VI. AUGUSTAN GODS the Term "Gods" Applies in the First Instance
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Heads Or Tails
Heads or Tails Representation and Acceptance in Hadrian’s Imperial Coinage Name: Thomas van Erp Student number: S4501268 Course: Master’s Thesis Course code: (LET-GESM4300-2018-SCRSEM2-V) Supervisor: Mw. dr. E.E.J. Manders (Erika) 2 Table of Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 1: Proportions of Coin Types Hadrian ........................................................................ 5 Figure 2: Dynastic Representation in Comparison ................................................................ 5 Figure 3: Euergesia in Comparison ....................................................................................... 5 Figure 4: Virtues ..................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 5: Liberalitas in Comparison ...................................................................................... 5 Figure 6: Iustitias in Comparison ........................................................................................... 5 Figure 7: Military Representation in Comparison .................................................................. 5 Figure 8: Divine Association in Comparison ......................................................................... 5 Figure 9: Proportions of Coin Types Domitian ...................................................................... 5 Figure 10: Proportions of Coin Types Trajan ....................................................................... -
Mythological Intertextuality in Nineteenth Century Ballet Repertory
Skidmore College Creative Matter MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019 MALS 5-20-2006 Mythological Intertextuality in Nineteenth Century Ballet Repertory Liane Fisher Skidmore College Follow this and additional works at: https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/mals_stu_schol Part of the Dance Commons, and the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Recommended Citation Fisher, Liane, "Mythological Intertextuality in Nineteenth Century Ballet Repertory" (2006). MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019. 41. https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/mals_stu_schol/41 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the MALS at Creative Matter. It has been accepted for inclusion in MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019 by an authorized administrator of Creative Matter. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Mythological Intertextuality in Nineteenth Century Ballet Repertory Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Thesis Skidmore College Liane Fisher March 2006 Advisor: Isabel Brown Reader: Marc Andre Wiesmann Table of Contents Abstract .............................. ... .... .......................................... .......... ............................ ...................... 1 Chapter 1 : Introduction .. .................................................... ........... ..... ............ ..... ......... ............. 2 My thologyand Ballet ... ....... ... ........... ................... ....... ................... ....... ...... .................. 7 The Labyrinth My thologies .. ......................... .... ................. .......................................... -
Graham Jones
Ni{ i Vizantija XIV 629 Graham Jones SEEDS OF SANCTITY: CONSTANTINE’S CITY AND CIVIC HONOURING OF HIS MOTHER HELENA Of cities and citizens in the Byzantine world, Constantinople and its people stand preeminent. A recent remark that the latter ‘strove in everything to be worthy of the Mother of God, to Whom the city was dedicated by St Constantine the Great in 330’ follows a deeply embedded pious narrative in which state and church intertwine in the city’s foundation as well as its subse- quent fortunes. Sadly, it perpetuates a flawed reading of the emperor’s place in the political and religious landscape. For a more nuanced and considered view we have only to turn to Vasiliki Limberis’ masterly account of politico-religious civic transformation from the reign of Constantine to that of Justinian. In the concluding passage of Divine Heiress: The Virgin Mary and the Creation of Christianity, Limberis reaffirms that ‘Constantinople had no strong sectarian Christian tradition. Christianity was new to the city, and it was introduced at the behest of the emperor.’ Not only did the civic ceremonies of the imperial cult remain ‘an integral part of life in the city, breaking up the monotony of everyday existence’. Hecate, Athena, Demeter and Persephone, and Isis had also enjoyed strong presences in the city, some of their duties and functions merging into those of two protector deities, Tyche Constantinopolis, tutelary guardian of the city and its fortune, and Rhea, Mother of the Gods. These two continued to be ‘deeply ingrained in the religious cultural fabric of Byzantium.. -
STANFORD GSB Deep Dive Analysis MBA Class of 2020
