Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Clarke, Michael"
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Ancient Greek lexical semantics: Word meanings as a function of context
Tanner, Harry (NUI Galway, 2023-10-22)In 1989, Johannes Louw highlighted several problems in the study of Ancient Greek Lexical Semantics; 3 many remain unresolved. Louw’s rst diculty was that the etymology of a word is seldom a reliable indicator of ... -
Images and representations of the sea in early medieval Hiberno-Latin and vernacular literature: studies in intertextuality and innovation
Corrigan, Sarah (2017-02-23)This research takes the sea and its creatures as the common focus for an investigation of a series of thematically linked early medieval texts’ interactions with each other and with texts ranging from contemporaneous Insular ... -
Master of two nations: Examining Hellenistic Judean identity in the Exagoge of Ezekiel
Sweeney, Mary Frances (NUI Galway, 2023-08-18)During the Hellenistic period, Ptolemaic Alexandria was a thriving intellectual centre, marked by multicultural exchanges. Within this diverse and highly erudite community, Judeans began to avail of an education in ... -
The poetics of science: intertextual and metatextual themes in Ovid's depiction of cosmic and human origins
Kelly, Peter (2016-09-09)This work explores ancient views of cosmogony and the material structure of the universe in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In particular it focuses on the way in which Ovid problematizes how we define myth and poetry versus science ... -
Reading between the 'likes': Intertextuality and meaning in neo-Assyrian expressions of similarity, metaphorical identity, and analogy
Mc Dermott, Luke (NUI Galway, 2023-10-09)Figurative language is, in essence, the act of synthesising disparate concepts into one communicative image. Rather than merely a poetic technique, this process is fundamental in general understanding and expression ... -
A Trojan cycle for late antiquity: Intertextuality in late epic and its digital representation
Doukas, Ioannis (NUI Galway, 2022-04-19)This work focuses on three late Greek epic poems: the Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna, The Sack of Troy by Triphiodorus and the Abduction of Helen by Colluthus (ca. 3rd-5th centuries CE). These are reworkings of the ...