Papers by catherine connors
Arion: A Journal of the Humanities and the Classics
I hereby undertake that this research is an original and no part of this thesis fall under plagia... more I hereby undertake that this research is an original and no part of this thesis fall under plagiarism. If found otherwise, at any stage, I will be responsible for the consequences. Name:Shahnaz Bibi Signature: ______________________ Registration No: 03-arid-783 Date: __________________________ Certified that the contents and form of thesis entitled "Habitat Distribution, Diversity and Systematics of Mus spp. in Pothwar, Pakistan" submitted by Ms. Shahnaz Bibi have been found satisfactory for the requirement of degree.
Classical Antiquity
This interdisciplinary article argues that ancient Greek and Roman representations of Okeanos, Ta... more This interdisciplinary article argues that ancient Greek and Roman representations of Okeanos, Tartaros, and the underworld demonstrate an observational awareness of the hollow underground spaces that characterize the geomorphology of karst terrains in the Mediterranean world. We review the scientific facts that underlie Greek and Roman accounts of karstic terrain in observation-based discourse and in myths, and we demonstrate that the Greek words barathron (pit), limnē (lake), koilos (hollow), and dinē (whirling current) are used with precision in observational accounts of karst terrain. Ancient accounts of the dynamic limnē and barathrum systems characteristic of much karst terrain offer a complex matrix of observation-based and belief-based discourse: at the edge of the barathrum, the imaginative or spiritual realm of the underworld has a material plausibility and the closely observed material world has a plausible potential to connect to a world we cannot see.
The Routledge Companion to Strabo
Illinois Classical Studies, 2015
Roman Drama and its Contexts
In 1900 F. Skutsch suggested that the speaker of the prologue of Plautus’ Casina is the goddess F... more In 1900 F. Skutsch suggested that the speaker of the prologue of Plautus’ Casina is the goddess Fides. For MacCary and Willcock it ‘is not at all clear what this divinity has to do with the present play.’ This paper draws on recent discussions of the ways that Plautus’ plays may make references to Roman topography, including the Temple of Fides, to demonstrate connections Fides may have with the play’s action and with the ways that comedy is situated within Roman discourses about reproducing citizenship.
Classical Antiquity, 2004
This essay explores references to monkeys as a way of talking about imitation, authenticity, and ... more This essay explores references to monkeys as a way of talking about imitation, authenticity, and identity in Greek stories about the ““Monkey Island”” Pithekoussai (modern Ischia) and in Athenian insults, and in Plautus' comedy. In early Greek contexts, monkey business defines what it means to be aristocratic and authoritative. Classical Athenians use monkeys to think about what it means to be authentically Athenian: monkey business is a figure for behavior which threatens democratic culture——sycophancy or other deceptions of the people. Plautus' monkey imagery across the corpus of his plays moves beyond the Athenian use of ““monkey”” as a term of abuse and uses the ““imitative”” relation of monkeys to men as a metapoetic figure for invention and play-making. For Plautus, imitator——and distorter——of Greek plays, monkeys' distorted imitations of men are mapped not onto the relations between inauthentic and authentic citizens, as in Athens, but onto the relation of Roman t...
The Classical Quarterly, 1997
When Lysidamus arrives on stage in Plautus′ Casina, he delightedly announces that he is in love w... more When Lysidamus arrives on stage in Plautus′ Casina, he delightedly announces that he is in love with the slave girl Casina. He is returning, he says, from an expedition to buy perfume which he hopes has made him appealing to his beloved. Casina′s name is derived from the fragrant spice casia. Cassia and the related spice cinnamon originate in the Far East and were imported to Rome through Arabia or Africa.Like other ancient spices, cassia was used as perfume, condiment, and in medicinal and religious contexts.
Cultural Crossroads in the Ancient Novel, 2017
This paper compares Iamblichus' representation of Mesopotamia to Greek and Latin historic... more This paper compares Iamblichus' representation of Mesopotamia to Greek and Latin historical and geographical discourse about Mesopotamia. Magi and their powers are a regular part of Greek and Latin geographical and historical discourse about Mesopotamia. Against this historical background, Iamblichus' narrator claims some expertise in the arts of the Magi, and the powers of the Magi were referred to explicitly and, I argue, implicitly throughout the novel. The non-fiction historical narratives of Herodotus, Strabo, Diodorus, Pliny and Arrian, offer an essentialized view of what being a magus entails-you either are born one or you are not. By contrast, in Iamblichus' Babylonian landscapes, the knowledge of the Magi is something that can be acquired even if one is not born into it. Iamblichus creates a Babylonian world where those who pay attention can use their knowledge to make things come out the way they want, at least for a while.
The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel, 2008
Space in the Ancient Novel, AN Supplementum, 2002
Chariton's Syracuse and its histories of empire CATHERINE CONNORS Seattle The ancient Greek ... more Chariton's Syracuse and its histories of empire CATHERINE CONNORS Seattle The ancient Greek novels tell their stories of young love and high adventure in a realm apart from the everyday world inhabited by their authors and au-diences. In his marvellously bold project of ...
Illinois Classical Studies, 2013
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire, 2005
Materiali e discussioni per l’analisi dei testi classici, 1994
These two related notes investigate Ennius' and Ovid's narrat-ives of thè rape of Ilia ... more These two related notes investigate Ennius' and Ovid's narrat-ives of thè rape of Ilia (sometimes known as Rhea Silvia), who gave birth to Romulus and Remus, the eventual founders of Rome. The story of Ilia follo ws a common pattern: a sexual encounter between a god and ...
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