Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "Greek"
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Backward Raising
(Wiley Blackwell (Blackwell Publishing), 2012)This paper documents and analyzes an instance of covert A-movement, specifically covert subject-to-subject raising, in the Northwest Caucasian language Adyghe. We argue that Adyghe has a subject-to-subject raising ... -
Dental-aspirate presents in Greek and Indo-European
(2023-01-18)This work examines the class of Greek presents in -θε/ο- and, by comparison with cognate formations in the other Indo-European daughter languages, attempts to recover the form and function of the dental aspirate suffix in ... -
Desiring Athletes: The Meaning of Athletic Imagery on Red-Figure Athenian Symposium Pottery
(2023-09-05)This dissertation explores the iconography of athletes on Athenian red-figure pottery of the late sixth and fifth centuries BCE, a period in which athletic imagery pervaded the homes, marketplaces, and sanctuaries of ancient ... -
Disease and Desire: Perspectives on Addiction from Ancient Greek Poetry, Philosophy, and Medicine
(2022-06-06)This dissertation investigates addiction in the ancient Greco-Roman world, a phenomenon which I show not only existed in the ancient past, but was also conceptualized in unique ways. Based on a method that balances biological ...