Browsing 2015 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Classical studies (MU)"
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A new heroism : a study of the battle scenes in Lucan's Bellum Civile
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation provides an examination of how Lucan's Bellum Ciuile redefines epic heroism by focusing on the poet's use of the narrative structures that make up epic large scale battle. It argues that Lucan engages his ... -
Remembering Trajan in fourth-century Rome : memory and identity in spatial, artistic, and textual narratives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This study examines a broad range of fourth-century evidence in art, literature, and monuments in order to examine the cultural significance of the Roman emperor Trajan. Trajan was famous in his own day in the second century ...