Katherine Walker
Katherine is a young woman who would like to become a teacher, a professor, or a priest. Maybe write on the side. She is very religious (in a non-denominational sort of way) and studies mostly ancient cultures. She loves you very much.
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Augustan Glory? Suetonius's Portrait of Augustus: To Hate or Not to HateIn Suetonius' treatise on the emperor Augustus, it is difficult to measure how sarcastic he is about the greatness of the Imperator. This paper discusses some of the original latin and the character of the text to prove Suetonius thought Augustus gross.
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Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Loss of VoiceIt is often thought that in Ovid's metamorphoses the loss of voice is a symbol of divine punishment. However, when the communicative function is not entirely lost, the loss of voice can't be termed punishment.
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The Euphronios Calyx-Krater: Symbol of Beautiful SacrificeA study of the Euphronios Calyx-Krater which prominently features the death of Sarpedon, a character from the Iliad.
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Timé And Areté In the IliadIn the Iliad, the characters Odysseus and Akhilleos have very different understandings of the Greek words timé and areté, thanks to personal and cultural feelings about them.
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Thucydides Versus Herodotus: A Study in the Fall of DemocracyThe ancient Greek historians Thucydides and Herodotus study democracy, its bonuses and its failures.