UNMATCHED MBA ADMISSIONS INSIGHT FORTUNA ADMISSIONS STANFORD GSB Deep Dive Analysis MBA Class of 2020 COPYRIGHT © 2019 - FORTUNA ADMISSIONS LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED www.FortunaAdmissions.com FORTUNA ADMISSIONS Stanford GSB Deep Dive Analysis – MBA Class of 2020 As with every other leading business school, Stanford GSB publishes an annual Class Profile with basic details about the incoming class. This high-level summary explains that the MBA Class of 2020 welcomed 419 students from around the world coming from 306 organizations and 63 countries. Among the published data: • 48% of the class had studied Humanities and Social Sciences with Engineering, Math, and Social Sciences accounting for another 34% and Business majors making up a further 18%. • Professionally, Stanford reports that admits from Financial Services made up 21% of the class spread across Private Equity Venture Capital and Investment Management. • Consulting provided 19% followed by Technology at 15% and Government and Education a further 10%. But that is it. No details on which colleges they came from or exactly what they studied and no specifics on who they worked for in what role or how many changed employer or sector before joining the Stanford MBA. The Fortuna Admissions team has worked with many successful admits to the GSB and we witness first-hand the academic trajectory and professional path that applicants have taken. So, we thought it would be worthwhile to identify as many profiles in the MBA Class of 2020 to better understand the diversity of experience that Stanford attracts every year and the colleges and companies that led to a place in Palo Alto. -
Representing Roman Female Suicide. Phd Thesis
GUILT, REDEMPTION AND RECEPTION: REPRESENTING ROMAN FEMALE SUICIDE ELEANOR RUTH GLENDINNING, BA (Hons) MA Thesis submitted to the University of Nottingham for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy DECEMBER 2011 Abstract This thesis examines representations of Roman female suicide in a variety of genres and periods from the history and poetry of the Augustan age (especially Livy, Ovid, Horace, Propertius and Vergil), through the drama and history of the early Principate (particularly Seneca and Tacitus), to some of the Church fathers (Tertullian, Jerome and Augustine) and martyr acts of Late Antiquity. The thesis explores how the highly ambiguous and provocative act of female suicide was developed, adapted and reformulated in historical, poetic, dramatic and political narratives. The writers of antiquity continually appropriated this controversial motif in order to comment on and evoke debates about issues relating to the moral, social and political concerns of their day: the ethics of a voluntary death, attitudes towards female sexuality, the uses and abuses of power, and traditionally expected female behaviour. In different literary contexts, and in different periods of Roman history, writers and thinkers engaged in this same intellectual exercise by utilising the suicidal female figure in their works. ii Acknowledgments I would like to thank the Arts and Humanities Research Council for providing the financial assistance necessary for me to carry out this research. The Roman Society also awarded a bursary that allowed me to undertake research at the Fondation Hardt pour I'etude de I'antiquite classique, in Geneva, Switzerland (June 2009). I am also grateful for the CAS Gender Histories bursary award which aided me while making revisions to the original thesis. -
Saevae Memorem Iunonis Ob Iram Juno, Veii, and Augustus
Acta Ant. Hung. 55, 2015, 167–178 DOI: 10.1556/068.2015.55.1–4.12 PATRICIA A. JOHNSTON SAEVAE MEMOREM IUNONIS OB IRAM JUNO, VEII, AND AUGUSTUS Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram. Aen. I 1–4 Summary: A driving force in Vergil’s Aeneid is the hostility of Juno to the Trojans as they approach, and finally arrive in Italy. The epic in some ways mirrors the opposition encountered by Augustus as the new ruler of Rome. Juno’s opposition to the Trojans has its origin not only in Greek mythology, but in the his- tory of the local peoples of Italy with whom early Romans had to contend. From the outset of the poem she becomes the personification of these opposing forces. Once the Trojans finally reach mainland Italy, she sets in motion a long war, although the one depicted in the Aeneid was not as long as the real wars Ro- mans waged with the Latin League and with the many of the tribes of Italy, including the Veii. The reality of the wars Rome had to contend with are here compared to the relatively brief one depicted in the Aeneid, and the pacification of Juno reflects the merging of the different peoples of Rome with their subjugator. Key words: Juno, saeva, MARS acrostic, Etruscan Uni, evocatio, Veii, Fidenae, Aventinus, Gabii, Prae- neste, Tibur, Tanit, Saturnia, Apollo, Cumae and Hera, asylum, Athena, Aeneas, Anchises’ prophecy An important part of Augustan Myth is found in Vergil’s depiction of Juno, who is named in the opening lines of the epic and is a persistent presence throughout the poem. -
