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1	Den gudomliga döden : Hur död och dödande uppfattas i Homeros Odysséen Johansson, Tuva January 2016 (has links) How people perceive life and death changes over time and space. The question of a peoples’ comprehension about life and all that comes with it is significant in understanding a long gone civilization. The purpose of this essay is to investigate the different ways which people in Homers Odyssey die, and whether these were considered “good” or “bad” according to the values and rules of the society of that time. Furthermore, I will examine if there are more or less acceptable reasons to kill someone. Both overarching aims will be attained by studying the Odyssey and analyzing all that has to do with death, perception of justice, the gods, and fate, to the extent of which this is possible. The epic poem, being one of few surviving literary works of the 8th century B.C. and possibly the oldest preserved Greek and European literary work, is a rare glimpse into the minds of a 3000-year-old people. The Odyssey will be explored using an empirical approach with my own opinions and values as a framework in order to better understand the concept of death in the ancient Greek world as Homer echoes it. The main source being used in my analysis is undoubtedly the Odyssey itself, since this contains all of the deaths and all of the conceptions of death that I wanted to access. Apart from the Odyssey I have also looked at the Iliad, to be able to illustrate similarities and differences between the two epics. Robert Garlands’ book The greek way of death as well as Death in the greek world by Maria Serena Mirto have given me a solid foundation concerning death overall in the ancient greek world. Garland writes about death as a process and examines the current evidence surrounding it, while Mirto, a bit more personally, analyzes the different stages of death and how people reacted to them. More centered information on the subject I have collected from Jasper Griffins’ Homer on life and death and Eric A. Havelocks’ The greek concept of justice. Griffin explores how life and death is depicted in the Homeric epics, and more closely the significance of death and the power of the gods. Havelock analyzes in his book the works of mainly three ancient writers (Homer, Hesiod and Plato) and the influence these have had over time on the development of justice in the minds of the ancient greek people. I came to the conclusion that there was indeed more or less “good” and “bad” ways to die, just as there was more or less “accepted” reasons to kill a man according to other men and the gods respectively, depending on the situation. People die in many diverse ways in the epic, each of which gives something to the discussion concerning how people perceived life and death in the age of Homer. Homeros Odysséen död gudar rättvisa öde
2	De l'errant à l'artiste : le rayonnement d'Ulysse dans l'œuvre romanesque de Jean Giono / Ivier, Marica, January 2008 (has links) No description available.
3	Homo Divinans : Teckentydande i militär kontext i det klassiska Grekland 480–323 f. Kr. Henriksson, Patrik January 2014 (has links) No description available. spådomskonst antiken Grekland spåmän offer offertydor fågeltydor järtecken omen Homeros hoplitsoldater djuroffer rovfåglar Zeus Atena Apollon
4	Utvecklingen av antika berättelser : Skildringar av Odysséens och Aeneidens underjord. / The evolution of ancient stories : depictions between the Odyssey and the Aeneid. Bergström, Emma January 2022 (has links) Science has studied ancient litterateur and poetry for a long time. This paper has chosen to turn its eyes towards Virgil’s Aeneid as its focus. One of the central points and the theory of the paper is to explore the ways in which the time Virgil lived have affected how he wrote the Aeneid as well as the reason for writing. Another theory that has been raised is if Virgil's work was affected by the current political changes during his lifetime, especially since he had a friendly relationship with the emperor Augustus, and if thus the Aeneid was written as a possible use of propaganda. To find an answer to the theories I have looked and presented the similarities and differences in the why the heroes travelled to the underworld, the journey itself and interactions of the two heroes with others during their time going towards the underworld as well as during their time there. The main material were the two authors’ narratives of the underworld, specifically the sixth book of the Aeneid and the eleventh book of the Odyssey, set in relation to modern research on these topics. The texts have been approached by close reading to further understand Virgil’s text and choices, and how the political views have been incorporated into his work. By reading the works and comparing the two narratives following the three analytical points, consistently and multiple times, as well as modern research, it could be concluded that Virgil's rendering of the narrative was a product of his own time, especially visible in the significant number of references to the Roman Empire and its leaders. Homeros Vergilius Underjorden döden politik propaganda jämförande analys Antikvetenskap
