University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 7-13-2014 AUGUSTAN TRIUMPHS: DISHONORABLE LAURELS IN OVIDS AMORES AND METAMORPHOSES Matthew iW lkens Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds Recommended Citation Wilkens, Matthew. "AUGUSTAN TRIUMPHS: DISHONORABLE LAURELS IN OVIDS AMORES AND METAMORPHOSES." (2014). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/fll_etds/33 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. i Matthew C. Wilkens Candidate Foreign Languages and Literatures Department This thesis is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Thesis Committee: Professor Osman Umurhan, Chairperson Professor Monica Cyrino Professor Lorenzo F. Garcia, Jr. ii AUGUSTAN TRIUMPHS: DISHONORABLE LAURELS IN OVID’S AMORES AND METAMORPHOSES by MATTHEW C. WILKENS B.A., CLASSICAL STUDIES, RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE 2011 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico May 2014 iii Acknowledgments I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to the following people who were instrumental in completing this thesis. Without your support, encouragement, and belief in me, this project could not have been possible. To my Thesis Committee, for your collective inspiration, and the countless hours dedicated to helping me achieve my goals.