CUSTOMS OF THE BARBARIANS”: THE USE OF CLASSIC GREEK IMAGERY IN EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1377618049.
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Kay, Janet Catherine Mary. "Aspects of the Demeter/Persephone myth in modern fiction." Thesis, Link to online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2409.
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Conradie, Catharina Maria. "Mythology – archaic relics or an archetypal and universal source of constant renewal? : an exploration of the relationship between myth and archetype in the myth of Demeter and Persephone." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2611.
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Thesis (MPhil (Ancient Studies)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.This thesis deals with the connection between mythology and psychagogy, and a structured way of reading and using myth for personal development is suggested. The myth of Demeter and Persephone is used for this purpose, and the text of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter is analysed as the basic (but not exclusive) text. In the modern world the psychagogic component relies on the work of Jung, which is seen as the most appropriate template available. His concept of the archetype is particularly useful, and the archetype of the mother goddess is analysed as a representation of the personal and spiritual development of modern women.
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Newby, Zahara Louise. "Educated fantasies : interpreting the visual arts in the Second Sophistic." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312041.
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Woods, Holly Irene. "Amazons of the Ancient World: Women in Greek and Roman Societies as Seen in the Amazon Myth." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1716.
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The myth of the Amazons began in Ancient Greece. Renditions of the myth were found in art and literature of the Greeks and Romans in the ancient world. The image of the Amazons changed with the culture and ideology that discussed them. The Amazon myth reflected Greek and Roman views of women. Through looking closely at the three stages of the myth of the Amazons one can determine the myth strengthens the image of women that was held by men of the ancient world. The Amazons were connected with the heroes Heracles, Theseus, and Alexander the Great. Individual Amazons such as Antiope, Penthesilea, and Camilla were also dominant in the mythology of the Amazons. By completing a literary analysis of the myths of the Amazons beginning in the eighth century B.C. and through the fourth century A.D. one is able to see what was expected and deemed acceptable of women.
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Zardini, Francesca. "The myth of Herakles and Kyknos : a study in early Greek vase-painting and literature." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.405416.
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Reuter, Victoria. "Penelope differently : feminist re-visions of myth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4f1ffe10-d690-441d-8726-7fe1df896cb4.
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This thesis examines feminist rewritings of the Penelope myth and the intersections between poetry, myth, and feminist theory. The theoretical framework develops from Rosi Braidotti’s theory of memory and subjectivity which has its roots in the work of Michel Foucault. In Braidotti’s understanding, subjectivity is constructed through narratives of the past including myth. In order to support new, minority, and dissident subjectivities, a re-remembering of mythical narratives needs to happen. This process is linked to Judith Butler’s recent work on narrating the self and to Adrienne Rich’s idea of “Re-vision”. What Butler’s theory adds to Braidotti’s is the notion of dispossession: that as subjects we do not own our identities. We are, instead, dependent on others for recognition. This co-dependence based notion of subjectivity has ethical implications for how we interact with one another and what kind of narratives we iterate and reiterate. The writers discussed in this thesis, namely, Francisca Aguirre, Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, Gail Holst-Warhaft, and Margaret Atwood, not only rewrite Penelope, but perform Re-visions of the myth. They look back at it with a critical eye and remake it. This thesis further contends that Re-vision provides contemporary feminist writers with a reading and writing strategy that allows them to engage with myth in a way that parallels feminist theory’s efforts to construct new forms of subjectivity. Chapter 1 frames feminist appropriations of myth in a contemporary context and discusses Adrienne Rich’s theory of Re- vision. The next four chapters focus on specific writers who carry out a sustained dialogue with Penelope; they each take an element of the myth and tease it out towards a modern relevance. In looking at how Penelope is revised, this thesis demonstrates that women writers are engaged in a process of remaking canonical, mythic texts in such a way that speaks to contemporary issues of ethical subjectivity and self-making.
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Thanassa, Maria. "Across the enamelled sea : ancient Greek myth and philosophic thought in the poetry of W.B. Yeats." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2006. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/across-the-enamelled-sea--ancient-greek-myth-and-philosophic-thought-in-the-poetry-of-w-b-yeats(1a55aaaa-02d5-4122-8fac-595bc74ac0b5).html.