5	Homerisk häpnad Diop, Yves January 2021 (has links) Emotioner spelar en central roll hos Homeros. Bland emotioner är häpnaden framträdande och situationerna och företeelserna som väcker den är många och av olika slag: människornas möten med människor och gudar, insikter som de härvidlag kan vinna, farhågor och föraningar om avgörande skeenden, deras upplevelser vid anblicken av skönhet, grymhet, gudomlighet och det mänskliga livets hårda villkor och slutligen berättarkonsten själv, kan alla väcka häpnad. Homeros har flera ord som uttrycker dessa emotionella upplevelser. Men i ordböcker och lexika översätts de ofta med samma ord och de har inte undersökts utifrån ett emotionsteoretiskt perspektiv. I häpnadens affektiva fält ingår visserligen emotioner som förundran, förvåning, hänförelse och bestörtning, men dessa ord är inte tillräckliga för att vi ska förstå de olika formerna av häpnad såsom emotioner, det vill säga såsom komplexa och processuella affektiva fenomen stadda i ständig förvandling. En djupare förståelse för homerisk psykologi och berättarteknik förutsätter att vi förstår de olika nyanserna av häpnad, hur de framkallas och kommer till uttryck narrativt och språkligt, samt hur och varför dessa emotioner tillmäts så stor vikt i båda eposen. För att göra detta analyseras tolv ord utifrån ett emotionsteoretiskt perspektiv, som utgår från att emotioner är dynamiska och processuella fenomen och utgörs av flera komponenter, bland vilka räknas intentionalitet, värderingar, handlingstendenser, uttryck, fysiologiska reaktioner, subjektivt upplevda känslor samt verbalisering. De grekiska orden utgörs av sex verb och sex substantiv, vilka betecknar antingen handlingen ”att häpna” (t.ex. θαυμάζω), emotionen ”häpnad” (t.ex. τάφος) eller handlingar som kan försätta människor i emotionella tillstånd som kan karakteriseras i termer av häpnad (t.ex. θέλγω). Undersökningen visar att det föreligger väsentliga skillnader i användningen och därmed betydelsen av de undersökta orden, både sinsemellan och inom ett och samma ord. Vidare uppmärksammas skillnader i ordens betydelse i de två eposen. Jag argumenterar för att dessa skillnader, som delvis härrör ur de två eposens skilda tematik, har berättartekniska funktioner och är särskilt relevanta för karakterisering och handling. Homer emotions wonder semantics Homeros emotioner semantik Specific Languages Studier av enskilda språk
6	Hoplitkrigens död : En studie i antik grekisk krigsföring Smedbakken Edman, Olof January 2013 (has links) En studie som inriktar sig på de förändringar som sker med den antika grekiska krigsföringen mellan perserkrigen och de peloponnesiska krigen - med fokus på den grekiska hopliten och det grekiska kavalleriet. Hoplit peloponnesiska krigen perserkrigen Xenofon Thukydides Herodotos Homeros Victor Hanson Christopher Matthew antika krig grekiska slagfält kavalleri
7	Paris, den trojanska prinsen : Jämförelse av Paris utifrån verket Iliaden och filmen Troy / Paris, prince of Troy : A comparison between the Iliad and the movie Troy Rajala Johansson, Desireé January 2015 (has links) The purpose of this essay is to analyze how the Trojan prince Paris is described in the Iliad and in the movie Troy in regard to love and bravery. Thereafter an analysis of the similarities and differences between the Iliad and the movie Troy will be made. There will also be a discussion why there are differences between an epic story which was made for over two thousand years ago and a modern movie made in the twenty-first century. The differences will be based on the perspective ancient Greek culture versus filmmaking of the twenty-first century. The method that has been used is narrative analysis where the primary data, the Iliad and the movie Troy, have been interpreted. The Trojan prince Paris is described as a young, handsome man driven by his passion for Helen. Because of his passion for Helen he started a war and sacrificed thousands of men of Troy for her sake. The study showed that Paris was described in both the Iliad and the movie Troy as a coward, although some of his actions were brave. One reason why there are differences between the Iliad and the movie Troy is Wolfgang Petersen’s decision to remove the interference of the gods but other reasons are also discussed in the essay. Paris trojanska kriget Iliaden Homeros Troy Wolfgang Petersen kärlek tapperhet antika Grekland antik grekisk kultur antik grekisk religion och mytologi.
