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    • The topos of the Great King 

      Park, Jung Hoon (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In multiple ancient Greek texts, the phrase ‘the Great King’ (ὁ μέγας ὁ βασιλεύς) makes a frequent appearance. This phrase, when it was introduced to the ancient Greek world, referred to the ancient Persian ...

    • Never simply nudity 

      Martin, Amy (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 ...

    • Celeritas Caesariana : reputation, representation and reality 

      Danon, Bart (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 ...