Essays about: "ancient lived experience"

Found 4 essays containing the words ancient lived experience.

  1. 1. Making Sense of Material Culture : A Sensory Approach to Bird-Shaped Vessels in Imperial Age Greece

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Lina Enevång Viklund; [2023]
    Keywords : bird-shaped vessels; glass unguentaria; ancient senses; archaeology of the senses; ancient lived experience;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is Roman bird-shaped glass vessels from the 1 st and 2 nd centuries AD. The vessels were containers for cosmetics and distinguished themselves from other types of unguentaria in that once they had been filled with cosmetic powder, the vessels were reheated and sealed shut by fire. READ MORE

  3. 2. Historical Reality in Modern Fiction : An analysis of Hedningarnas förgård

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Emilia Åkerman; [2023]
    Keywords : reception studies; early christianity; slaves; women; urbanism; historical reality; ancient lived experience;

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  4. 3. Ἀνδρεία, Τόλμα, Θράσος - Male and Female Courage in Classical Greek Literature

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Andrea Nyholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Classical Greek literature; Athenian society; ancient Greek values; gender theory; semantics; ancient literature;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the differences in the descriptions of and the attitudes towards female courage in the literature of the Classical period. Male authors of this period wrote extensively of the martial and virtuous courage of men, andreíā, yet in some instances instead labelled courage as tólma or thrásos. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ἀνδρεία, Τόλμα, Θράσος - Male and Female Courage in Classical Greek Literature

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

    Author : Andrea Nyholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Classical Greek literature; Athenian society; ancient Greek values; gender theory; semantics; ancient literature;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the differences in the descriptions of and the attitudes towards female courage in the literature of the Classical period. Male authors of this period wrote extensively of the martial and virtuous courage of men, andreíā, yet in some instances labelled courage instead as tólma or thrásos. READ MORE