Philomathes
A Journal of Undergraduate Research in Classics
Volume 3.1 May 2019
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A Journal of Undergraduate Research in Classics
Volume 3.1, May 2019
Table of Contents
Ovid’s Romanisation of the Heroides
DAMARIS STOCK, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON…..…..5 The Philosopher Within: The daimōn in Plato
JACOB DVORAK, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY……….……………....25 The Development of the Early Christian Concept of Death and Burial Rites from Greco-Roman Culture
COLIN BAIN, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY……….……….…….43 Two Sides of the Dice: Analyzing Two Domains of
Dionysus in Greek Polytheism
NINA ANDERSEN, UNIVERSITY of ARKANSAS…………..……….....62 Advancing an Eschatological Conversation: An
Interpretation of the Via Latina’s “Hercules Cycle”
through the Eyes of a Late Antique Roman Viewer KATIE HILLERY, HILLSDALE COLLEGE……….……….85 Livestock in Virgil’s Eclogues as Commentary on Forced Land Redistributions
SKYLAR SIMS, AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY……….112
