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Female Aristeiai and Women in Masculine Roles in Epic Literature
| Title: | Female Aristeiai and Women in Masculine Roles in Epic Literature. |
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| Name(s): |
Chasteen, Bethany, author Department of Classics |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Text | |
| Issuance: | serial | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Physical Form: |
computer online resource |
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| Extent: | 1 online resource | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This honors thesis will aim to address the less-studied topic of female aristeia and women in masculine roles in ancient epic to establish examples of women breaching concepts that divided ancient society. It will also examine aristeia as a tool used by an author to foreshadow the success or failure of a character in battle in Homer's Iliad, Vergil's Aeneid and in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy. There is an exploration of German scholar Tilman Krischer's model which tracks the process that a hero undergoes in his aristeia as well as how his model fits other masculine Greek heroes in the Iliad. An analysis of some works by J.G. Howie on Krischer's work is included. Aristeiai for Hera in book 14 of the Iliad and Dido in book 4 of the Aeneid are proposed, following the model by Krischer. Comparison of the Amazonian warrior Penthesileia to the Greek hero Achilles is performed and an analysis of her role as a warrior in Quintus of Smyrna's Fall of Troy. | |
| Identifier: | FSU_migr_uhm-0187 (IID) | |
| Keywords: | Homer, Iliad, Aristeia, Aeneid, Dido, Hera, Penthesileia, Achilles, Krischer | |
| Submitted Note: | A Thesis submitted to the Department of Classics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Honors in the Major. | |
| Degree Awarded: | Spring Semester, 2013. | |
| Date of Defense: | April 15, 2013. | |
| Subject(s): |
Greece -- History History, Ancient Rome -- History Arts Humanities Classical literature Classical philology Civilization, Classical Civilization, Greco-Roman Culture Languages, Modern |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_uhm-0187 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| Owner Institution: | FSU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Honors Theses. |
Chasteen, B. (2013). Female Aristeiai and Women in Masculine Roles in Epic Literature. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_uhm-0187
