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  • Contesting Chronos: An Exploration of Competing Ontologies of Time in Early Greek Thought 

    Ashton, Susannah Francesca (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2022)
    This thesis explores the diverse ontologies of time that are evidenced in the early Greek cosmologies of Hesiod, Pherecydes of Syros, and Empedocles. Through three case studies, I argue that in order to understand the ...

  • The fiction of occasion in Hellenistic and Roman poetry 

    GRAMPS, ADRIAN (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2018)
    The aim of this thesis is to devise a method for approaching the problem of presence in Hellenistic and Roman poetry. The problem of presence, as defined here, is the problem of the availability or accessibility to the ...

  • The Libyan Wars: Crisis, Climate, and Conflict in Carthaginian North Africa 

    Hill, Andrew Martin (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2023)
    Africa is mother to some of humanity's oldest civilisations, among them the maritime state of Carthage (ca. 814-146 BC). At its height, Carthage was one of the largest cities on earth and was the first truly urban centre ...

  • Neoplatonism in Nonnus' Dionysiaca: Aesthetics, Allegory, and Inspiration 

    Walker, Guy Samuel (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2021)
    My PhD thesis offers a sustained analysis of Nonnus of Panopolis Dionysiaca and its Neoplatonic influences. The 5th century epic-encomium was produced in the predominantly Christian literary environment of Alexandria or ...

  • Nesiotai and Poleis Aspects of Agency in the Hellenistic Cyclades 

    Foley, Elizabeth Catherine (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2023)
    This thesis examines the interactions of the poleis of the Cycladic Islands with hegemonic powers in the Hellenistic period on two levels: 1) the level of the Nesiotic League and 2) the level of the individual island poleis. ...

  • A New Epic Humour: The Influence of Comic Literature on Apollonius' Argonautica 

    Daly, Alastair (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2024)
    This thesis offers a new reading of Apollonius’ Argonautica which pays special attention to the role of humour and the influence of comic literature. To demonstrate the importance of these two elements, I make three main ...

  • Sic Mundus Creatus Est: Connection, Convergence, Coherence in Manilius' Astronomica 

    Prekas, George (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2023)
    The thesis examines the notion of interconnectedness in the Astronomica and its significance for the poem. Particularly, it argues that the concept of an interlinked universe pervades Manilius' text and brings together ...

  • Tomb Readers: Anthropological Approaches to the Funerary Archaeology of Prepalatial Crete 

    FINN, ELLEN (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2020)
    This thesis investigates the use of anthropological approaches in the interpretation of the funerary archaeology of Prepalatial Crete (c.3200-1900 B.C.). It examines the ongoing discourse between sociocultural anthropology ...