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Full-Text Articles in Classics
Investigations Of Self, Merlin Douglass
Investigations Of Self, Merlin Douglass
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
While Margery Kempe, fourteenth century English country wife and mystic/pilgrim, and Lady Nijo, thirteenth century Japanese imperial concubine and itinerant Buddhist nun, might at first seem disparate subjects, this paper argues that the themes of pilgrimage and the act of writing an autobiography link them together in interesting ways. By tracing the ways in which both authors form their autobiographies and by using critical theories of autobiography a theme repeatedly appears, that of the welcoming nature of the wilderness of the faith pilgrimage and of the wandering paths both women took in their search for salvation
Shameless Shame: St. Augustine's Confessions, Regina Eastman
Shameless Shame: St. Augustine's Confessions, Regina Eastman
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
his paper suggests that the “Shameless Shame” of Augustine’s manipulatory language and rhetoric in the Confessions serves the distinct purpose of converting the reader to Catholicism. By tracing the way in which St. Augustine uses diverse literary forms to appeal to his readers and guide their path. This paper suggests that there is a particular reason for the rise of Catholicism, and it’s not just faith. Augustine’s use of language that could appeal to multiple strata of society allowed each to take their path to conversion, but ultimately conversion comes to be seen as a social act. One imbued with …
The Protagoras: An Explication, Victorya Khary
The Protagoras: An Explication, Victorya Khary
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
The paper explores themes of Athenian life, Socratic philosophy, and the theme of Knowledge leading to power in the Protagoras. The setting of the Protagoras is primarily a portico at Callias’s home and Socrates debates Protagoras on numerous subjects. This paper shows that those possessing the most knowledge, Protagoras and Socrates, have the most power by invoking a pyramid structure where both Protagoras and Socrates are at the peak and give the lengthiest speeches. All of the speeches, whether by those at the top of the pyramid or the bottom, provide a glimpse into the unique nature of Athenian intellectual …
An Explication Of The Phaedo, Thahn Ngo
An Explication Of The Phaedo, Thahn Ngo
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
Plato’s Phaedo has multiple meanings and uses its narrative framework, sets up debates, and implements myths and allusions in order to present this multiplicity of meaning. This paper looks at the above characteristics in the Phaedo and interrogates their use. The Phaedo is nominally about the last hours of Socrates’s life, but it contains far more than mere biography. This paper traces the ways Plato uses this basic framework to create a multi-faceted work.
The Argonautica: Apollonius' New Epic, Christopher Frank
The Argonautica: Apollonius' New Epic, Christopher Frank
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
Apollonius’ Argonautica takes as its general form the epic tradition of Homer, but often diverges from traditional paths in order to show trends in Hellenistic life. The poem is generally thought of as an Imitation, but its complex imitations do not perfectly follow the Homeric epic tradition. This paper points out the influences that led to these differences and then suggests that ultimately Apollonius is making a concrete and interesting statement about his own culture.
Augustine's Contribution To Star Wars, Scott Franklin
Augustine's Contribution To Star Wars, Scott Franklin
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
The parallels between Augustine’s Confessions and the movie Star Wars might at first seem to be few and far between, but this paper argues for that the opposite in fact is true when viewed through the lens of rhetoric. This paper suggests that both the Confessions and Star Wars reframe traditional storylines for their own times. For Augustine it is the Bible and for Star Wars it is a traditional WWII Storyline.
The Loss Of Feminine Representation From The Aeneid To The Confessions, Merlin Douglass
The Loss Of Feminine Representation From The Aeneid To The Confessions, Merlin Douglass
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
This paper argues that “the change in the power of women from the time of Vergil to the time of Augustine altered the way in which they were represented” in the seminal texts of Vergil’s Aeneid and Augustine’s Confessions. Augustine’s Confessions have long been thought to be inspired by and echoing of the Aeneid. This paper, however, suggests that the striking loss of the female voice from the Aeneid to the Confessions is a result of the changed status of female power between the two time periods as well as a reminder of the purpose of the Confessions: to show …
Intellectual Traditions As Predecessors To St. Augustine, Jennifer Lovell
Intellectual Traditions As Predecessors To St. Augustine, Jennifer Lovell
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
St. Augustine both explicitly and implicitly relied on existing intellectual traditions in the construction of his Confessions. He not only explicitly references Neoplatonic thought, he also implicitly constructs his argument around Neoplatonic ideals. He also used rhetorical and epic traditions to create his Christian Doctrine. By blending the teachings of the Bible with these traditions, this paper argues that St. Augustine effectively appealed to the intellectual elite.
