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Pompeiian Mill-Bakeries: Spatial Organization And Social Interaction, Madeleine Rubin

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This thesis examines bread production and the daily lives of those who worked in mill-bakeries during the first century CE. Bread was the staple food across the ancient Mediterranean; however, there is little textual evidence about those who produced the bread that fed the Roman Empire. The most significant body of evidence relating to the lives of mill-bakers is the archaeological remains of mill-bakeries from the city of Pompeii, preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. This thesis analyzes the spatial organization of bread production within these mill-bakeries and applies the methodologies of spatial syntax – a …

The Cult Of The Nymphs: Identity, Ritual, And Womanhood In Ancient Greece, Ivana Genov

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Examining archeological and epigraphic evidence in its historical context, in this thesis I explore the Cult of the Nymphs venerated across ancient Greek poleis. I analyze the nymph’s profound cultural and historical impact that is often overlooked in the study of ancient Greece. Nymphs were female deities thought to embody ecological sites, such as fountains and springs, and became fundamental to polis identity. Their locations were often central to city plans, and their faces, depicted on coinage, became representative of the city itself. In the community, nymphs were integral to rituals for major life events, most often in the lives …

Man, Myth And Medicine: The Exchange Of Healing Deities In The Bronze Age Mediterranean, Ryan Vincent

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper is an in depth analysis of the Bronze Age interactions between Egypt and Greece and the legacy of physicians and physician gods in the region through an exploration of religion, medicine and linguistic exchange. The Egyptian physician Imhotep bears a striking resemblance to the Greek god Asklepios. It seems this similarity may be a result of Asklepios and his predecessor Paieon actually being based on the story of Imhotep, brought to the Mycenaeans during the Bronze Age.

Review Of "A. Mayor, Gods And Robots: Myths, Machines And Ancient Dreams Of Technology", Georgia L. Irby

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In 1942, the great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov conceived of three laws of Robotics mandating that: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.” A later addition, the fourth, or zeroth law, outweighed the others: “A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm” (“Runaround,” 1942, later republished in I, Robot [1950]; Mayor, p. 177). Such …

Squaring The Circle And Saving The Phenomena: Reading Science In The Greek Language Classroom, Georgia L. Irby

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Our students live in a world where scientific achievement and knowledge are profoundly significant, just as they were to the Greeks, and it becomes increasingly important to ensure that the language requirement is as enriching an experience as possible for all students, not only for students in the humanities, but also for those pursuing STEM tracks. Here we explore the significance of science in Greek culture together with the incorporation of Greek scientific texts in the beginning and intermediate Greek language classroom. Science (knowledge) was a seminal component of the Greek intellectual experience, and approachable “scientific” texts can be found …

Squaring The Circle And Saving The Phenomena: Reading Science In The Greek Language Classroom, Georgia Irby

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That Ain’T Workin’; That’S The Way You Do It: Teaching Greek Through Popular Music, Georgia L. Irby

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This article describes an unconventional method of teaching Greek vocabulary, grammar, and syntax through the translation or adaptation of popular songs into Attic Greek. To reinforce vocabulary and introduce or review points of grammar of syntax in a memorable way, I have adapted and translated a number of modern songs into Attic Greek. Each song was focused around one or two significant concepts (e.g., adverbs, participles, the optative mood) and was presented with the appropriate textbook chapter to augment other available materials. The students themselves, who recommended many of the songs and themes, were consequently active participants in the development …

The Art Of Medicine And The Lowly Foot: Treating Aches, Sprains, And Fractures In The Ancient World, Georgia L. Irby

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Excerpt from the article: "With 26 bones, 33 joints, over 100 muscles, tendons, ligaments, and a delicately balanced system of nerves, the human foot is a mechanical marvel. o less that we, Greek physicians were concerned with what could so easily go wrong with the foot..."

Exploring The Development Of The Sciences, Georgia Irby

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Latin for the New Millennium, Levels 1 and 2, Second Edition, is available. It you are using the 1st edition and need additional copies for your classroom please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. For information on what’s new in the Second Edition, click here.

This complete introductory course to the Latin language, suitable for both high school and college students, consists of two volumes, each accompanied by a teacher's manual and students' workbooks. The strategy employed for teaching and learning incorporates the best of both the reading approach and the more abstract grammatical method. The choice of vocabulary …

The Art Of Medicine And The Lowly Foot: Treating Aches, Sprains, And Fractures In The Ancient World, Georgia Irby

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Prometheus Bound And Contemporary Trends In Greek Natural Philosophy, Georgia L. Irby

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Excerpt from the article: "The Prometheus bound is a lively testament to the Greek intellectual achievement of the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.E. In Aeschylus’ poetry one finds subtle reflections of the new learning and advances in both ethical and natural philosophy.1 For instance, Apollo’s defense of Orestes, that the mother is not even related to her children, but rather that the father provides the “seed” and the generative material, evinces the current state of medical theory and anticipates Aristotle’s efficient cause.2..."

Threat And Hope: Women’S Rituals And Civil War In Roman Epic, Vassiliki Panoussi

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Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. …

Introduction: The Roman Army In Britain, Georgia L. Irby

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Excerpt from book chapter: "The Roman solider in Britain occupied his time in many ways. He bought barbarians. He built walls to delineate the borders of empire. He spend his evenings in the bas of the vici which inevitably cropped up around permanent forts or at the baths, gambling, or exercising, or gossiping..."

"Beowulf": Worda And Worca, Christina M. Coyne

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Martial's Use Of Physical Defects In His Epigrams, Caroline Warner Stott

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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The Use Of Historical Allusions By Non-Historical Writers Of The Augustan Age: Horace, Vergil, Propertius, Tibullus, And Ovid, Mary Geraldine Rowe

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The Use Of Proper Names As Minor Themes In Juvenal, Irving Silverman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Vergil's Use Of The Metaphor In The "Aeneid", Charles Bidgner Shreeves

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The Influence Of Vergil's "Aeneid" Upon The Epic Technique Of Spenser's "The Faerie Queen", Florence Jackson Blocker

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The Family Life Of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Virginia Wills Jones

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