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Carbone, Marco Benoît. "Transformations of 'Scylla and Charybdis' : encounters with otherness and Ancient Greek myth in post-classical perspective." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10041061/.
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This is a study of contemporary uses of the myth of Scylla and Charybdis, often personified as female monstrosities or explained as a rock and whirlpool in Italy’s Strait of Reggio and Messina. Focusing on theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary issues of historical transmission, it addresses media appropriations of these signifiers of Greco-Roman traditions, as well as abject femininity, animality, and Otherness. Nineteenth-century European travellers visited the Strait in search of the landmarks of Homer’s Odyssey. The area attracted the travellers’ antiquarian appreciation of the myth-place and its relation with legends of marine dangers, a narrative that later reached broader audiences through twentieth-century international tourism and media. In parallel, Scylla and Charybdis were popularized as monstrous figures in the imaginaries of travel, horror, fantasy, and erotica. Drawing on deconstructive approaches to myth studies, the thesis analyses the Scylla and Charybdis motif in the broader context of ideas about antiquity in historiographical, psychoanalytic, and positivist perspectives. Looking at under- researched media, such as travel literature, role playing and video games, and pornographic iconography, the study shows how the monsters embodied imagined encounters with the abject, the marvellous, the other-than-self, and the other-than- now. Extending critiques of Greco-Roman history’s exceptionalism developed within reception and cultural studies, the thesis conceptualizes antiquity as a series of reciprocal impacts between the present and the past, and it discusses the pliability of the myth figures and the variety of purposes they served. Ethnographic research in the Strait, presented through an accompanying Documentary Film, demonstrates how the figures became local symbols of selectively philhellenic local histories.
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Masciadri, Virgilio. "Eine Insel im Meer der Geschichten : Untersuchungen zu Mythen aus Lemnos /." Stuttgart : Steiner, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016376984&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Shenfield, L. W. "Chariots in early Greek culture : myth vs. reality; from the Bronze Age to the Fourth Century BC." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365175.
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Pinar, Ekin. "Myth,landscape And Boundaries: The Impact Of The Notion Of Sacredness Of Nature On Greek Urbanism And Architecture." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607388/index.pdf.
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This thesis focuses on the impact of the notion of holiness of nature in ancient Greek thought and its reflection on urbanism and architecture with respect to the transformations that took place during the archaic period. The archaic period represented most fundamentally a shift from an era where everything was on the move to an era of territorialism which culminated in the establishment of the polis and the Greek temple. This shift was prominent in the sense that it pointed not only to a basic modification in the lifestyle of Greeksbut also to the formation of Greek identity as opposed to that of foreigners. In this respect, the thesis first concentrates on the foundation of the polis, followed by the emergence of the temple and lastly the orders of the columns. Doing so, it is aimed to analyze the transformation concerning the understanding of nature which was engendered by the Greek territorialist expansion and its effect on Greek urbanism and architecture.
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Harrelson, Jeremiah James. "The miracle narratives in Luke allusions to classical mythology? /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Hussein, Abdelhamid. "Griechische Mythologie im modernen arabischen Theater am Beispiel Ägyptens und Syriens /." Aachen : Shaker, 2004. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/56878742.html.
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Lagrou, Sarah. "La création poétique dans le théâtre grec classique ou comment surprendre toujours dans un cadre traditionnel : l’exemple du mythe d’Œdipe dans la tragédie grecque." Thesis, Lille 3, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL30012.
