Thesis (Ph. D.)--Tübingen, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-305).

Thesis--Cologne. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [xi]-xxxi).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978. / Translation of: In the shadow of the Holy Mountain. Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-196).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Mass., 1998. / Original [Greek] texts of Elias Meniates' sermons on repentance and confession included in appendix. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-159).

This thesis offers an interpretation of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur that accounts for its popularity in fifth century Athens. The myth of the Minotaur had particular political resonance in Classical Athens because of the Minotaur’s hybrid character and eastern connotations. In the wake of the Persian wars, Theseus came to embody Athenian democratic and anti-Barbarian ideals. His canonical opponent, the Minotaur, represented the enemy of the Athenian citizen: an eastern hybrid such as the Persian/Carian/Lycian groups of Anatolia and the east. By aligning the Minotaur with his Near Eastern origins, the story of Theseus sailing to confront the Minotaur can be viewed as the story of Greeks, specifically Athenians, facing what was for them, very real threats from the east. By integrating iconographical and mythological evidence for the myths of Theseus and placing the Minotaur myth within the wider historical and political context of fifth century Athens, this thesis shows that the hybrid Minotaur was a stand in for the Persians. / Graduate

O presente trabalho intitula-se Valério Máximo, Roma e o outro: imagens da Grécia em Roma no século I d.C.. Tem por objetivo analisar, dentro da obra Feitos e Ditos Memoráveis de Valério Máximo, escritor romano do século I d.C., as diferentes formas de representação dos gregos e de sua influência cultural. Pretendemos apresentar duas visões axiais presentes no texto. Uma apresenta a Grécia sob uma imagem positiva, reconhecendo as numerosas contribuições da cultura grega aos romanos. A outra, negativa, vê os gregos como potencialmente corruptores, e procura rotulá-los com defeitos. Há uma utilização pragmática destes dois tropoi retóricos. Esses variam de acordo com a necessidade do autor de ilustrar um dado feito ou dito memorável sob um tema predeterminado, como "sobre os ingratos", por exemplo. Os Feitos e Ditos Memoráveis possuem grande variedade de assuntos e uma organização por temática, constituindo assim um importante registro dos temas relevantes na cultura romana na primeira metade do século I d.C.. O presente trabalho foi realizado com o apoio do CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - Brasil, sob a forma da concessão de Bolsa de Mestrado. / The following work is entitled Valerius Maximus, Rome and the other: images of Greece in Rome in the first century AD. It aims to analyse, in the work Memorable Doings and Sayings of Valerius Maximus, Roman writer of the first century AD, the different representations of the Greeks and their cultural influence. We intend to present two main approaches, as they appear depicted in the text. The first one presents Greece under a positive image, recognizing the many contributions of Greek culture to the Romans. The other, negative, sees Greeks as potential corruptors, and intends to criticize them. There is a pragmatic use of those two rhetorical tropoi. They vary according to the author´s need to illustrate a given memorable deed or saying under a predetermined theme, such as "on the ungrateful" for instance. The Memorable Doings and Sayings encompasses a large variety of matters, and a thematical organization, thus constituting an important record of relevant themes in Roman culture on the first half of the first century AD. This work was done with the support of the National Council for Scientifical and Technological Development - CNPq - Brazil, through the concession of a Mastery scholarship.

This study examines the ancient Greeks’ attitudes to children during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. The investigation is limited to literary sources in selected pre-Christian texts. Problems which might bias interpretation have been noted. Parent-child relationships, as revealed in literary examples of parental love and concern, are of particular interest. Hazards affecting survival in early childhood, and factors which influenced attitudes regarding the fetus, abortion, exposure and infanticide are considered. Legal, political and socio-economic factors are amongst motivating forces. Childhood experiences such as education, sport, pederasty, step-families, slaves and slavery, preparation for marriage, and deprivation due to war and environmental factors are also examined. Ancient attitudes to children are compared with modern attitudes to children in similar situations prevailing in Western culture in the 21st century. The findings reveal that basic human behaviour has changed little over the millennia; however, factors influencing attitudes have undergone some change as society evolved.

This thesis discusses the Ottoman policies on archaeology in the aftermath of the initiation of the Tanzimat reforms (1839) and until the end of the Ottoman Empire (1923). It explores the activities of the central state, the autonomous Principality of Samos in the Aegean, and the Hellenic Literary Society at Constantinople. Primary and secondary sources in Ottoman Turkish, Katharevousa Greek, Modern Turkish and Modern Greek, English and French inform the analysis. The first chapter looks at the contexts within which an Ottoman interest in archaeology emerged. It discusses the rise of archaeology as a distinct area of scientific and scholarly research in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the encounters of the Ottomans with western archaeologies in that period, and those domestic intellectual dynamics that made them receptive to archaeology. The second chapter focuses on the Ottoman legislation on antiquities, and secondarily looks at related institutional developments. It discusses at length the emergence of an Ottoman voice on archaeology through the crystallisation of increasingly comprehensive and mature sets of rules and procedures on heritage management. By looking at the autonomous Principality of Samos, the third chapter shifts the attention to the western periphery of the empire, and explores how the Greek Orthodox, when outside the direct control of the central state, could develop their own understanding of, processes and structures regarding archaeology. The fourth chapter looks, for the first time in the literature, at the archaeological activities of the Hellenic Literary Society at Constantinople, and discusses the contribution of Ottoman society to the promotion of archaeological research and the protection of monuments. Overall, this thesis provides a critical analysis of the emergence of the concept and practice of archaeological heritage protection in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

