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Who Was Watching Whom? A Reassessment Of The Conflict Between Germanicus And Piso, Fred K. Drogula Apr 2015

Who Was Watching Whom? A Reassessment Of The Conflict Between Germanicus And Piso, Fred K. Drogula

History & Classics Faculty Publications

Despite Tacitus’ insinuations to the contrary, Cn. Calpurnius Piso (cos. 7 b.c.e.) was no friend and loyal supporter of Emperor Tiberius. The emperor offered Piso the command of Syria in an effort to win over the political support of this prestigious-but-recalcitrant senator. As a safeguard should Piso attempt something treacherous in this powerful command, Tiberius gave Piso the province at a time when Germanicus Caesar—the emperor’s loyal adopted son and heir—would be in the East resolving a number of economic problems in the eastern provinces. Thus Piso was not sent to watch the prince, but to be watched by him.


From Daimon To Demon: The Evolution Of The Demon From Antiquity To Early Christianity, Hailey Marie Fuller May 2013

From Daimon To Demon: The Evolution Of The Demon From Antiquity To Early Christianity, Hailey Marie Fuller

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

One of the most fascinating entities of religious thought is the demon, which is still pervasive in both religious and popular culture today. The demon is something that is present not just in various religious texts, but is also a staple of the modern horror film. The question at hand in this thesis is whether or not the demon was always considered to be synonymous with evil. The demon itself has existed in religious culture and magic practice since antiquity, but most scholars tend to either ignore the entity, or conflate it with ghosts or minor gods. This thesis traces …


Mythological History, Identity Formation, And The Many Faces Of Alexander The Great, James Mayer May 2011

Mythological History, Identity Formation, And The Many Faces Of Alexander The Great, James Mayer

Classical Mediterranean and Middle East Honors Projects

Alexander the Great, ruler of Macedonia and conqueror of much of the eastern Mediterranean world in the fourth century BCE, figures prominently in folklore for centuries afterward.  This paper analyzes several stories about Alexander to explore the intersections among history, myth and identity.  By looking at accounts of Alexander written by Jews living in Alexandria in the Roman period, by early Byzantine Christians and by medieval Persian Muslims, I demonstrate that communities from all over the Mediterranean used myths about Alexander to redefine their identity in response to catastrophic changes.


Review Of: Lara, Jaime. City, Temple, Stage : Eschatological Architecture And Liturgical Theatrics In New Spain, Barbara E. Mundy Mar 2007

Review Of: Lara, Jaime. City, Temple, Stage : Eschatological Architecture And Liturgical Theatrics In New Spain, Barbara E. Mundy

Art History and Music Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Inherent Instability: Disproving Luttwak's Thesis Of Defense In Depth, Adam Stilgoe Jan 2006

Inherent Instability: Disproving Luttwak's Thesis Of Defense In Depth, Adam Stilgoe

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.


A History Of Alexander On The Big Screen, Jeanne Reames Jan 2004

A History Of Alexander On The Big Screen, Jeanne Reames

History Faculty Publications

Oliver Stone’s Alexander arrived in theaters on November 24, 2004 – one of two big-budget films slated to deal with the life and times of the conqueror. The other, to be directed by Baz Luhrmann and produced by Martin Scorsese, will not begin shooting until 2005. And despite Luhrman’s protests that his film will go forward, the general mood in Hollywood seems to be “wait and see.” In addition to these two high-profile Alexander projects, a small, independent film about Alexander’s youth, Alexander the Great of Macedonia, produced by Ilya Salkind (known best for Superman), was filmed and slated to …


Limits Highlights From Over 2000 Years Of Developments In Calculus Limits, Lauri A. Nevalainen May 2002

Limits Highlights From Over 2000 Years Of Developments In Calculus Limits, Lauri A. Nevalainen

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.


