Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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During and shortly after WOII three modern adaptations of Euripides' Alcestis appeared: Le Mystère d'Alceste by Marguerite Yourcenar (1942), Alcesti di Samuele by Alberto Savinio (1949), and The...Show moreDuring and shortly after WOII three modern adaptations of Euripides' Alcestis appeared: Le Mystère d'Alceste by Marguerite Yourcenar (1942), Alcesti di Samuele by Alberto Savinio (1949), and The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot. Alcestis' motivation to sacrifice herself and her reaction on returning to her husband turned out to be blank spots in Euripides' tragedy. The three modern writers gave their main characters three drastically different reasons and reactions. This could partly be explained by their relation to the Second World War.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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Cicero's portrettering van zogenoemde Populares en zijn gebruik van de term popularis zijn overheersend in de Republikeinse literatuur en daarom problematisch. Aan de hand van een analyse van de...Show moreCicero's portrettering van zogenoemde Populares en zijn gebruik van de term popularis zijn overheersend in de Republikeinse literatuur en daarom problematisch. Aan de hand van een analyse van de plaats van de term popularis en van omstreden Populares als de Gracchi bij de andere Republikeinse literaire bronnen wordt de rol die Cicero speelde in de (moderne) beeldvorming kritisch getoetst en in zijn gepolitiseerde perspectief geplaatst.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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Palace and temple have always been subject to scholarly interest. The first represents the political power of any given land or country, while the latter serves as an entry point into the marvelous...Show morePalace and temple have always been subject to scholarly interest. The first represents the political power of any given land or country, while the latter serves as an entry point into the marvelous world of the religious organization of any given culture. Though studying these separate institutions on their own is of great importance, it is even more in teresting to study the area in which the interests of both institutions meet. Such studies can show how both parties have to deal with each other's interest and have to adapt their own to guarantee a fruitful cooperation. This thesis consists of such a study, researching the relationship between the Babylonian palace and temple in the context of the daily offerings while focusing on the specific role of the king and his priests. With this study I hope to fill in the blanks that are present in this field of study, since this relation has been examined, but not in the context with which this thesis is concerned.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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Current Word Order Analysis in Ancient Greek is not entirely satisfactory as it focuses on describing word order variation only in clauses, whereas in other parts of a sentence consisting of...Show moreCurrent Word Order Analysis in Ancient Greek is not entirely satisfactory as it focuses on describing word order variation only in clauses, whereas in other parts of a sentence consisting of multiple constituents there also appears variation in word order. Because of for example the occurrence of hyperbaton in these parts of the sentence, this variation seems meaningful and can possibly be described in the same terms as the variation in clauses. Therefore, in this thesis, it is proposed to apply the model not only to clauses but also to smaller segments of the text. Just like any other spoken language, the language of the messenger stories in Euripides can be segmented into Intonation Units (IU's). IU's are separated from one another by a pause or other prosodic feature such as pitch. Because of the lack of recorded data, IU-segmentation of ancient texts is in this thesis done by making use of the meter and of the syntactical segmentation criteria suggested by Scheppers (2011).Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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During his reign, Benito Mussolini used ancient Rome and the Roman Empire as models for his fascist ideology. In his Romae Laudes, translated into Latin by Vincenzo Ussani, Mussolini depicts...Show moreDuring his reign, Benito Mussolini used ancient Rome and the Roman Empire as models for his fascist ideology. In his Romae Laudes, translated into Latin by Vincenzo Ussani, Mussolini depicts ancient Rome from a fascist perspective. In this Latin text, allusions are made to Latin texts from antiquity, both at text level and at theme level. Thus, Mussolini makes a connection between the imperial and the contemporary Rome, and he consciously uses ancient Rome in order to propagate fascist ideology.