TWO DENARIUS HOARDS from BIRNIE, MORAY N.M.Mcq
TWO DENARIUS HOARDS FROM BIRNIE, MORAY N.M.McQ. HOLMES WITH A CONTRIBUTION BY K. EREMIN AND J. TATE THIS paper will describe and discuss the significance of two hoards of Roman silver denarii found within a few metres of each other on what proved to be an important settlement site at Birnie, near Elgin, Moray (Fig. 1) - the first between 1996 and 2000, and the second in 2001. Fig. 1. Location of Birnie and general site plan. 2 TWO DENARIUS HOARDS FROM BRNIE Background The initial discovery took the form of eighteen coins, one of which was lost before being recorded, found by Mr Hamish Stuart, of Elgin, while metal-detecting at Dykeside Farm in 1996. These coins, from the reigns of Vespasian to Septimius Severus, were claimed as Treasure Trove and allocated to Elgin Museum. Because the coins had been found in the vicinity of a known later prehistoric settlement, located by aerial photography, an archaeological investigation of the site was commenced, under the direction of Fraser Hunter, of the Department of Archaeology, National Museums of Scotland. At the time of writing, the excavation project is still in progress. Further denarii were found in 1998 (two) and in 1999 (eight), and in 2000 the excavators were rewarded by the discovery of, first, a large concentration of coins, and finally the residue of the hoard contained within a broken pottery vessel of native Iron Age manufacture. The pot had clearly been hit by a plough, which broke off the upper part, with many of the coins subsequently spread throughout the surrounding soil. -
Coriolanus and Fortuna Muliebris Roger D. Woodard
Coriolanus and Fortuna Muliebris Roger D. Woodard Know, Rome, that all alone Marcius did fight Within Corioli gates: where he hath won, With fame, a name to Caius Marcius; these In honour follows Coriolanus. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus Act 2 1. Introduction In recent work, I have argued for a primitive Indo-European mythic tradition of what I have called the dysfunctional warrior – a warrior who, subsequent to combat, is rendered unable to function in the role of protector within his own society.1 The warrior’s dysfunctionality takes two forms: either he is unable after combat to relinquish his warrior rage and turns that rage against his own people; or the warrior isolates himself from society, removing himself to some distant place. In some descendent instantiations of the tradition the warrior shows both responses. The myth is characterized by a structural matrix which consists of the following six elements: (1) initial presentation of the crisis of the warrior; (2) movement across space to a distant locale; (3) confrontation between the warrior and an erotic feminine, typically a body of women who display themselves lewdly or offer themselves sexually to the warrior (figures of fecundity); (4) clairvoyant feminine who facilitates or mediates in this confrontation; (5) application of waters to the warrior; and (6) consequent establishment of societal order coupled often with an inaugural event. These structural features survive intact in most of the attested forms of the tradition, across the Indo-European cultures that provide us with the evidence, though with some structural adjustment at times. I have proposed that the surviving myths reflect a ritual structure of Proto-Indo-European date and that descendent ritual practices can also be identified. -
Omens in Regime Change
Omens versus Merit in Regime Change: How an Emperor Retains Power A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan by Inna Dykman April 2008 Acknowledgements First and foremost I would like to make it clear that none of this would have been possible without the help of Professor David Potter. Were it not for him, I would still be wandering around the library. He guided me through the disciplines of history and classics with which I was mostly unfamiliar and showed me just how much fascinating scholarship there is. I hope I have done him justice as my advisor. Second, I must thank my boyfriend, James, who has put up with me for the past year. Not only did he spend one whole day proofreading and trying to understand what I was talking about, but he spent many days listening to my whining and frustration. I let myself be distracted by him a fair few times to play a game of poker or watch a movie when I should have been working, but he was the one who made me sit down and write all the other times. His love and support led me in large part to believe I was capable of such a thing at all. The rest of my family was also greatly responsible for encouraging me and listened to more than its fair share of whining as well. They have pushed me all my life to engage in this world of academia, and while my thesis contains many fewer equations and lab results than they might have liked, it would never have come into existence if they had not known that this was the world I would so enjoy. -
