Search for dissertations about: "Classical Greek"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words Classical Greek.

  2. 1. Polygonal columns in Greek architecture

    Author : Therese Emanuelsson-Paulson; Arja Karivieri; Lena Sjögren; Henrik Gerding; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Column; Shaft; Capital; Base; Doric; Polygonal; Facet; Octagonal; Flute; Greek architecture; Classical archeology; Classical architecture; Geometric; Archaic; Classical; Hellenistic; Greece; Albania; Turkey; Cyprus; arkeologi med inriktning mot antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Archaeology and Classical Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the use of polygonal columns in Greek architecture from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period. The main purpose of the research is to study the development, distribution, design, function and use of polygonal columns in order to create a new understanding on how they fit in the development of Greek architecture. READ MORE

  4. 2. Greek Cisterns : Water and risk in ancient Greece, 600–50 BC

    Author : Patrik Klingborg; Gunnel Ekroth; Henrik Gerding; Michaeol Lindblom; Jutta Stroszeck; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cisterns; Greece; Water; Risk; Materiality; Water supply; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Abstract : This study explores cisterns in the Greek world 600–50 BC based on a representative body of archaeological material of 410 cisterns from 49 sites presented in a catalogue, and the literary and epigraphic evidence. The aim is to investigate when and how cisterns were constructed, how they were used and functioned in ancient Greek society and why they were used only at certain times. READ MORE

  5. 3. Aristotle in the Greek gnomological tradition

    Author : Denis M. Searby; Jan Fredrik Kindstrand; Dimitri Gutas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; anthology; apophthegm; Aristotle; chreia; Chreiae of Aristotle; CorpusParisinum; Diogenes Laertius; florilegium; gnome; gnomology; Gnomologium Parisinum Ineditum; Gnomologium Vaticanum; Greek gnomological tradition; LociCommunes; maxim; ps.-Maximus; Stobaeus; wise sayings; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical Greek language; Klassisk grekiska; Greek; Grekiska;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of a new collection of maxims and apophthegms associatedwith Aristotle in the Greek gnomologies along with an introduction to the sources and acommentary on the content of the sayings. The major sources have been DiogenesLaertius, the anthology of Stobaeus, Gnomologium Vaticanum and related collections,cod. Par. gr. READ MORE

  6. 4. Evading Greek models : Three studies on Roman visual culture

    Author : Julia Habetzeder; Anne-Marie Leander Touati; Henrik Boman; Elaine Gazda; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kopienkritik; Copy criticism; Emulation; Classical reception studies; Roman visual culture; Roman ideal sculpture; Neo-Attic reliefs; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : For a long time, Roman ideal sculptures have primarily been studied within the tradition of Kopienkritik. Owing to some of the theoretical assumptions tied to this practice, several important aspects of Roman visual culture have been neglected as the overall aim of such research has been to gain new knowledge regarding assumed Classical and Hellenistic models. READ MORE

  7. 5. The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods

    Author : Gunnel Ekroth; Robert Parker; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek religion; hero-cults; Archiac; Classical; animal sacrifice; libation; theoxenia; blood; holocaust; altar; cult of the dead; cult of the gods; ritual dining; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods (c. 700-300 BC) as consisting mainly in holocausts, rituals focusing on the blood of the animal victim and the presentation of meals, and rarely in thysia sacrifices followed by collective dining. READ MORE