[Moipa, Timh, Themis and Dikh] geben Aufsehluβ über die Anschauungen des von Homer und Hesiod dargestellten Menschen, seinen Glauben, seine Rechts- und Staatsauffassung und seine Einsehatzung des Menschen. Moipa stellt einen Glaubensbereich dar, der neben den Göttern Gültigkeit hat. Timh ist ein Maβstab, an dem gewisse Menschen und aIle Götter gewertet werden. Themis und Dikh verkörpen Vorstellungen, die aus der politisch-rechtlichen Sphäre stammen. Darüber hinaus stellen diese vier Anschauungen den Versuch des Menschen dar, sich und seine Welt zu verstehen und sich in dieser Welt zurechtzufinden. Der Schiecksalsglaube stellt das Verständnis des Menschen von den ihn persönlich treffenden Ereignissen dar. Durch die Timh findet der Mensch oder Gott seinen ihm zugewiesenen Rang innerhalb der Gesellschaft; sie verleiht dem Einzelnen die Selbstsicherheit und den Wert, den er besitzen muβ, um vor den anderen bestehen zu können. Themis und Dikh sind Stutzen und Pfeiler, auf denen die Gesellschaft basiert. Mit ihr ordnet der Mensch seine Gemeinschaft rechtlich und politisch.

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This dissertation will explore the city wall theme in Vergil’s Aeneid, particularly in the battle scenes, using Homer’s Iliad as a lodestone to help identify significance. Aeneas’s mission is to found the moenia of a city, but he never does so within the epic—yet practically all warfare occurs in the context of fighting over walls. Looking at what walls are being fought over and by whom, an organizing principle emerges: the Trojan walled camp is analogous to the Greek walled camp from the Iliad, and, with some ambiguity, Laurentum is analogous to Troy. The role of the walls in the events is best examined by looking at what the characters themselves actually do regarding the walls. It becomes clear that from the start of the war Turnus is a Hector figure and Aeneas an Achilles figure, despite their own desires. History is to an extent replaying, but Vergil points to key differences to show how the war in Italy is different, even with the Trojan roles reversed. Chapter 1 begins with examining the wall theme throughout the early portions of the Aeneid, focusing attention on the importance of walls in the proem, the Prophecy of Jupiter, and the simile between Roma and Cybele spoken by Anchises in the Underworld. The theme that emerges is that Rome becomes an idealized concept that is represented by walls, pointing to a new ideology which can apply to all. Chapter 2 looks at the battle books through the behavior of the soldiers as a whole, comparing them to Homer’s Greeks, who are shamed into fighting to defend walls and into fighting metaphorically as walls themselves. Chapter 3 investigates how shame prevents both Turnus and Hector from fighting in ways that defend their walls and benefit their people. This comparison highlights how Turnus actually changes his sense of shame and ends up saving his walls and people. Chapter 4 shows that Aeneas is not merely an Achilles figure in the war, but that is he is closely compared to Achilles specifically in his threat to walls. The major difference is that Aeneas is also a founder figure, and thus Vergil creates a paradox by having Aeneas both threatening Laurentum but eager to preserve it. The Conclusion will place the findings in historical context, showing that Vergil’s theme and conception of Roman national identity fit with other poetry, architecture, plastic arts, and even cult worship of the Augustan period.

Neste trabalho analisou-se de forma técnica e econômica, diferentes unidades de geração elétrica. São elas: célula a combustível movida a hidrogênio, geração eólica, geração solar, geração hídrica, grupo moto gerador à diesel. Utiliza-se do software HOMER para simular o funcionamento das unidades geradoras. Ainda discute-se o tema energético, levanta-se os parâmetros de entrada, analisa-se as variáveis de sensibilidade e discute-se os resultados obtidos. / In this study was analyzed technically and economically, different units of electrical generation. There are: fuel cell powered by hydrogen, wind power, solar power, hydro power, diesel generator. Makes use of the HOMER software to simulate the runs of the generator units. Also discusses the energy theme, develop input parameters, analyzes the variables of sensitivity and discusses the results.