O presente trabalho intitula-se Valério Máximo, Roma e o outro: imagens da Grécia em Roma no século I d.C.. Tem por objetivo analisar, dentro da obra Feitos e Ditos Memoráveis de Valério Máximo, escritor romano do século I d.C., as diferentes formas de representação dos gregos e de sua influência cultural. Pretendemos apresentar duas visões axiais presentes no texto. Uma apresenta a Grécia sob uma imagem positiva, reconhecendo as numerosas contribuições da cultura grega aos romanos. A outra, negativa, vê os gregos como potencialmente corruptores, e procura rotulá-los com defeitos. Há uma utilização pragmática destes dois tropoi retóricos. Esses variam de acordo com a necessidade do autor de ilustrar um dado feito ou dito memorável sob um tema predeterminado, como "sobre os ingratos", por exemplo. Os Feitos e Ditos Memoráveis possuem grande variedade de assuntos e uma organização por temática, constituindo assim um importante registro dos temas relevantes na cultura romana na primeira metade do século I d.C.. O presente trabalho foi realizado com o apoio do CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - Brasil, sob a forma da concessão de Bolsa de Mestrado. / The following work is entitled Valerius Maximus, Rome and the other: images of Greece in Rome in the first century AD. It aims to analyse, in the work Memorable Doings and Sayings of Valerius Maximus, Roman writer of the first century AD, the different representations of the Greeks and their cultural influence. We intend to present two main approaches, as they appear depicted in the text. The first one presents Greece under a positive image, recognizing the many contributions of Greek culture to the Romans. The other, negative, sees Greeks as potential corruptors, and intends to criticize them. There is a pragmatic use of those two rhetorical tropoi. They vary according to the author´s need to illustrate a given memorable deed or saying under a predetermined theme, such as "on the ungrateful" for instance. The Memorable Doings and Sayings encompasses a large variety of matters, and a thematical organization, thus constituting an important record of relevant themes in Roman culture on the first half of the first century AD. This work was done with the support of the National Council for Scientifical and Technological Development - CNPq - Brazil, through the concession of a Mastery scholarship.

O presente trabalho intitula-se Valério Máximo, Roma e o outro: imagens da Grécia em Roma no século I d.C.. Tem por objetivo analisar, dentro da obra Feitos e Ditos Memoráveis de Valério Máximo, escritor romano do século I d.C., as diferentes formas de representação dos gregos e de sua influência cultural. Pretendemos apresentar duas visões axiais presentes no texto. Uma apresenta a Grécia sob uma imagem positiva, reconhecendo as numerosas contribuições da cultura grega aos romanos. A outra, negativa, vê os gregos como potencialmente corruptores, e procura rotulá-los com defeitos. Há uma utilização pragmática destes dois tropoi retóricos. Esses variam de acordo com a necessidade do autor de ilustrar um dado feito ou dito memorável sob um tema predeterminado, como "sobre os ingratos", por exemplo. Os Feitos e Ditos Memoráveis possuem grande variedade de assuntos e uma organização por temática, constituindo assim um importante registro dos temas relevantes na cultura romana na primeira metade do século I d.C.. O presente trabalho foi realizado com o apoio do CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - Brasil, sob a forma da concessão de Bolsa de Mestrado. / The following work is entitled Valerius Maximus, Rome and the other: images of Greece in Rome in the first century AD. It aims to analyse, in the work Memorable Doings and Sayings of Valerius Maximus, Roman writer of the first century AD, the different representations of the Greeks and their cultural influence. We intend to present two main approaches, as they appear depicted in the text. The first one presents Greece under a positive image, recognizing the many contributions of Greek culture to the Romans. The other, negative, sees Greeks as potential corruptors, and intends to criticize them. There is a pragmatic use of those two rhetorical tropoi. They vary according to the author´s need to illustrate a given memorable deed or saying under a predetermined theme, such as "on the ungrateful" for instance. The Memorable Doings and Sayings encompasses a large variety of matters, and a thematical organization, thus constituting an important record of relevant themes in Roman culture on the first half of the first century AD. This work was done with the support of the National Council for Scientifical and Technological Development - CNPq - Brazil, through the concession of a Mastery scholarship.