Search for dissertations about: "Alciphron"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Alciphron.

2. 1. Alciphron, Letters of the Courtesans : Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary

   Author : Patrik Granholm; Ingela Nilsson; Diether Roderich Reinsch; Heinz-Günther Nesselrath; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alciphron; letters of the courtesans; Greek letters; fictitious letters; critical edition; parallel translation; commentary; textual notes; textual criticism; manuscript studies; manuscript tradition; Classical Greek language; Klassisk grekiska; Greek; Grekiska;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims at providing a new critical edition of the fictitious Letters of the Courtesans attributed to Alciphron (late 2nd or early 3rd century AD).The first part of the introduction begins with a brief survey of the problematic dating and identification of Alciphron, followed by a general overview of the epistolary genre and the letters of Alciphron. READ MORE

4. 2. Erotic Language and Representations of Desire in the Philostratean Erotic Letters

   Author : Antonios Pontoropoulos; Ingela Nilsson; Dimitrios Iordanoglou; Helen Morales; Owen Hodkinson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ancient letters; Philostratus; Greek Imperial literature; Second Sophistic; ancient Greek novel; erotic desire; paideia.; Grekiska; Greek;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation focuses on a corpus of seventy-three prose letters from the Imperial period, titled Erotic Letters and attributed to Philostratus. In this letter collection, different anonymous letter writers address male and female recipients who are mostly anonymous. READ MORE