The Victorian Construction Of Sappho, 1835-1914, Megan Kulp May 2002

The Victorian Construction Of Sappho, 1835-1914, Megan Kulp

Honors Theses

Sappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet writing on the isle if Lesbos in the seventh century BC. Her original works were contained in seven books; however, only a few fragments are extant. These fragments are mainly about women and are erotic in nature. Considering the homoerotic tone of Sappho's poetry, it is interesting that the Victorians were fascinated with her and a proliferation of biographies, artwork, plays, operas, translated poems, appeared in that era bearing her name. How did the Victorians reconcile the homoerotic tone of her poems with their own views on what was right and proper? The …


Barbarian Bond: Thracian Bendis Among The Athenians, Corinne Ondine Pache Jan 2001

Barbarian Bond: Thracian Bendis Among The Athenians, Corinne Ondine Pache

Classical Studies Faculty Research

In this chapter, I gather the evidence for the Athenian cult of the Thracian goddess Bendis, who was officially worshipped both by Thracians and by Athenian citizens from the end of the fifth century B.C. on. I also compare the historical record with the literary characterizations of the Thracians, and I examine the connection between religious, political, and ethnic identity and the ways in which the cult of Bendis reflects ambivalent Athenian attitudes toward their northern neighbors. The cult of Bendis in Athens reproduces on the level of ritual the polarity of Greeks versus barbarians that exists on the level …


Introduction, Sulochana R. Asirvatham, Corinne Ondine Pache, John Watrous Jan 2001

Introduction, Sulochana R. Asirvatham, Corinne Ondine Pache, John Watrous

Classical Studies Faculty Research

This book gathers essays that are all, in one way or another, connected with ancient Greek and Roman religions. The essays cover a wide range—both chronological and geographical—of religious discourse and practice from Classical Athens on to seventeenth-century America via medieval Europe. Thus, there is no attempt at comprehensiveness. Rather, we hope that these essays will serve to problematize some common distinctions that readers generally bring to the study of ancient Greek and Roman religion and its legacy—such as the distinctions between Greece and Rome, Greco-Romans and barbarians, pagans and Christians, religion and politics, and religion and magic, to name …


A Project Approach Using Integration And Collaboration To Study Ancient Civilizatons In Sixth Grade, Kim Marie Nadermann Kerian Jan 1998

A Project Approach Using Integration And Collaboration To Study Ancient Civilizatons In Sixth Grade, Kim Marie Nadermann Kerian

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this article is to describe a 6th grade project intended to build responsibility in students for their own learning and develop an integration of curriculum areas through the study of Ancient Civilizations. Within this project, 6th grade students were involved in a research project with the final production of an ancient civilizations museum where they shared their knowledge and taught other students about their chosen civilization.


Was Carcinus I A Tragic Playwright?, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr. Jan 1994

Was Carcinus I A Tragic Playwright?, Kenneth S. Rothwell Jr.

Classics & Religious Studies Faculty Publication Series

If Carcinus I was a tragic poet, why would a scholiast attribute to him a play with the title "Mice"?


Latin And Greek Inscriptions At Holy Cross, Edward J. Vodoklys S.J. Jan 1993

Latin And Greek Inscriptions At Holy Cross, Edward J. Vodoklys S.J.

Classics Department Faculty Scholarship

A collection of Latin and Greek inscriptions taken and translated from the buildings and tombstones on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross. A brief history of the College through 1993, written as part of the Sesquicentennial celebration, is included.


Euripides And The Decline Of Character: A Soap Opera Connection, Emily A. Mcdermott May 1984

Euripides And The Decline Of Character: A Soap Opera Connection, Emily A. Mcdermott

Classics & Religious Studies Faculty Publication Series

To the Greeks of the fifth century, the heroes and heroines of myth, the villains and villainesses--even the sorcerers and monsters--were figures from history, or at least historical legend. Surely the sophisticated Athenian of the fifth century did not believe in a literal interpretation of Scylla and Charybdis any more than we do, nor that Odysseus actually underwent every single setback and adventure retailed in the Odyssey. But, just as surely, he believed that there had been an Odysseus, just as implicitly as we believe in George Washington or Richard the Lion-Hearted. Unlike us, however, he also had an intimate …


Tennyson's Debt To The "Morte D'Arthur", Sally Rodman Thompson Jan 1899

Tennyson's Debt To The "Morte D'Arthur", Sally Rodman Thompson

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Summary and critique of Alfred Lord Tennyson's blank verse poem, “The Idylls of the King” with discussion of the credit due to Sir Thomas Mallory’s “Morte D’Arthur” which inspired Tennyson's work.


Commentatio De Taciti Historiarum Libri Primi Capite Lxxx, Albert Grumme Dec 1871

Commentatio De Taciti Historiarum Libri Primi Capite Lxxx, Albert Grumme

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.


De Taciti Germania, Friedrich Muenscher Dec 1856

De Taciti Germania, Friedrich Muenscher

Hermann Sauppe Library

No abstract provided.