Browsing Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Ancient mediterranean studies (MU)"
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Dragon of Skyros : a study on the cultures of the ninth century through creative fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)To investigate the reception of Classical motifs within the early medieval world, as well as show the multicultural connectivity between peoples, this work of creative fiction explores the tradition of Neoptolemus in the ... -
Imagining the future of classics pedagogy: an introductory-level, undergraduate course on Medea, intersectionality, and Beloved
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Over the past two years the field of Classics, alongside many other disciplines, has undergone a much more public and mainstream reckoning with its complicity in institutionalized racism and other discriminatory, even ... -
Mysteries, philosophy, and self-representation in imperial Rome : Plutarch, Apuleius, and Vettius Agorius Praetextatus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In my dissertation, I explore the use of mystery cults in three separate authors -- Plutarch of Chaeronea, Apuleius of Madauros, and Vettius Agorius Praetextatus -- and analyze how these writers use mystery cults to ... -
Penelope : digital exhibition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Penelope, the legendary queen of Ithaca, has long been regarded by the public as a faithfully waiting matron and astute wife of Odysseus. This project is designed to present the viewer with different Penelopes as seen ...