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Cette thèse de doctorat vise, à partir de l'exemple que constitue le traitement du mythe d'Œdipe par les trois dramaturges que sont Eschyle, Sophocle et Euripide, à comprendre comment les tragiques grecs, qui traitaient toujours des mêmes histoires, et suscitaient pourtant l'intérêt du public, ont su renouveler la création théâtrale, en parvenant à ne pas faire les mêmes pièces à partir des mêmes légendes. Certes, la matière mythique n'était pas figée en soi ; toutefois, comme la tragédie était un genre très codifié dans sa structure et relativement limité en termes d’effets visuels, c'est surtout sur le texte même que l'auteur pouvait intervenir, au prix d'un travail toujours renouvelé sur sa langue.C'est donc au texte même des tragédies que cette étude s'attache, texte qui est abordé selon une triple perspective, à la fois herméneutique, philologique et comparatiste, ce qui permet de comprendre non seulement les enjeux profonds de chacun d'eux, mais aussi les variations sur le mythe et les effets ainsi créés. Le corpus, restreint mais raisonnable (Les Sept contre Thèbes d'Eschyle, l'Œdipe Roi, l'Antigone et l'Œdipe à Colone de Sophocle, et les Phéniciennes d'Euripide), est analysé avec rigueur et aussi peu d'a priori que possible. Cette étude permet de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de la tragédie, ainsi que la façon dont une poétique se renouvelait sans cesse et évoluait de la sorte, en explorant les possibilités que lui offrait sa langue et en travaillant sur les représentations et les contenus traditionnels dont le poète tragique héritait. Ce projet vise ainsi à mieux saisir les ressorts de la création poétique dans un contexte culturel qui permet d’appréhender au mieux les limites entre lesquelles elle est mise en œuvre ; il permettra également d'approfondir la compréhension d'une culture qui prenait plaisir à aller voir des pièces dont elle connaissait déjà la finThe aim of this PhD thesis, based on Aeschylus’, Sophocles’ and Euripides’ treatments of the Oedipus myth, is to understand how Greek tragic playwrights – who aroused the public interest while always dealing with the same stories – managed to reinvent theatre and write new plays out of the same myths. Admittedly, mythical material was not fixed, yet, tragedy was a genre which structure was highly codified, and quite limited in terms of visual effects. Thus, it was mainly within the text itself that authors could intervene by way of an ever-repeated work on their own language. Therefore, it is the texts of tragedies themselves which are the subject of this study, and which will be explored from three different perspectives; hermeneutic, philological and comparative. This not only allows for an understanding of the deeper issues each text tackles, but also of the variations on the myth and the effects they create. The corpus (Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes, Sophocles' Antigone, Œdipus Rex, Œdipus at Colonus, Euripides' Phoenician Women) – limited yet reasonable – will be analysed rigorously and with as little a priori as possible. What is proposed in this study is a better understanding of how the mechanics of tragedy worked, as well as of how part of a poetics could evolve through perpetual renewal, as tragic poets explored the possibilities of their language, worked on representations and traditional materials they had inherited. The aim of this study is to better grasp the means of poetic creation in a given cultural context so as to gain the best possible understanding of the limits within which it took place. It also allows for a deepened understanding of a culture in which people still enjoyed plays while already knowing how they would end
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Spence, Simon. "The image of Jason in early Greek myth : an examination of iconographical and literary evidence of the myth of Jason up until the end of the fifth century B.C." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403703.
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Ribeyrol, Charlotte. "L'Hellénisme des premiers esthètes anglais : poésie, prose critique, peinture." Paris 3, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA030122.
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L’hellénisme naît dans le sillage romantique de l’œuvre de J. Winckelmann qui propose une vision épurée de l’Antiquité grecque que les premiers Esthètes, de Swinburne à Pater, se réapproprient dans les années 1860-1880 pour mieux la détourner au profit d’une esthétique du trouble qui fait toute sa place aux parts d’ombre de la Grèce, à l’androgynie et à la couleur, en lien avec les nouvelles fouilles archéologiques et les découvertes anthropologiques de l’époque. Les Esthètes, qu’ils soient peintres ou poètes, relisent les mythes antiques sous l’angle chthonien et non plus olympien afin de faire affleurer une Grèce plus primitive et sauvage, refoulée par le modèle winckelmannien ainsi que par les Victoriens eux-mêmes dont « l’hellénomanie » dorienne semble difficilement compatible avec l’altérité radicale qui sous-tend les aspirations helléniques des Esthètes. Notre réflexion explore autant les formes de subversion des normes classiques que les modalités de réinvention d’un modèle hellénique autre, support d’une nouvelle mythopoïétique célébrant les origines non médiatisées de l’art grec à travers des figures et des mythes de la création où se côtoient Sapho et Apelle, Pygmalion et Dédale, dans le cadre d’une quête fantasmée de l’origine du culte de la forme belle, au fondement à la fois du miracle grec et de l’EsthétismeHellenism emerged in the wake of Winckelmann’s pre-Romantic works describing the purity of Ancient Greece. The first Aesthetes, from Swinburne to Pater, subverted this model in favour of a dissident aesthetic revealing a more ambiguous and colourful Greece in keeping with contemporary archeological and anthropological discoveries. The poets and painters of the Aesthetic movement re-read Greek myths in a new light – the Chthonian gods supplanting the Olympians – in order to highlight a more primitive Greece rejected by Winckelmann and the Victorians whose “hellenomania” could not be reconciled with the possibility of the vision of another Greece. This thesis focuses both on the subversion of classical norms and on how the Aesthetes reinvented a new hellenic model returning to the unmediated origins of Greek art. They revisited the myths and figures of creation : Sappho, Apelles, Pygmalion and Daedalus, in a imaginary quest for the origins of the cult of beauty, which is at the very heart of the Greek miracle and of Aestheticism
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Segrest, Charles Austin. "Delirium Tremens." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/57.