Calendar of Roman Events
Introduction Steve Worboys and I began this calendar in 1980 or 1981 when we discovered that the exact dates of many events survive from Roman antiquity, the most famous being the ides of March murder of Caesar. Flipping through a few books on Roman history revealed a handful of dates, and we believed that to fill every day of the year would certainly be impossible. From 1981 until 1989 I kept the calendar, adding dates as I ran across them. In 1989 I typed the list into the computer and we began again to plunder books and journals for dates, this time recording sources. Since then I have worked and reworked the Calendar, revising old entries and adding many, many more. The Roman Calendar The calendar was reformed twice, once by Caesar in 46 BC and later by Augustus in 8 BC. Each of these reforms is described in A. K. Michels’ book The Calendar of the Roman Republic. In an ordinary pre-Julian year, the number of days in each month was as follows: 29 January 31 May 29 September 28 February 29 June 31 October 31 March 31 Quintilis (July) 29 November 29 April 29 Sextilis (August) 29 December. The Romans did not number the days of the months consecutively. They reckoned backwards from three fixed points: The kalends, the nones, and the ides. The kalends is the first day of the month. For months with 31 days the nones fall on the 7th and the ides the 15th. For other months the nones fall on the 5th and the ides on the 13th. -
A New Image of Elizabeth I: the Three Goddesses Theme in Art and Literature
A New Image of Elizabeth I: The Three Goddesses Theme in Art and Literature Helen Hackett abstract The National Portrait Gallery, London, recently acquired a previ- ously unknown portrait of Elizabeth I. This exquisite miniature of ca. 1590 shows the queen with Juno, Pallas, and Venus. Adapting the myth of the Judgment of Paris, it asserts that Elizabeth exceeds the three goddesses in majesty, wisdom, and beauty, and unites their qualities to create peace. In this essay, Helen Hackett elucidates this important new image through comparisons with analogues from literature and from Elizabethan portraiture. The enduring popularity of the Three Goddesses theme throughout Elizabeth’s reign is attributable to its adaptability to changing political circumstances. keywords: Queen Elizabeth I; Isaac Oliver; George Peele; Elizabethan royal portraiture; Elizabethan royal panegyric in may 2013 the National Portrait Gallery, London, announced that it had acquired a newly discovered portrait of Elizabeth I; the picture was subsequently dis- played in the exhibition Elizabeth I and Her People.1 This miniature, 115 by 157 mm, about the size of a modern postcard, was previously in private hands and unknown to art historians. It shows the queen encountering three goddesses—from left to right, Juno, Minerva (also known by her Greek name, Pallas), and Venus—in a reworking of the Judgment of Paris (fig. 1). Paris had to award a golden apple to the fairest of the god- desses; swayed by Venus’s offer of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy, he chose Venus, sowing discord among the gods and initiating the Trojan war. -
2016 Virginia State Finals Kick-Off Certamen Level II NOTE to MODERATORS: in Answers, Information in Parentheses Is Optional Extra Information
2016 Virginia State Finals Kick-Off Certamen Level II NOTE TO MODERATORS: in answers, information in parentheses is optional extra information. A slash ( / ) indicates an alternate answer. Underlined portions of a longer, narrative answer indicate required information. ROUND ONE 1. TOSSUP: If a teacher said to her student, “Claude iānuam!” what would an obedient student do? ANS: CLOSE THE DOOR BONUS: What Latin word or words, translated as “please,” could the teacher add to that statement to be more polite? ANS: QUAESŌ / SI TIBI PLACET 2. TOSSUP: Which group in mythology haunted Orestes for slaying his own mother Clytemnestra? ANS: FURIES/ERINYES/EUMENIDES BONUS: The Furies, along with the Giants and the nymphs of the ash trees, sprang from the earth when whose blood fertilized it after he was castrated by Cronus? ANS: OURANOS’ 3. TOSSUP: If you were to describe someone as having capillōs sōrdidōs, what would you be saying about them? ANS: THAT THEY HAD DIRTY HAIR BONUS: Where on your body might you find supercilia? ANS: ABOVE YOUR EYES/ON YOUR FOREHEAD (note to moderator, they are eyebrows). 4. TOSSUP: According to legend, what Roman noblewoman's suicide following her rape led to the expulsion of the Tarquins? ANS: LUCRETIA BONUS: Who had raped her? ANS: SEXTUS (TARQUINIUS) /SON OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS 5. TOSSUP: What use of the genitive case is found in the sentence, Mārcus miser nihil vīnī habēbat? ANS: PARTITIVE / OF THE WHOLE BONUS: Use a partitive genitive to translate “first of all” for this sentence: Sicily was the first province of all.” ANS: PRĪMA OMNIUM *PAUSE FOR SCORE UPDATE* 6.