Department of Classics   University of Otago
 
 
 

Graduate Students

PhD Students

Dean Alexander Ultimus Romanorum: a Biography of C.Cassius Longinus (Pr.44 BC)

Gerard Ellis Lord and Emperor: Philippians 2:5-11

Kyle Gervais A Commentary on Statius, Thebaid 2

Thomas Köntges A Commentary on the "pre-Cena" Section of Petronius' Satyricon Libri

Matthew Matthias A Commentary on Book III of Silius Italicus' Punica

Cameron McPhail Marinus of Tyre (ca. AD 70-130) and his role in the development of mathematical cartography

Stefan Pedersen Foundations of Natural Philosophy in the Cosmology of Proclus

Jamie Potter The Use of Religious Themes in Attic Old Comedy

Alessandra Pugliese The Greek-Macedonian World in the Late Hellenistic Age

Constance Sleeth The Tragic 'Father of Gods and Men': Euripides' Zeus, Seneca's Jupiter

Max Whitaker The Metamorphosis of the Metamorphic Jesus Tradition

 

Recently Completed

Nick Reymond The Figure of the Poor Poet in Classical Poetry (2011)

John Walsh Demythologising the Lamian War: a Literary and Historical Re-Assessment of the Greek Revolt against Antipater (2010)

Robert Simms Statius' Tragic Thebes: Epic and the Tragic Mode (2009)

Andrew Collins The Transformation of Alexander's Court: the Kingship, Royal Insignia and Eastern Court Personnel of Alexander the Great (2008)

Gail Tatham The Image of Moses in Early Christian Art (2008)

Gordon Turner Image and Imagination: Perspectives on Athenian Naval Influence in the Fifth Century (2007)

Charlotte Francis A Commentary on Book 10 of Martial (2007)

Paul Roche A Commentary on Lucan, De Bello Civili 1 (2006)

 

MA Students

Charlotte Dunn Political Propaganda in the Age of Alexander the Great's Successors

Karl Hart Rites of Return: The Rituals of Transformation from Combatant to Citizen

Chelsea Johnston Food-Tasters in Ancient Society

John Kaye Philip II of Macedon

Maria Mackay A/Moral Medea: A New Interpretatoin of an Unnatural Woman

Sara Perley The Methods and Motivations of Roman Diplomacy in the Late Republic

Nathan Watson Studies in Apuleius' Metamorphoses

 

Recently Completed

Dean Alexander The Early Career of Marc Antony (Triumvir): a Historical Re-Assessment of the Period 62-44 BC (2011)

Nicholas McKenzie Thucydides' Corinthians: an Examination of Corinth in Thucydides' Account of the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (2011)

Cameron McPhail Reconstructing Eratosthenes' Map of the World: a Study in Source Analysis (2011)

Jamie Potter Delphi and Beyond: and Examination into the Role of Oracular Centres within Mainland Greece (2011)

Matthew Sibley The Verrines: Cicero's Masterful Prosecution, Hortensius' Hypothetical Defence, and the False Conclusions of Grain Production Models (2010)

Elsbeth Hymes Masculine Rhetoric and Aristophanes' Female Characters (2009)

Michelle Harrison-Sim The Varying Roles of Water in Roman Domestic Life (2007)

Shalini Kennedy The Greek Influence on Roman Sculpture (2007)

Karen Pickford Concepts of Cruelty in Ancient Rome (2006)

 

4th Year Honours and PGDip Students (2011)

Shonelle Eastwood The Representation of Egypt in Euripides' Helen

Shonelle Eastwood Ptolemy I Soter: Controlling Egypt after Alexander's Death

Heather Glasgow A Common Peace for a Common Enemy? An Examination of the Corinthian League

Lucy Hartstone The Portrayal of Women in Late Republican Roman Comedy and Literature

William Harvey Contemporary Perspectives on the Roman Cult of Mithras

Jane Hollebon Ovid's Tristia

Ruth Macklin The Myth of Thyestes: an Examination of Language and Pollution in Ancient Greek and Roman Tragedy

Susan Pelechek Bloody but Unbowed: Strategies, Representations, and Receptions of Roman Military Action in the Second Punic War

Jason Sim The Tactics of the Republican Army during the Second Punic War

Elaine Stevens The Classical Tradition in Architecture: Andrea Palladio

 

 

 

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