Search for dissertations about: "classical tradition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words classical tradition.

  2. 1. Studies in Roman architecture : Configuring the classical orders

    Author : Peter Liljenstolpe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Architecture; classical architecture; Roman archaeology; classical archaeology; column; capital; ornamentation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study describes the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders as subsystems, which were configured according to the desired effect of the system, i.e. the architecture. This follows what Vitruvius termed decor and was dependent on either physical factors, convention or custom. READ MORE

  4. 2. Dazzling Dining : Banquets as an Expression of Imperial Legitimacy

    Author : Simon Malmberg; Averil Cameron; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Banquets; emperor; legitimation; rituals; ideology; propaganda; Domus Augustana; Great Palace; triclinium; Rome; Constantinople; virtues; Christianity; precedence; consensus; tradition; court; late antiquity.; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Abstract : This study examines how banquets hosted by the Roman emperor were vehicles of imperial propaganda and expressions of the ruler’s political legitimation. The focus will be on the banquets held in the palace of Domus Augustana in Rome and in the Great Palace in Constantinople during the period AD 330-580. 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. The Happening of tradition : Vallabha on Anumāna in Nyāyalīlāvatī

    Author : Anna-Pya Sjödin; Gunilla Gren-Eklund; Eli Franco; Purushottama Bilimoria; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indology; Logic--India--History; Vaiśeṣika History; Nyāya History; Vaiśeṣika--Early Works to 1800; Nyāya--Early Works to 1800; Philosophy--Indic; Vyāpti; Anumāna; Tarka; Upādhi; Parāmarśa; Nyāyalīlāvatī; Vallabhācārya 12th cent.; H. Bhabha; D. Chakrabarty; Indologi; Indologi särskilt sanskrit; Indology with Classical Sanscrit;

    Abstract : The present dissertation is a translation and analysis of the chapter on anumāna in Vallabha’s Nyāyalīlāvatī, based on certain theoretical considerations on cross-cultural translation and the understanding of tradition. Adopting a non-essentialized and non-historicist conceptualization of the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika/Navya-nyāya tradition, the work focuses on a reading of the anumāna chapter that is particularized and individualized. READ MORE

  7. 5. Celebrating with Words : Studies in the Rhetorical Works of the Gaza School

    Author : David Westberg; Jan Olof Rosenqvist; Ruth Webb; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gaza school; Late Antique rhetoric; Late Antique oratory; epideictic; Choricius of Gaza; Procopius of Gaza; classical tradition; mimesis; panegyric; funeral speeches; wedding speeches; ecphrasis; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; Greek; grekiska;

    Abstract : This study investigates the School of Gaza, a circle of rhetoricians in Late Antique Palestine. Special attention is paid to Choricius and Procopius of Gaza, and in particular to their epideictic works. READ MORE