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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Elephantine has been a flourishing multicultural society for centuries and protected the southern Egyptian border. Egyptians, Persian, Greeks, Arameans and many others lived together, but each had...Show moreElephantine has been a flourishing multicultural society for centuries and protected the southern Egyptian border. Egyptians, Persian, Greeks, Arameans and many others lived together, but each had its own legal system. Having so many cultures living alongside each other must have brought legal problems and situations with it. So how can you solve this legal puzzle with so many systems next to each other? This thesis highlights one small aspect, namely adoption in the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine. The Jews, originally from the northern Levant, used Official Aramaic, a language closely related to the Akkadian language, yet they lived in an Egyptian society. The question here is: how does the procedure of adoption develops itself in this multicultural society? The three major texts regarding adoption – the Adoption Document, the Testamentary Manumission and the Story of Aḥiqar – will be researched in comparison to their Egyptian and Near Eastern counterparts. The lack of Egyptian sources is a curse to this research, since it makes diachronic study impossible. In the first chapter the content of the three documents is revised, and compared to the content of sources. In the second chapter the lexical part is examined. Specific clauses regarding adoption are illustrated and further evaluated by comparing them with Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian sources. The overall conclusion is that Near Eastern influences are more prominent, but some Egyptian influences seeps in on a low level.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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Deze scriptie bespreekt de functie(s) van de poëtische elementen in de taal van Antiphon 'Tegen de stiefmoeder'. De hypothese is dat deze een persuasieve functie hebben: ze helpen om de stiefmoeder...Show moreDeze scriptie bespreekt de functie(s) van de poëtische elementen in de taal van Antiphon 'Tegen de stiefmoeder'. De hypothese is dat deze een persuasieve functie hebben: ze helpen om de stiefmoeder neer te zetten als een ‘Klytaimestra’, een bewust en intentioneel handelende, en dus schuldige, moordenares van haar man. Het poëtisch idioom moet de jury in de stemming brengen om deze zaak als een 'Oresteia' te zien en te handelen zoals Athene; het frame van de Trachiniae moet de spreker echter buiten beeld zien te houden, omdat dit immers zijn argument verzwakt.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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The aim of this thesis is to achieve a wide study of Sheik Abd el Qurna during the XVIII Dynasty, not only through traditional approaches –quantitative analysis and prosopographical research–, but...Show moreThe aim of this thesis is to achieve a wide study of Sheik Abd el Qurna during the XVIII Dynasty, not only through traditional approaches –quantitative analysis and prosopographical research–, but also through the landscape archaeology perspective in order to understand the development and the importance of this area. In order to do so, the methodological approach must be multidisciplinary. Quantitative analysis will be applied in order to understand the architectural development of the tombs. The prosopographic analysis will contribute to the identification of social relations and influences within the necropolis. Lastly, the landscape archaeology perspective will help us to understand the necropolis as an holistic element within ancient Egyptian beliefs. Understanding the necropolis as a whole, where all tombs shaped a large complex that ended up working as a sacred space, is necessary in order to give a semiotic meaning to landscape; a perspective not deeply studied yet. The symbolic complexity of Ancient Egyptians has been widely studied through its iconography or through its artistic elements but we have forgotten their own environment. Landscape is foremost a symbolic construction, a reference system where the different activities of a community acquire sense. Landscape is not a pre-existing reality, but a social and historically shaped one. This multidisciplinary approach will contribute to the understanding of the whole necropolis and also the role that Sheik Abd el-Qurna played in its development. Linking together the great material record of the funerary area with the symbolic thinking of Ancient Egyptian will create a wider insight into the Theban necropolis.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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The Ancient-Greek dialect known as Elean, spoken on the West of the Peloponnese, has always been difficult to be classified within the Ancient-Greek dialect system. On the basis of relative...Show moreThe Ancient-Greek dialect known as Elean, spoken on the West of the Peloponnese, has always been difficult to be classified within the Ancient-Greek dialect system. On the basis of relative chronology, I indicate that from a genetic point of view, it belongs to the Northwest-Greek dialect group.Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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In deze thesis bekijk ik de vergelijking tussen een herder en een legeraanvoerder die een herder van het volk wordt genoemd, die Homerus maakt in zijn Ilias. Mijn onderzoeksvraag luidt dan ook: Wat...Show moreIn deze thesis bekijk ik de vergelijking tussen een herder en een legeraanvoerder die een herder van het volk wordt genoemd, die Homerus maakt in zijn Ilias. Mijn onderzoeksvraag luidt dan ook: Wat zegt het over het functioneren en het succes van een aanvoerder, wanneer hij een herder van het volk wordt genoemd?Show less
Master thesis | Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)
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Tekst met vertaling en commentaar van Franciscus Junius' De linguae Hebraeae antiquitate praestantiaque. Deze tekst is ook vergeleken met Becanus' Origines Antwerpianae en hierdoor geplaatst in de...Show moreTekst met vertaling en commentaar van Franciscus Junius' De linguae Hebraeae antiquitate praestantiaque. Deze tekst is ook vergeleken met Becanus' Origines Antwerpianae en hierdoor geplaatst in de historische context.Show less
