Classics (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Images of power in Bronze Age Crete
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2003)This thesis is concerned with the use of imagery by the elite of Neopalatial Crete to preserve and maintain their position in society. In the introduction a short history of previous scholarship is outlined. The tendency ... -
An exploration of the social roles of plants in the Bronze Age Aegean
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2007)This thesis explores the role of flowers in the Aegean world during the Bronze Age. The focus is on Minoan Crete in particular, but evidence from contemporary societies in the Cyclades, the Near East and Egypt is also utilised. -
The Roman aqueducts and bathhouses of Crete
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2004)This thesis addresses the dynamics behind the introduction, diffusion and demise of Roman aqueducts and bathhouses in Crete. The study is essentially an archaeological and architectural exploration of these monument types ... -
Lucian's self-conscious fiction : theory in practice
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Secondary gods and divine mediators : studies in the development of the demiurge in the platonic, gnostic and hermetic traditions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Classics, 2007)