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These poems tell lyrical stories primarily about violence, language, loss and love. Often with an edge of nightmare, they capture the voices of fringe characters in a variety of settings and circumstances. The poems also deal with books, history, family, ritual/myth and the natural world.
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Hamilton, Christine Rose Elizabeth. "The Function of the Deus ex Machina in Euripidean Drama." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500421429824731.
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Brito, Robson Gomes de. "Aproxima??o dial?gica: cosmogonias grega e iorub?" UFVJM, 2018. http://acervo.ufvjm.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1772.
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A presente pesquisa desenvolve um exerc?cio anal?tico e te?rico-conceitual da aproxima??o dial?gica existente entre os mitos cosmog?nicos grego e iorub?. Por meio de uma an?lise comparada que envolve a lingu?stica, a antropologia e os estudos acerca dos mitos. A princ?pio busca-se demonstrar a compara??o entre os mitos e a sua import?ncia para o exerc?cio lingu?stico textual. Em seguida, prop?e-se verificar a proced?ncia de outras investiga??es que atestam os textos, Mitologia dos Orix?s e Teogonia de Hes?odo, como produ??es m?ticas cosmog?nicas e finaliza-se com a demonstra??o das poss?veis interpreta??es extra?das dos textos.
Disserta??o (Mestrado Profissional) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncias Humanas, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2018.
The present research develops an analytical and theoretical-conceptual exercise of the dialogical approach existing between the Greek and Yoruba cosmogonic myths. Through a comparative analysis involving linguistics, anthropology, and studies of myths. At first it is tried to demonstrate the comparison between the myths and their importance for the textual linguistic exercise. Next, it is proposed to verify the origin of other investigations that attest the texts, Mythology of the Orix?s and Theogony of Hesiod, as mythical cosmogonic productions and ends with the demonstration of the possible interpretations extracted from the texts.
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Dago, Djiriga Jean-Michel. "La lecture idéologique de Sophocle. Histoire d'un mythe contemporain : le théâtre démocratique." Phd thesis, Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle - Paris III, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00968677.
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Depuis plus d'un siècle, la Grèce antique ne cesse d'éblouir philosophes et hommes de lettre en Occident. La tragédie occupe une place éminente dans cet émerveillement venu de l'Athènes du Ve siècle avant Jésus-Christ. C'est pour matérialiser cette fascination que ce théâtre a donné lieu à des interprétations de tout genre : philosophique, humaniste, politique et morale... Il s'agit de lectures idéologiques dont la tragédie en général et Sophocle en particulier a fait l'objet. Dans cette perspective, il importait d'effectuer un panorama des lectures de cette tragédie devenue un mythe contemporain. L'oeuvre de Sophocle a servi d'illustration à la visée idéologique d'un théâtre qui s'intégrait à l'origine dans le cadre des manifestations culturelles en l'honneur de Dionysos à Athènes. Y avait-il lieu d'universaliser et d'immortaliser ces interprétations, fruits de l'imaginaire occidental ? Fallait-il continuer la réincarnation des personnages de Sophocle qui aurait avec son Antigone et son OEdipe-roi réussi à élaborer des modèles inimitables de la tragédie et de l'existence de l'homme ? C'est pour questionner cette vision de Sophocle qu'il semble nécessaire d'exploiter les éléments esthétiques (chant, musique) de cette tragédie qui offrent de nouvelles pistes de réflexion en porte-à-faux avec la lecture idéologique observée dans la critique contemporaine.