Inaug.-Diss.--Basel. / Vita. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [vi]-viii.

Scholars of migration, colonization, and cultural interaction in antiquity have increasingly turned towards a variety of concepts (such as hybridity, negotiations, and middle grounds) developed by postcolonial theorists to describe the dynamics of ancient civilizations beyond the major centers of Athens and Rome. Whereas older models of identity saw the ancient world as a series of geographically distinct cultural units with attendant language, religion, and practices--that is to say, a model of identity rooted in the modern concept of the nation state-- recently classicists have come to see ancient identities as abstractions of a series of individual choices that take place over long periods of time and that are always mediated by contact with different groups. Focusing on two authors from what I shall define as the `colonial worlds' of antiquity (Theocritus from Sicily and Lucian from Syria) this study will explore how representations of physical difference and cultural practice negotiate the presence of non-Greek peoples into Greek literary culture.

Inaug.-Diss.--Basel. / Vita. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [vi]-viii.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Classics." Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-366).

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This dissertation is comprised of two major analyses: (1) an investigation into whether the Lucianic recension exists in the manuscript tradition of the Greek Ecclesiastes and (2) the application of the classical, text-critical principle of recensio to the manuscript tradition of the Greek Ecclesiastes.

O objetivo deste estudo é analisar o romance grego , Das Narrativas Verdadeiras, de Luciano de Samósata (125-180 d.C.), considerando os objetivos expostos pelo autor no proêmio do texto e sua composição por meio da alusão a outros gêneros literários. Apresenta-se também uma tradução do texto em português. / The aim of this study is to analyze the greek novel , True Histories, by Lucian of Samosata (circa 125-180 AD), regarding the aims exposed by the author in the prologue of the text, as well as its composition made by alluding to other literary genres. A Portuguese translation of the novel is also provided.

Il lavoro è un commento continuo al dialogo "Il simposio o i lapiti" di Luciano di Samosata, con una propria traduzione in lingua italiana. Oltre ai problemi linguistici, testuali, contenutistici e stilistici dell'opera, particolare attenzione è stata dedicata anche agli aspetti antiquari e archeologici del momento simposiale. / This work is a commentary on the dialogue the symposium or the lapiths written by Lucian of samosata, with an Italian translation. In addition to the linguistic, textual, stylistic problems, I paid also attention to archaeological matters relating to the symposion.

Using Gene Sharp’s guidelines for nonviolent action and Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way’s four arenas of contestation (electoral, legislative, judiciary, and the media) that allow opposition forces to challenge, weaken, or defeat competitive authoritarian regimes, this study provides a functionalist analysis of Serbia’s Otpor movement. Serbia under Milošević was a particular type of hybrid regime called competitive authoritarianism, a regime where the rules of a fully democratically integrated government are violated so often and to such extent that competitive authoritarian incumbents fall short of the bare minimum standards of conventional democracy, bordering the line of authoritarian dictators. Combining Sharp, Levitsky, and Way’s functionalist perspective on social movements with those of sociologists Charles Tilly and Lesley Wood and Charles Stewart’s functional approach to the rhetoric of social movements, this study outlines Otpor’s strategies and analyzes them in hopes of outlining a blueprint for future social movements with similar political opportunities available.