This dissertation argues that Homer's Iliad depicts the Trojan landscape as participant in or even victim of the Trojan War. This representation alludes to extra-Homeric accounts of the origins of the Trojan War in which Zeus plans the war to relieve the earth of the burden of human overpopulation. In these myths, overpopulation is the result of struggle among the gods for divine kingship. Through this allusion, the Iliad places itself within a framework of theogonic myth, depicting the Trojan War as an essential step in separating the world of gods and the world of men, and making Zeus’ position as the father of gods and men stable and secure. The Introduction covers the mythological background to which the Iliad alludes through an examination of extra-Homeric accounts of the Trojan War’s origins. Chapter One analyzes a pair of similes at Iliad 2.780-85 that compare the Akhaian army to Typhoeus, suggesting that the Trojan War is a conflict similar to Typhoeus’ attempt to usurp Zeus’ position as king of gods and men. Chapter Two demonstrates how Trojan characters are closely linked with the landscape in the poem’s first extended battle scene (4.422-6.35); the deaths of these men are a symbolic killing of the land they defend. Chapter Three discusses the aristeia of Diomedes in Book 5, where his confrontations with Aphrodite, Ares, and Apollo illustrate the heroic tendency to disrespect the status difference between gods and men. Athena’s authorization of Diomedes’ actions reveals the existence of strife among the Olympian gods, which threatens to destabilize the divine hierarchy. Chapter Four examines the Akhaian wall whose eventual destruction is recounted at the beginning of Book 12. The wall symbolizes human impiety and its destruction is a figurative fulfillment of Zeus’ plan to relieve the earth of the burden of unruly humanity. Finally, Chapter Five treats the flußkampf and Theomachy of Books 20 and 21, episodes adapting scenes of divine combat typically associated with the struggle for divine kingship. In the Iliad, these scenes show that Zeus’ power is unassailable. / text

The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate and chronicle the career of conservative Republican Senator, Homer E. Capehart who served Indiana during the administrations of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy.While the dissertation examined the long political career of the Indiana Senator, special emphasis was placed upon Capehart's contribution as a "cold warrior" to the formation of American foreign policy from World War II to 1962.Most of the information collected on the Senate career of Capehart came from the following sources: (1) Interviews conducted with the former Senator and numerous individuals, both friend and foe, who were personally involved in Capehart's turbulent political career; (2) Correspondence conducted with several individuals who had direct knowledge of Capehart's career; (3) Many newspaper and magazine articles reporting the Senator's statements, senatorial and public performance during his three terms; (4) Books concerning political topics in which Capehart had a direct involvement; (5) The Congressional Record and the Congressional Quarterly Almanac,, recording the Senator's public statements and voting records; (6) The extensive collection of private documents and letters of the "Capehart Collection" located in the Indiana State Historical Library; and (7) Valuable information gathered from other Indiana public university libraries, especially Indiana University.The dissertation investigates Senator Capehart's contributions against the background of the Cold War. The paper is organized chronologically. Each chapter deals with a specific interval in Homer Capehart's career. The first chapter details Capehart's early life and subsequent business career. The second chapter investigates Capehart's rise to political power. The third chapter examines the early days of Capehart's Senate tenure under the Truman administration. The fourth chapter chronicles Capehart's political career during the Eisenhower years. The final chapter looks at Capehart's career during the Kennedy administration with special attention directed toward Capehart's involvement in the Cuban missile crisis and his last political campaign.Capehart, the politician businessman, was the personification of the Horatio Alger saga. The former Senator, who was born into a poor Southern Indiana rural environment, had amassed a personal fortune in the jukebox business by his 40th birthday. Politically, life began at 40 for Capehart who then directed his talents and tremendous energy toward establishing a powerful political base from which he eventually secured a seat in the United States Senate.Capehart went to Franklin Roosevelt's Washington as a businessman, and as a vociferous supporter of free enterprise during the final days of World War II. He gained his senatorial reputation as a loyal protege of Senator Robert A. Taft who led the fight against President Truman to deregulate the domestic economy and to prevent the internationalization of the nation's foreign policies. Capehart became a respected member of the conservative Republican Foreign Relations Committee and a powerful member of the Senate Banking Committee during the Eisenhower years. During the Kennedy era, he became a vocal opponent of Democratic "fiscal irresponsibility" and an acknowledged expert on Latin American affairs. Capehart was one of the chief critics of the Kennedy administration's handling of the Cuban missile crisis, a position which not only gave him his greatest national publicity but which, ironically, also contributed mightily to his final political defeat.

Thèse--Universit́e de Berne. / "Bibliographie": p. [161]-166.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1930. / Without thesis note. Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Regensburg, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-168) and indexes.