Browsing Research Articles (Mind, Culture and Society) by Title
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Peoples of Azania.
(University of Otago., 1993)The name Azania, referring to North-East Africa, has long been used for a wide range of political and ideological ends. Modern interpretations given to the name are typically based more on current concerns than on the ... -
Post-traumatic and post-modern : a South African "Electra".
(University of Stellenbosch., 2009)The ancient myth of Electra seems to be of particular interest to South African writers and playwrights. This article focuses on the adaptation by Mervyn McMurtry, entitled Electra, which was produced in Durban in 2000. ... -
The role of discourse and lexical meaning in the grammaticalisation of temporal particles in Latin.
(Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht., 1997)No abstract available. -
The sphragis of Heliodoros, genealogy in the Aithiopika, and Julian’s Hymn to King Helios.
(Departamento de Linguas e Culturas, Universidade de Aveiro., 2011)This article analyses the final sentence of Heliodoros's Aithiopika as a sphragis- an autobiographical statement by the author. Heliodoros here stresses his descent from Helios, as one of characters in the romance, Persinna, ... -
Veiled or unveiled? (Plut. Quaest. Rom. 267B–C).
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War and peace in the ancient Greek novel.
(Classical Association of South Africa., 2005)This article investigates how war and peace are represented in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia, Chariton’s Chaereas and Callirhoe, the Ninus fragment, Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe, Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe, and Heliodorus’ Aithiopika. ...