Browsing 1900-1909 Theses (MU) by Thesis Department "Classical languages and archaeology (MU)"
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Athena and Ares and a comparison of the two as divinities of war
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)The aim of this paper will be to set forth the conception of Athena as found in the principal early sources of Greek mythology, namely the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer; the Theogonia, Works and Days, and Shield of Heracles, ... -
The attitude of the ancient Greek writers toward oracles
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)The object of this dissertation is to show to what extent the educated people of ancient Greece believed in the reality, power, and authority of the oracles. There is no doubt that the common people believed implicitly. ... -
A comparison of the Dido story of the Aeneid IV with the Ariadne episode in Catullus LXIV
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)When considering carefully the Epyllion of Catullus and Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, can we say that Virgil was influenced by Catullus? It seems to me we are justified in saying this. Certainly it would not be fair to say ... -
A critical study of the hexameter of Virgil's Ecologues and Aeneid I-VI, and a Comparison with that of the Culex and Ciris
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)The object of this paper is two-fold: to discuss the structure of Virgil's Hexameter, giving some of the peculiarities and metrical licenses; and to compare it with his doubtful poems, the Culex and Ciris, noticing whether ... -
A criticism of Keller's Homeric society
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1908)The sociological study of the Iliad and Odyssey entitled "Homeric Society", and compiled by Albert Galloway Keller, instructor in social science at Yale University, offers much interesting reading, much matter for careful ... -
Double expressions in the speeches of Sallust
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)There is no doubt that the speeches in Sallust's histories are not quoted exactly but that, in accordance with the custom prevailing in classical times, words are put into the mouth of the speaker which might have been ... -
The essay in Greek literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)That the essay is a form of literature created by Montaigne, that it was unknown before him, and is distinctively modern, is a theory generally prevalent among the literary public of our time. But it is altogether contrary ... -
Euripides as a poet of nature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)On the shores of Salamis, Euripides used for his study a cave which overlooked the sea, and in this secluded place wrote most of his tragedies. Thus leading a life of seclusion, Euripides devoted much time to studying ... -
Euripides' idea of God and his attitude toward contemporary religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)What were the ideas which Euripides entertained in regard to the divine government of the universe and an over ruling deity and what attitude did he sustain toward the gods of Greece as commonly accepted in his time? This ... -
The gods of the Aeneid
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1903)This thesis contains descriptions and analysis of several of the gods from Virgil's Aeneid. -
The Homeric house in the light of recent excavations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)The purpose of this paper is to give a detailed description of the Homeric house, according to the information to be had from the Homeric poems, and to compare it with other palaces of early antiquity, such as those of ... -
The infinitive as used by Vergil in his Aeneid
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)Vergil has made liberal use of his license as a poet, not only in using the infinitive mode in many instances where it would be either unusual in prose, or absolutely non-permissible, but also in his looseness of diction. ... -
Persius' debt to Horace.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)In the comparison of the Satires of Persius with those of Horace it will be found that there are many similar passages. Some of these passages are alike in thought, while others contain the same group of words, but the ... -
Presentation and stage setting of Greek tragedy of the fifth century B.C.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1902)The purpose of this thesis is to see what facts we may gather concerning the presentation and stage setting of Greek Tragedy of the fifth century B. C. from the study of the extant plays of Aeschylus and several of those ... -
Puns in Plautus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)A pun is commonly defined as an expression in which the use of a word in two different applications, or the use of two different words pronounced alike or nearly alike, presents an odd or ludicrous idea. But time and again ... -
Sound effects in Lucretius
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)When the Greek philosophers first began to write down the results of their investigations they chose verse as the medium through which to present their ideas to the world. This was very natural for poetry was the medium ... -
Study of the rhetorical figures in the odes of Horace
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)The purpose of this paper is a study of the more important Figures of Rhetoric as found in the Four Books of the Odes of Horace. While editors of Horace have, in their editions, here and there pointed out scattered instances ... -
The use of faxo and obsecro in Plautus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1904)In the reading of Plautus one notices many words used paratactically which in classical Latin subordinate the following clause. Prominent among these words are faxo and obsecro, and it is the purpose of this paper to discuss ... -
The use of simul, simulac (atque) and synonyms, cum primum ut primum and ubi primum from the earliest literature down to the Augustan age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)The Latin language has a large number of equivalent expressions meaning "as soon as". If they are compared with those used for any other single temporal idea, they are found to be far more numerous than those used for other ... -
The use of simul, simulac (atque) and synonyms, cum primum, ut primum and ubi primum, from the Ciceronian period on
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)A language when compared to a people shows many points of similarity. Though both are continuous themselves, each is made up of individual units that have their birth, growth and death, but in the case of words, as not in ...