Papers by Filipe Soares
In World Culture love is presented as one the major topics explored by its intervenients. Concern... more In World Culture love is presented as one the major topics explored by its intervenients. Concerning our study, it presents love and sexuality in terms of its disruptiveness: they are characterized as a force that destabilizes the status quo of human communities, leading to situations of Love/ Violence and Love/ Death. From this point of view, the Theme of Phaedra (after Thompson " s Motif-Index) can be analysed in this perspective. Its variations allow him to adapt to different chronologies – from early Sumerian Literature to its Greco-Roman counterpart –, but both its object and content remain the same: in a mixture of wrath, humiliation and fear, Phaedra " s love leads to Hippolytus " death and, consequently, to the perturbation of the family " s life and sociability.
From the earliest Mesopotamian literature, royal inscriptions were written with the need to comme... more From the earliest Mesopotamian literature, royal inscriptions were written with the need to commemorate and preserve the king’s deeds. Along with several literary devices, titles and epithets were denotative elements bounded together on an archetypal approach to Near Eastern kingship. Despite the biasness of their contents, they were still part of a geopolitical and sociocultural environment. The references to both Tukultī-ninurta I and Šamšī-adad V (who ruled during the Middle and Early NeoAssyrian periods, respectively) provide a theoretical framework on the incorporation of Southern royal titles among Assyrian royal inscriptions. These include titles such as ‘King of Sumer and Akkad’, ‘King of Karduniaš’, among others. However, the rise of the Sargonids (VIII-VII BC) accentuates the malleability of these titles.
SOARES, Filipe de Almeida Fernandes (2012), "A Anábase de Xenofonte - Elementos para o estudo da religiosidade grega" in Cultura: Revista de História e Teoria das Ideias 30, pp. 225-253
This study started as a repport presented for evalutaion on the seminar of Ancient Greece as a co... more This study started as a repport presented for evalutaion on the seminar of Ancient Greece as a component of the master's degree studies in Ancient History and related to the subject of Greek Religion. However, because of the complexity of the theme, this start will try to understand how literature (Greek Chronicles) explore it.
Talks by Filipe Soares
The 1st millennium was a period with profound geopolitical changes and transformations. Even thou... more The 1st millennium was a period with profound geopolitical changes and transformations. Even though the Mediterranean of the Bronze Age was a dynamic space, not only in terms of cultural exchanges, but also in terms of trade relationships between civilizations, the transition from the previous to the Iron Age, assists to the increment of those interaction.
As for the Egypt after the Third Intermediate Period, the difficulty to guarantee, not only access, but also a solid interference in the Levantine territories, led the Saite Pharaohs to look other political relations on the Eastern Mediterranean world, such as the presence of Greek mercenaries on this territory. Based on this, the scope of this study is to present, from the constant dialogue between Historiography and, Hellenic and Eastern sources, a dynamic picture of the interaction between Greek and Egyptian Civilizations during the 26th Dynasty.
Our initial proposal are the studies related with the comparison
between weastern mythical spee... more Our initial proposal are the studies related with the comparison
between weastern mythical speechs and their presence/incorporation on classical civilizations. On the other hand, we focus our attention on how passions represent forces that destabilize the status quo on human communities, considering that sometimes they interfer with Love/Violence and Love/Death. Based on this, the study focus on the reception of literary themes, with special attention to the contribuite of Stith Thompson which, on the context of the studies related with the märchen, dedicated on the inventory of literaty themes and their compilation on his Motif-Index of folkliterature […]. Based on this, we want to show dos mythical-literary speeches as a
dynamic reality considering the analysis of the K2111 – “a woman makes vain
overtunes on a man and then accuses him of tried to force her” (Thompson 1934: 481) –
as a reality transversal to several chrono-spatial that converge on the Western
Mediterranean. Considering the euripidean tragedy Hippolytus, our research aims to to introduce the comparison between this text with other mythical corpora. On this periple for literature, we aim to present an evolutive pattern and a interpretative one on the internal structure of this euripidean play: a journey starting on the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia; Egypt; Ugarit; Hebrews) and on a second perspective, exploring on how the Greek and Roman authors explored the theme.
Thesis Chapters by Filipe Soares
A Grécia, ainda que seja uma entidade dotada de especificidades que lhe permitem diferenciar-se d... more A Grécia, ainda que seja uma entidade dotada de especificidades que lhe permitem diferenciar-se de outras civilizações, acaba por se constituir como uma realidade integrada nas dinâmicas mediterrâneas. Destaca-se nos estudos sobre as culturas e mentalidades gregas o reconhecimento, mediante as análises às camadas que constituem o ethos Grego, da existência de elementos definidos como 'estrangeiros'.