Neoplatonic Influences In Augustine's Confessions, Shon H. Kraley
Neoplatonic Influences In Augustine's Confessions, Shon H. Kraley
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
Augustine wrote the Confession at a time when Christianity was still a small religion mostly populated with peasants and lower-class individuals. This paper argues that he actively utilized Neoplatonic philosophies and ideas in order to give credibility to his Christian doctrine. By doing so he accomplished the goal of expanding Christianity and appealing to the Intellegentsia.
Vergil's Aeneid: A Homeric Dichotomy?, David Dysert
Vergil's Aeneid: A Homeric Dichotomy?, David Dysert
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
This paper investigates the question of why scholars have traditionally labeled Vergil's Aeneid a "Homeric dichotomy." The Aeneid is often seen as a combination of the two great Homeric epics, the Odyssey and the Illiad, and is of criticized for its lack of transitions between the two. This paper argues that while the Aeneid certainly should be seen as a dichotomous work, its allusions stretch further than only to Homer’s epics. The paper traces a number of these allusions and suggests that the Aeneid should be viewed as a synthesis of Homer with other Greek traditions and epics rather than …
Landscape And Change In Three Novels By Theodor Fontane, Jane Ellen Speerstra
Landscape And Change In Three Novels By Theodor Fontane, Jane Ellen Speerstra
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis traces and explicates the changes in Theodor Fontane's landscape depiction in the years 1887-1892. I examine his novels Cécile (1887), Irrungen, Wirrungen (1888), and Unwiederbringlich (1892). I show that Fontane, as though discarding a relic of the Romantic past, used increasingly less landscape in his narratives. He focused on the actions and conversation of his characters, and on their immediate surroundings. When these surroundings were urban, they tended to disappear. The progressive minimalization of landscape, and of cityscape in particular, foreshadowed the appearance in German literature of twentieth-century man: man alienated from nature in cities, and less aware …
Nineteenth Century French And German Interpretations Of The Early Medieval Germanic Invasions, James N. Owens
Nineteenth Century French And German Interpretations Of The Early Medieval Germanic Invasions, James N. Owens
Dissertations and Theses
Various interpretations of the Germanic invasions of the early Middle Ages have been advanced. These present to the student of historiography a fertile field for inquiry. In this thesis the interpretations of the Germanic invasions propounded by Jules Michelet (1798-1874) and Gustav Freytag (1816-1875) are examined with a view to establishing the cultural context in which their mutually exclusive versions were formulated, and the extent to which that context lent the interpretations of both writers a perceptible national and aesthetic bias.
Kykloi: Cyclic Theories In Ancient Greece, Hubert Wayne Nelson Jr.
Kykloi: Cyclic Theories In Ancient Greece, Hubert Wayne Nelson Jr.
Dissertations and Theses
It is both curious and frustrating, given the perennial popularity of the cycle concept in Ancient Greece, that there has not been a single book written devoted to the wide variety of philosophic and historical conceptions bound up with that loosely descriptive designation. This study was originally undertaken to satisfy my own curiosity on the subject. Herein I intend to survey the entire history of the cycle concept in general from about 700 B.C. to the time of Polybius in the second-century A.D. It is intended to be a descriptive as well as an analytical report.
"The New Kingdom: The Wealth Of Empire (Egypt Of The Pharaohs)", Cynthia May Sheikholeslami
"The New Kingdom: The Wealth Of Empire (Egypt Of The Pharaohs)", Cynthia May Sheikholeslami
Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers
This is the third of three lectures given by Professor Sheikholeslami at PSU on January 13-14, 1978. The second lecture, "The Middle Kingdom," was not recorded.
"The Old Kingdom: The Age Of The Pyramids", Cynthia May Sheikholeslami
"The Old Kingdom: The Age Of The Pyramids", Cynthia May Sheikholeslami
Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers
No abstract provided.
"Kubla Khan" And Its Critics, Allen Dale Widerburg
"Kubla Khan" And Its Critics, Allen Dale Widerburg
Dissertations and Theses
This paper evaluates the critical response to Samuel Coleridge's "Kubla Khan." In the Introduction I outline my critical approach, which attempts to see the relationships between parts of the poem, sources outside the poem and poet himself. In analyzing Coleridge's esthetics, I have come to the conclusion that the poem was the first of a new type of Romantic poem. The central structural principle of this type of poem is the use of illusion and the fragmented form, or the illusion of the fragmented form. Poems that fall within this esthetic frequently use the "vision within a dream" motif as …