Essays about: "ancient Greece"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 27 essays containing the words ancient Greece.

  1. 11. Egyptomania in Hellenistic Greece : A study based on water in the cult of Isis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Alexandra Boender; [2019]
    Keywords : Isis; water; sanctuary; hellenistic; greece;

    Abstract : The present study examines the function and religious symbolism of water in the Isis sanctuaries in Hellenistic Greece. This is achieved through a survey of all the Isis sanctuaries in Greece dating to the Hellenistic period and the water installations. READ MORE

  3. 12. Trädgård för själen : en jämförelse mellan rehabiliteringsträdgårdarna Nynäs och Gröna Rehab

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Marluz De Leon Gonzalez; [2017]
    Keywords : Gröna Rehab; Nynäs; rehabilitering; rehabiliteringsträdgård; trädgård;

    Abstract : Sedan tidernas begynnelse har naturen haft läkande effekter på människors välmående. Redan i gamla Grekland hade väletablerade filosofer som Aristoteles och Platon kännedom om naturens krafter. Denna kunskap har sedan dess haft en stor betydelse för behandlingsmetoder inom psykisk ohälsa. READ MORE

  4. 13. “Could that be diabolical, and really spotted with unseen evil, which was so spotless to the eye?” : Discipline and Homosexuality in Walter Pater's "Emerald Uthwart" and "Apollo in Picardy"

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Klara Toll; [2017]
    Keywords : Walter Pater; discipline; ascesis; homosexuality; “Apollo in Picardy; ” “Emerald Uthwart; ” Imaginary Portraits;

    Abstract : In Walter Pater’s work there are often mentions of discipline and ascesis in an explicitly positive way. But, in some of his work, discipline, although not ascesis, seem to be taking on a more negative form. Critics have nonetheless seemed satisfied with Pater’s explicit praise for discipline and the area is thus not very thoroughly researched. READ MORE

  5. 14. How Textbooks Teach Rhetoric: : An Analysis of Oral Tasks in TextbooksDeveloped for the English Subject in Swedish Upper-Secondary Schools

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Lizette Johansson; [2017]
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    Abstract : Rhetoric has been a part of education since ancient Greece and even though it faded away and disappeared for a long time, it was quite recent reintroduced in the Swedish curriculum. This reintroduction is clearly reflected in the European council’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and in the English subject syllabus in the Swedish 2011 curriculum for upper-secondary school. READ MORE

  6. 15. Women and Their Bodies in Classical Greece : The Hippocratic Female

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Linda Persson; [2016]
    Keywords : Gynaecology; Hippocratics; Classical Greece; menstruation; women; wandering womb;

    Abstract : The Hippocratic Corpus is a collection of approximately sixty medical treatises that were written by the Hippocratics during the Classical period of Greece. The Hippocratics were a group of practicing physicians and are today considered as one of the first Greek scientists. READ MORE