Call for papers - Sources to study Antiquity by Filipe Soares
The research group Antiguidade e a sua Recepção |Antiquity and its reception (CHAM – Centro de Hi... more The research group Antiguidade e a sua Recepção |Antiquity and its reception (CHAM – Centro de Hitória d'Áquem e d'Além-Mar | Portuguese Center for Global History) is organizing a conference under the theme: Sources to study Antiquity: from texts to material culture. It will be a scientific meeting featuring the participation of several researchers and keynote speakers such as Helen Strudwick (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) and Nigel Strudwick (Memphis University). The conference will address Antiquity's different chronologies, including Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Hellenistc and Roman worlds. The aim is to cover a vast historical and cultural horizon, which will allow us to consider the different sources underlying the historical narrative – archaeological, iconographic and textual sources, among others-highlighting their specificities and complementarities. We invite all researchers to participate in the conference and to submit an abstract for a 20 minute presentation considering our guidelines.
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Papers by Filipe Soares
Talks by Filipe Soares
As for the Egypt after the Third Intermediate Period, the difficulty to guarantee, not only access, but also a solid interference in the Levantine territories, led the Saite Pharaohs to look other political relations on the Eastern Mediterranean world, such as the presence of Greek mercenaries on this territory. Based on this, the scope of this study is to present, from the constant dialogue between Historiography and, Hellenic and Eastern sources, a dynamic picture of the interaction between Greek and Egyptian Civilizations during the 26th Dynasty.
between weastern mythical speechs and their presence/incorporation on classical civilizations. On the other hand, we focus our attention on how passions represent forces that destabilize the status quo on human communities, considering that sometimes they interfer with Love/Violence and Love/Death. Based on this, the study focus on the reception of literary themes, with special attention to the contribuite of Stith Thompson which, on the context of the studies related with the märchen, dedicated on the inventory of literaty themes and their compilation on his Motif-Index of folkliterature […]. Based on this, we want to show dos mythical-literary speeches as a
dynamic reality considering the analysis of the K2111 – “a woman makes vain
overtunes on a man and then accuses him of tried to force her” (Thompson 1934: 481) –
as a reality transversal to several chrono-spatial that converge on the Western
Mediterranean. Considering the euripidean tragedy Hippolytus, our research aims to to introduce the comparison between this text with other mythical corpora. On this periple for literature, we aim to present an evolutive pattern and a interpretative one on the internal structure of this euripidean play: a journey starting on the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia; Egypt; Ugarit; Hebrews) and on a second perspective, exploring on how the Greek and Roman authors explored the theme.
Thesis Chapters by Filipe Soares
Call for papers - Sources to study Antiquity by Filipe Soares
As for the Egypt after the Third Intermediate Period, the difficulty to guarantee, not only access, but also a solid interference in the Levantine territories, led the Saite Pharaohs to look other political relations on the Eastern Mediterranean world, such as the presence of Greek mercenaries on this territory. Based on this, the scope of this study is to present, from the constant dialogue between Historiography and, Hellenic and Eastern sources, a dynamic picture of the interaction between Greek and Egyptian Civilizations during the 26th Dynasty.
between weastern mythical speechs and their presence/incorporation on classical civilizations. On the other hand, we focus our attention on how passions represent forces that destabilize the status quo on human communities, considering that sometimes they interfer with Love/Violence and Love/Death. Based on this, the study focus on the reception of literary themes, with special attention to the contribuite of Stith Thompson which, on the context of the studies related with the märchen, dedicated on the inventory of literaty themes and their compilation on his Motif-Index of folkliterature […]. Based on this, we want to show dos mythical-literary speeches as a
dynamic reality considering the analysis of the K2111 – “a woman makes vain
overtunes on a man and then accuses him of tried to force her” (Thompson 1934: 481) –
as a reality transversal to several chrono-spatial that converge on the Western
Mediterranean. Considering the euripidean tragedy Hippolytus, our research aims to to introduce the comparison between this text with other mythical corpora. On this periple for literature, we aim to present an evolutive pattern and a interpretative one on the internal structure of this euripidean play: a journey starting on the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia; Egypt; Ugarit; Hebrews) and on a second perspective, exploring on how the Greek and Roman authors explored the theme.