Thematic Index of Classics in JStor

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The Un-Historical Novel

Frederic S. Dunn

Classical Journal. (Feb., 1927) pp. 345-354

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[209 words] himself, true, truth, matter, criticism, merely, facts, really, real, passage, attempt, false, claim, accept, words, knowledge, belief, enough, regard, prove, makes, error, simply, wrong, statements, critics, surely, actually, serious, take

[180 words] himself, young, ever, whom, every, your, days, things, mind, wrote, spirit, enough, something, true, famous, friend, words, youth, country, poet, knew, high, become, love, take, poor, name, story, master, living

[84 words] smith, irish, shelley, eliot, classics, peng, ireland, douglas, woolf, prin, roman_britain, commentary, ares, adams, greece, hack, early_christianity, sing, bril, celtic, mary, harv, guide, pope, benj, anag, focus, alden, tham, nort

[63 words] story, king, himself, told, tale, night, city, sent, house, killed, away, having, whom, father, took, home, stories, wife, his_father, version, woman, child, return, dream, his_wife, dead, gave, children, mother, hands

[50 words] augustus, temple, jupiter, cult, emperor, caesar, augustan, mars, triumph, gods, ludi, victory, venus, dedication, romulus, octavian, dedicated, juno, statue, divine, altar, fasti, games, augusti, title, livia, apollo, genius, imperial, divus

[50 words] eyes, thou, your, night, earth, away, heart, thee, blood, forth, love, simile, sleep, beauty, tears, mind, poet, lines, heaven, hands, comes, words, gods, song, water, face, sound, passage, dark, sweet

[44 words] family, father, name, sons, his_father, consul, daughter, married, brother, families, younger, whom, wife, his_son, elder, mother, names, himself, brothers, cognomen, birth, murena, young, sister, early, marriage, grandson, grandfather, adoption, became

[32 words] tiberius, tacitus, augustus, claudius, germanicus, suetonius, gaius, emperor, nero, drusus, agrippina, suet, piso, agrippa, senate, livia, velleius, caligula, reign, sejanus, princeps, annals, syme, corbulo, principate, julia, imperial, silanus, historian, gallus

[29 words] story, myth, ovid, apollo, stories, myths, version, tale, legend, metamorphoses, narrative, mythological, episode, tradition, phaethon, metamorphosis, versions, rape, daedalus, daughter, told, mythical, birth, theseus, aphrodite, pelops, hymn, zeus, tales, name

[28 words] period, early, development, influence, forms, developed, earliest, tradition, stage, beginning, became, become, changes, periods, characteristic, process, result, tendency, greater, true, sixth, introduced, throughout, marked, fourth, stages, longer, began, fifth_century, simple

[25 words] role, context, image, contrast, sense, narrative, audience, reader, text, power, language, theme, images, function, traditional, reading, imagery, himself, becomes, makes, central, literary, complex, focus, meaning, perspective, status, level, process, emphasis

[25 words] palestine, jerusalem, hebrew, phoenician, tell, semitic, israel, arabia, palmyra, nabataean, aramaic, inscription, dura, petra, yadin, arabic, desert, palmyrene, syrian, philistine, megiddo, negev, sinai, oriental, albright, gerasa, gezer, tyre, alphabet, canaanite

[18 words] latin, proceedings, review, volume, boston, weekly, american_philological_association, frank, charles, title, classical_philology, henry, translation, books, oldfather, edition, english, publications, philological, moore, gildersleeve, horace, edward, cloth, smith, entitled, fowler, scott, session, cicero

[17 words] egyptian, egypt, dynasty, tomb, alexandria, king, nile, temple, egyptians, cairo, petrie, tombs, scarabs, period, osiris, isis, reign, sarapis, pyramid, ptolemaic, naukratis, royal, thebes, memphis, scarab, alexandrian, amarna, sesostris, middle_kingdom, rowe

[16 words] scene, seated, relief, scenes, woman, holding, standing, shield, behind, holds, vase, stands, front, hands, female, representations, representation, spear, youth, wears, composition, male, painting, warrior, wearing, altar, reliefs, goddess, dionysos, frieze

[16 words] collection, information, athens, done, knowledge, received, collections, objects, carried, completed, valuable, investigation, progress, devoted, country, task, service, hope, greece, visit, sent, every, volume, gave, soon, museums, value, german, full, future

[16 words] passage, sense, text, meaning, sentence, words, word, reading, phrase, line, mean, translation, clause, context, lines, follows, editors, refer, difficulty, verb, makes, emendation, take, refers, preceding, expression, passages, correct, understood, translates

[14 words] caesar, pompey, lucan, antony, octavian, brutus, cicero, appian, cato, civil_war, pollio, suetonius, antonius, caes, augustus, plutarch, cassius, pompeius, cleopatra, suet, curio, pharsalia, plut, julius_caesar, caesars, domitius, plancus, italy, hirtius, actium

[14 words] christian, pagan, augustine, christians, christianity, jerome, church, eusebius, bishop, christ, ambrose, tertullian, prudentius, gregory, paul, letter, religious, persecution, pagans, basil, bishops, migne, clement, origen, new_testament, paganism, acts, chrysostom, gospel, letters

[13 words] livy, cato, scipio, romulus, fabius, consul, tradition, romans, dionysius, appius, fasti, plutarch, valerius, story, claudius, plebeian, varro, cicero, cornelius, plut, camillus, numa, manlius, aemilius, early, gracchus, consuls, patrician, fulvius, dictator

[13 words] forum, temple, building, villa, city, ostia, buildings, palatine, basilica, porta, domus, plan, built, marble, porticus, tufa, trajan, lanciani, house, augustus, arches, curia, augustan, circus, opus, imperial, campus, construction, pavement, pomerium

