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The influence of contemporary events and circumstances on Virgil's characterization of Aeneas
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)Chapter 1 begins by giving the 21st century reader of the Aeneid insights into the innovative socio-cultural environment of the Augustan Age. Following this is an investigation into the societal and cultural importance ... -
Justice in Augustine's City of God
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis outlines Augustine’s thought on justice as articulated in The City of God: against the Pagans. The purpose of the study was to investigate the place and role of his convictions about justice ... -
Literary techniques and communicative aims in a selection of martyr narratives from the first three centuries C.E.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Studies dealing with martyr literature have seen scholarship explore the subject from a strictly historical perspective. However, this study moves away from a historical approach and looks at analyzing ... -
Marcus Aurelius : living philosophy and the business of governing an empire
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study attempts to understand the actions of one specific leader, the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled the Roman Empire during the second century CE. Consideration is given to how his ... -
References to swords in the death scenes of Dido and Turnus in the Aeneid
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the references to swords in key scenes in the Aeneid – particularly the scenes of Dido’s and Turnus’ death – in order to add new perspectives on these scenes and on the way in ... -
St Augustine's Confessiones : the role of the imago Dei in his conversion to Catholic Christianity
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although St Augustine of Hippo (354–430 C.E.) was raised as a Christian, he refuted Catholicism as a youth in his search for divine wisdom and truth. Like the biblical prodigal son, he first had to ... -
The Suffering Heracles: An Analysis of Heracles as a Tragic Hero in The Trachiniae and the Heracles
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis is an examination of the portrayals of the Ancient Greek mythological hero Heracles in two fifth century BCE tragic plays: The Trachiniae by Sophocles, and the Heracles by Euripides. Based on ...