8	Odysseus irrfärd : Existentiella, psykologiska och religionshistoriska idéer i det homeriska eposet Ho, Jenny January 2018 (has links) This paper compares Odysseus and Achilles from an existential, psychological and religious perspectives in order to understand the Homeric characters and shed light on the importance of, particularly Odysseus, in our postmodern time. It starts by describing the Homeric field of research and the ideas about Odysseus that were common for the ancient Greek philosophers, and continues with the discussion of the topicality, value and advantage in studying the antiquity. In comparing Odysseus and Achilleus, the paper elaborates on the idea of the relationship between man and god, notably the relationship between Odysseus and Athena and Zeus respectively. It ends with the discussion of the divine connection between Zeus’ and Odysseus’ kingship. Homeros Odysseus Odysséen Achilleus Iliaden grekisk filosofi grekiskt epos antiken antikenstudier antika Grekland transhistoriska frågor nostos identitet History of Ideas Idé- och lärdomshistoria
9	Den (o)synliga Briseis : En komparativ litteraturanalys av relationen mellan Akilles, Patroklos och Briseis i Homeros Iliaden och Pat Barkers The Silence of the Girls Ignatius, Henni January 2019 (has links) The (in)visible Briseis. A comparative literary analysis of the relationship between Achilles, Patroclus and Briseis in Homer’s Iliad and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls The purpose of this essay is to compare the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus in Homer’s Iliad (700s BC) and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls (2019), while also looking into the role of Briseis and how the story differs when it is told from her point of view. Through the analysis I find that the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus have always been intense. I argue, however, that the intensity is given more depth and meaning when described from different perspectives, such as that of Briseis and Achilles himself, as is done in The Silence of the Girls. With the help of Kevin Goddard’s theory of the male gaze, the perspective of both Briseis and Achilles become invaluable for interpreting the relationship between the characters, as well as the characters themselves. For Achilles, the gaze of his mother influences him in a negative way in his relationship with Briseis, while the gaze of Patroclus causes changes in his mentality. I argue that this has to do with the Oedipus complex. For once, Briseis is not invisible and even though she continues to be the slave everyone expects her to be, she is, through the gaze, able to create her own story once that of Achilles ends. It is still the story of the great Achilles, but one in which he is also human. Pat Barker Homer Iliad The Silence of the Girls Gaze Kevin Goddard Perspective Oedipus Complex Pat Barker Homeros Iliaden Oidipuskomplex Kevin Goddard Blicken General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap
10	Tingens lydnad och människans väntan : Nödvändighet, nåd, handling och tänkande i Simone Weils filosofi / The obedience of things and the waiting of man : Necessity, grace, action and thinking in Simone Weils philosophy Christola, Victor January 2017 (has links) This bachelor thesis engages in a quest to understand the concepts of necessity and grace in Simone Weils thinking. The question in play, in which many more questions lie hidden, reads as follows: How does Weil understand the operations of grace in relation to the ”blind necessity” of the natural world, and what are the philosophical implications of this concept of grace? What are, for instance, given her understanding of the world as God’s creation, the metaphysical grounds for a basic human activitiy such as thinking or reflexion? A reading of Simone Weils works on necessity, grace, affliction and attention is contrasted with her thoughts on science, method and truth. The concept of necessity is compared to the one of Spinoza, especially on the subject of how the good or the just relates to the true and the necessary: it shows there are interesting similarities and illuminating differences between the two philosophers’ lines of thought. Here, the concept of attention becomes central to the image: the idea of a cultivated mode of reception of the world and of the Other. Attention is analogously understood as a method of prayer and a cultivated ethical attitude towards other human beings – and an ideal scientific state of mind. In the final chapter of the analytic part of the composition, Weils concept of grace is investigated in regard to concepts of thinking and understanding. Here, Leibniz idea of the divine world and the divine mind plays a concise but important role on the matter of a tentative metaphysical grounding of thinking as such – how this can be thought and how it reflects and deepens Simone Weils metaphysics, especially her understanding of the highest states of insight into the nature of the world as partly a work of divine grace. In the last chapter Walter Benjamins vision of the coming philosophy as a consolidation between Immanuel Kants transcendental philosophy and religious experience – and religious thought – show the way for further investigation into the field, a field that the thesis has outlined at the same time as it has attempted to answer some specific questions that seems to be the most urgent ones. Weil Simone Weil nödvändighet nåd handling tänkande amor fati uppmärksamhet kärlek rättvisa etik moral epistemologi vetenskapsteori vetenskap empiri deduktion analogi matematik ödet tyngden tyngdlagen insikt styrka Homeros Galilei Newton Spinoza Winch Leibniz Nietzsche Cockburn Kate Larson Rhees Herakleitos Parmenides Lacan Boethius Jesus Platon Walter Benjamin Philosophy Filosofi

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