[12 words] imperial, emperor, city, empire, local, official, public, provincial, status, officials, office, cities, emperors, provinces, governor, administration, freedmen, title, service, private, municipal, military, hadrian, augustus, period, rank, inscription, offices, reign, equestrian

[12 words] text, reading, readings, manuscripts, manuscript, edition, error, errors, tradition, scribe, correct, editors, archetype, variants, omitted, emendation, corrected, correction, variant, passages, written, corrections, omission, source, apparatus, corruption, texts, editions, conjecture, copied

[10 words] money, property, paid, payment, amount, price, talents, land, sale, value, financial, cost, received, wealth, gold, private, treasury, public, taxes, drachmas, sold, denarii, payments, income, sesterces, silver, debt, funds, contract, loan

[9 words] women, marriage, children, woman, wife, family, child, slave, mother, husband, slaves, daughter, married, father, male, female, her_husband, parents, his_wife, status, wives, household, young, girl, bride, marry, birth, sons, girls, sexual

[9 words] text, translation, edition, volume, introduction, books, pages, commentary, illustrations, translations, works, index, volumes, useful, page, maps, texts, english, chapter, editions, latin, reader, translated, contains, authors, chapters, excellent, review, scholarship, full

[8 words] tacitus, nero, domitian, vespasian, galba, suetonius, agricola, emperor, titus, otho, vitellius, suet, trajan, reign, pliny, annals, nerva, syme, histories, dialogus, germania, verginius, flavian, principate, imperial, vindex, tacite, maternus, libertas, tacitean

[8 words] senate, imperium, office, consuls, consul, magistrates, mommsen, augustus, provinces, senators, consular, senatorial, praetor, power, elections, tribunes, magistrate, republic, laws, caesar, consulship, election, passed, censors, cicero, powers, senatus, decree, procedure, period

[8 words] statue, statues, marble, athena, athens, relief, bronze, parthenon, reliefs, base, sculptures, frieze, archaic, olympia, richter, sculptor, pediment, statuette, sculptors, fifth_century, apollo, attic, works, aphrodite, hellenistic, fourth_century, nike, hermes, torso, ridgway

[8 words] soul, body, plotinus, plato, matter, intellect, souls, timaeus, universe, evil, divine, doctrine, things, intelligible, principle, bodies, cosmos, power, proclus, demiurge, cause, passage, forms, platonic, nous, sense, idea, rational, myth, immortal

[8 words] church, byzantine, basilica, christian, churches, christ, apse, early_christian, constantinople, nave, mediaeval, mosaic, mosaics, monastery, twelfth, inscription, cross, sophia, eleventh, chapel, narthex, saint, frescoes, chalice, byzantium, sixth, tenth, mosque, mango, dome

[7 words] name, names, named, etymology, nomen, naming, cognomen, word, his_name, praenomen, hermogenes, etymological, cognomina, latin, wordplay, cratylus, proper_names, patronymic, derived, proper_name, praenomina, nomina, etymologizing, title, etymologies, correctness, gentile, conventionalism, spelling, ethnic

[6 words] language, words, effect, literary, poet, expression, tone, contrast, speech, passages, reader, manner, poetry, himself, rhetorical, passage, dramatic, prose, poetic, uses, technique, lines, characteristic, theme, writing, treatment, makes, serious, kind, familiar

[6 words] pottery, prehistoric, period, neolithic, region, cultures, finds, bronze_age, indians, hallstatt, stone, early, northern, palaeolithic, implements, hungary, objects, river, graves, valley, danube, central_europe, childe, vinca, excavated, bulgaria, mexico, amber, hungarian, county

[6 words] fort, wall, ditch, information, roman_britain, building, pottery, britain, street, road, rampart, stone, wide, sent, buildings, early, ditches, gate, plan, period, camp, occupation, defences, timber, revealed, coins, forts, clay, directed, romano-british

[6 words] greeks, greece, peoples, cities, early, land, strabo, egypt, asia_minor, name, island, city, eastern, region, italy, islands, country, native, inhabitants, geographical, western, tribes, coast, tradition, northern, mediterranean, asia, civilization, romans, population

[6 words] narrative, events, chapter, section, books, beginning, story, sections, sequence, chapters, begins, follows, passage, composition, theme, structure, digression, followed, lines, opening, introduction, chronological, immediately, treatment, event, division, preceding, arrangement, passages, action

[6 words] coins, coin, coinage, silver, reverse, bronze, mint, struck, hoard, obverse, issues, issue, bust, legend, numismatic, gold, denarius, uncertain, issued, hoards, mattingly, wreath, weight, minted, emperor, period, mints, athena, currency, denarii

[5 words] aeneas, vergil, aeneid, virgil, dido, turnus, troy, anchises, trojans, juno, epic, venus, poem, jupiter, trojan, italy, hero, servius, latinus, carthage, poet, episode, mezentius, words, future, simile, books, story, ascanius, lines

[5 words] source, text, sources, passage, information, works, passages, written, version, fragments, name, authors, quoted, tradition, literary, mention, fragment, extant, books, himself, wrote, early, writers, title, commentary, quotations, texts, derived, knowledge, collection

[5 words] apollo, cult, zeus, temple, athena, pausanias, delphi, sanctuary, athens, oracle, artemis, shrine, sacred, altar, demeter, poseidon, goddess, festival, paus, name, dedicated, statue, athenian, hero, aphrodite, delos, cults, inscription, dedication, city

[5 words] analysis, sources, understanding, individual, information, context, questions, literary, texts, development, role, provide, structure, aspects, early, basic, complex, traditional, range, provides, data, function, significant, patterns, process, useful, pattern, attempt, limited, techniques