Etruscans in Latin poetry: political, cultural and personal implications in the age of Augustus by Haghighi, E

“…The intention of this thesis is to attempt for the first time to explore the presence of Etruscan themes in the Augustan poets in all their facets and shades, in their political as well as cultural context, while also being mindful of the unique ways in which each individual poet engages with traditional tropes. …”

Ancient Latin epics in Girolamo Vida's Christiad by Cianciosi, S

“…<p>The topic of this thesis is the influence of ancient Latin epics on the Christiad, a Neo-Latin epic poem published in 1535 in Cremona and written by an Italian poet and Catholic bishop, Girolamo Vida (circa 1485-1566).…”

Constructing praise: the poetics of monumentality in Statius' Silvae by Liney, NCR

“…<p>This thesis examines the interaction between the literary motif of the ‘monument poem’, and the poetic description (ecphrasis) of material monuments, in the Flavian poet Statius’ collection of occasional praise poetry, the Siluae. …”

Credita res auctore suo est: narrative authority in the poetry of Ovid by Arthur, L

“…<p>Despite the prevailing interest in authority in Ovidian studies, studies have often focussed on Ovid's response to political authority in his individual works rather than narrative authority, the means by which the poet claims authority to narrate and constructs a persona that his audience will find persuasive and believable. …”

‘To heaven on a hook’ (Dio Cass. 60.35.4): Ennius, Lucilius and an ineffectual Council of the Gods in Aeneid 10 by Morgan, L

“…In simple terms, an epic poet ‘may underline the significance and increase the dramatic effect’ of a critical point in the narrative ‘by showing us that it exercised the gods’, and that analysis applies to any divine presence in a poem: if a key impulse of epic is to amplify the significance of human activity, those occasions when higher forces overtly assert their control of human destiny satisfy a number of fundamental preoccupations of the genre. …”

Aeneas the flamen: double togas and taboos in Virgil’s Carthage by Morgan, L

“…<p>This is an investigation of an aspect of Virgil's Aeneid—ultimately, of the ways in which the poet guides his reader's response to Aeneas’ stay in Carthage—and, while it touches on Roman religious practice, clothing codes, late antique Virgilian commentary and Augustan ideology, it hinges on a single word in Aeneid Book 4 and its implications for Virgil's depiction of his hero in this book. …”