This study examines the first representations of historical events on public monuments in Athens during the fifth century BC. In the Near East and Egypt, for much of their history, leaders commonly erected monuments representing historical figures and contemporary events. In Arc…
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This thesis examines the role of the guarantor in transactions involving the city state in the context of the debate regarding the unity of Greek law. It asks whether it is possible to identify any principles of law or practice regarding guarantors in these transactions which we…
The study examines three myths endemic to Western culture, autochthony (indigenousness), promised land, and exile, taking as figurative representations Athens for autochthony and Jerusalem for promised land. The myth of autochthony is found in ancient Greek literature and the my…
The city has an identity, which cannot be reduced to the identity of those currently living in the city. The link between city and identity can be explored outside the city, in the diaspora of the city, by looking at how the former residents relate to it as a source of identity.…
C.L.R. James (1901-1989), native of Trinidad, is perhaps the most libertarian revolutionary thinker of both the Pan-African and international labor movements in the twentieth century. Best known as the author of The Black Jacobins (1938), the classic account of Toussaint L'Ouver…
The purpose of this study was to locate the source from which the Western Christian Church borrowed the practice of ringing bells at Christian shrines that is evident at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in the mid-eighth century C.E. Four major religious shrines, the fifth-century B…
Classical education played an integral role in defining elite social relationships in the ancient world. In the later Roman Empire, it was a commodity that was often controlled by pagans. This made it controversial. Despite persistent imperial and ecclesiastical efforts to under…
In this thesis, I show how communities living together in relative equality in Aleppo, Syria, and fleeing the same conflict, experienced very different outcomes depending on which religious community they belonged to. Members of the Greek Orthodox Christian community from Aleppo…
The biographical tradition asserts that Euripides had been a painter before he was a tragedian and that his artworks were on view in Megara. While this story is likely fanciful, it does testify to the long-standing recognition of Euripides’ interest in the visual arts. In this d…
All throughout the 19th century, the city of Athens manifest a distinct character that was inspired by its history. Flourishing with Neoclassical civic architecture, it remained a modest metropolis that was planned to function harmoniously around its ancient monuments. Today in …
In today’s global society, the mediums in which cultural iconography are portrayed are mostly film, photography, and other mass media. 2500 years ago, in classical Athens, pottery and sculpture dominated the social scene. . Regardless of societies, religions, cultures, etc., cer…