Masters Degrees (Ancient Studies)
Recent Submissions
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The Global Village: A case study of the frescoes at Akrotiri as evidence for multiculturalism in the Bronze Age Aegean
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Perceptions of the culture and identity at Akrotiri often suggest a ‘Minoanized’ civilization which came into being and succeeded as a product of Minoan settlement and thalassocracy. Evidence for this ... -
Vanth: An Iconograpical Study of an Etruscan Psychopomp
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Death and what happens to the soul when our bodies fail has enthralled humanity across the ages. No less so for the Etruscans. Vanth, a female daimon who acts as a psychopomp, is one of the most commonly ... -
Towards the concept of praise in the Hebrew bible
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the semantics of three verbs that refer to the concept "praise" in the Hebrew Bible, namely, הלל, ידה, ברך. These three verbs are considered the most typical verbs used in Biblical ... -
Categorising anew the semantic potential of qōl from a cognitive linguistics perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis aims to provide a recategorisation of the semantic potential of the polysemous lexeme qōl with the input of notable theoretical insights from cognitive linguistics. The extant body of knowledge ... -
Image, words, magic: A case study of the influence of images on the use of amulets from Egypt and Mesopotamia
(2021-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis intends to examine to what degree the use of images on certain objects may have influenced the way in which such artefacts had been used. To this end this thesis utilizes ancient amulets ... -
'n Post-koloniale vertaling van Vergilius se Eclogae: "In alle dele van die land is sulke onrus!"
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om ʼn hedendaagse vertaling van Vergilius se Eclogae in Afrikaans te skep. Met die koms van demokrasie het die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing vanselfsprekend handomkeer ... -
Towards a vision of God: A study of the light and darkness, and sight and blindness imagery in Book 7 of Augustine's Confessions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides a sketch of Augustine’s journey towards knowledge of God, and his ensuing encounter with God through philosophical vision, as articulated in book 7 of the Confessions. The purpose ... -
Reading Ovid in the #MeToo era : a feminist reception of rape scenes in the Metamorphoses
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The 21st century seems to a continuation of the incurable plagues which have pained our society for decades: gender-based violence, rape, and the sexual assault of women. The recent uprisings of international ... -
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 ... -
From sacrilege to violence : the rape of Cassandra on Attic vases c. 575-400 BCE
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Sack of Troy or Ilioupersis, is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature which tells of the violent and ruthless Greeks that pillaged the city of Troy. It was a prevalent theme in ancient Attic art, ... -
An investigation of ו)עתה) : beyond the temporal/logical bifurcation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study provides an investigation into the features and functions of עַתָּה) ו ,(ְseeking to provide a complete account which progresses beyond the temporal/logical bifurcation which has characterized ... -
“Giving Up the Ghost in Ancient Roman Literature” A Comparative Discussion of the Ghosts in selected texts from Plautus, Virgil, Ovid, and Pliny the Younger
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through an intensive comparative discussion of selected texts from Plautus, Virgil, Ovid, and Pliny the Younger, this thesis aims to bring forward insights into the ancient Roman understanding of death ... -
Childhood companions: children and animal companions on attic red-figure vases
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In ancient Greece, children and animals found themselves on the periphery of social importance, more closely grouped with slaves than with their older male citizens. This lack of importance has resulted in ... -
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 ... -
An intertextual study of the formulaic fulfilment quotations in the Gospel of Matthew
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The text of Matthew contains numerous examples of overt intertextuality, a number of them as formulaic fulfilment quotations. A significant portion of these examples can be linked to the book of Isaiah. ... -
Baboons in Ancient Egyptian art : the significance of the baboon motif in the funerary art of the New Kingdom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The New Kingdom of Egypt represented a period of imperial successes when Egypt became a world power. The country enjoyed political stability under Dynasty XVIII – XX and actively participated in international ... -
Growing up Greek : the differing journeys through childhood in ancient Athens and Sparta
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Athens and Sparta were the two most prominent city-states during the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, but their socio-political systems differed markedly. As a result of such radical differences it could be ... -
Cui bono? Cicero's reasons for publication
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the question whether Cicero published to serve his own glory, or whether he published to serve the commonwealth, in other words, to whose benefit (cui bono) was publication? After ... -
Celeritas Caesariana : reputation, representation and reality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Julius Caesar had a demonstrable reputation for celeritas, to the extent that Cicero in one of his letters added the epithet Caesariana to celeritas when describing another general’s swiftness. This ... -
Never simply nudity
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recent studies regarding the motif of the nude female figure on Athenian red-figure vases of the 5th century BCE have caused much controversy among contemporary scholars. Whereas the nude male figure on ...
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