"Goddys of metal and of ston": The auctoritas of the Roman gods in classical and Middle English literature.

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Auer, A.
dc.contributor.author	Broek, J.J.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-05-22T17:00:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-05-22T17:00:46Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/16648
dc.description.abstract	This thesis discusses the auctoritas divina, the divine authority, of the Roman gods Jupiter and Mars within the theme of the cycle of Thebes. It is a comparative philological study which is based on close-reading. The texts discussed are Ovid's Metamorphoses, Statius' Thebaid, Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Lydgate's Siege of Thebes.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	"Goddys of metal and of ston": The auctoritas of the Roman gods in classical and Middle English literature.
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Jupiter, Mars, Roman, pagan, gods, Chaucer, Lydgate, Thebes, Statius, Ovid, Thebaid, auctoritas, authority.
dc.subject.courseuu	Engelse taal en cultuur