Thematic Index of Classics in JStor

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The Significance of the Handshake Motif in Classical Funerary Art

Glenys Davies

American Journal of Archaeology. (Oct., 1985) pp. 627-640

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[1101 words] portrait, portraits, relief, reliefs, sarcophagus, statue, bust, imperial, statues, hellenistic, sarcophagi, aphrodisias, painting, scenes, marble, ara_pacis, frieze, iconography, images, panel, early, heads, monument, trajan, zanker, portraiture, period, busts, panels, villa

[762 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

[254 words] painter, vases, vase, attic, beazley, amphora, athens, louvre, arv2, red-figured, krater, hydria, corinthian, boston, fragment, collection, painters, black-figured, lekythos, attributed, band, red-figure, early, painted, steiner, payne, black-figure, kylix, verlag, gmbh

[221 words] dead, orpheus, hades, underworld, admetus, alcestis, heracles, dreams, souls, dream, eurydice, sleep, tartarus, elysium, living, charon, earth, insomnia, protesilaus, lament, persephone, journey, orphic, afterlife, pheres, apollo, cerberus, thanatos, gates, pluto

[220 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

[180 words] etruscan, etruria, tomb, etruscans, mirror, mirrors, tombs, italy, urns, poggio, civitate, florence, bronze, caere, italic, pallottino, cista, tarquinia, tomba, archaic, chiusi, terracotta, bronzes, vulci, bucchero, early, paestum, tarquinii, terracottas, sixth

[150 words] context, simply, position, hypothesis, argued, text, makes, claim, explain, suggestion, correct, grounds, reasons, alternative, actually, argue, moreover, attempt, surely, obvious, accept, argues, unlikely, enough, issue, sense, passage, presumably, difficulties, plausible

[136 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

[95 words] word, meaning, sense, words, term, uses, phrase, passage, mean, context, passages, usage, applied, verb, expression, refer, language, refers, meanings, adjective, idea, meant, equivalent, elsewhere, describe, latin, technical, epithet, definition, simply

[82 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

[54 words] inscription, legion, governor, trajan, legate, career, procurator, claudius, pir2, office, hadrian, reign, proconsul, attested, consular, legions, pflaum, dessau, name, africa, consul, julius, praefectus, vespasian, provinces, suff, equestrian, maximus, severus, praetorian

[49 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

[45 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

[42 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

[35 words] heracles, herakles, lion, hero, theseus, perseus, serpent, bull, deianeira, snake, centaur, hercules, boar, gorgon, medusa, snakes, centaurs, monster, deianira, shield, andromeda, giant, hydra, myth, amphitryon, hyllus, club, eurystheus, lions, geryon

[34 words] speech, words, himself, speaker, audience, lines, situation, scene, action, address, makes, line, speak, asks, addressed, response, begins, take, effect, immediately, reply, comes, your, speaking, speaks, moment, advice, beginning, passage, questions

[30 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

[29 words] medea, helen, jason, philoctetes, neoptolemus, apollonius, euripides, menelaus, argonauts, valerius, odysseus, argonautica, play, children, troy, argo, story, theseus, neoptolemos, aegeus, andromache, scene, epic, walcott, episode, herself, hermione, ariadne, fleece, pelias

[27 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

[27 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

[26 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

[26 words] inscription, tomb, tombs, fragments, bronze, objects, temple, stone, vases, marble, relief, inscribed, period, graves, statue, coins, early, grave, monument, representing, necropolis, fourth_century, terra-cotta, reliefs, containing, sixth, finds, pottery, insc, belonging

[25 words] cult, goddess, dionysus, religion, religious, gods, worship, cults, deity, ritual, sacred, deities, isis, divine, demeter, pentheus, mysteries, rites, dionysiac, divinity, dionysos, cybele, attis, aphrodite, nilsson, artemis, divinities, worshipped, initiation, mother

[24 words] wall, walls, room, building, house, rooms, built, plan, houses, floor, entrance, door, court, stone, construction, buildings, central, palace, roof, structure, level, front, upper, chamber, wide, interior, space, rectangular, corner, open

[24 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

[18 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

[15 words] atti, nella, florence, naples, nell, degli, sulla, italia, romano, alla, turin, archeologia, greca, istituto, napoli, onore, ricerche, pisa, bologna, antichita, italian, antico, classica, bari, mondo, sull, cultura, argues, secolo, greco

[15 words] true, passage, words, merely, matter, position, suppose, regard, name, enough, natural, mention, difficulty, period, prove, having, regarded, himself, except, facts, really, naturally, supposed, definite, makes, assumed, alone, correct, actually, referred

[13 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

[13 words] decree, athenian, athens, tribute, lines, inscription, meritt, decrees, lists, athena, line, treasurers, period, assessment, stele, text, talents, meiggs, athenians, quota, wade-gery, cities, kallias, lewis, attic, hesperia, board, accounts, documents, demetrios

[13 words] hair, face, body, neck, front, eyes, legs, drapery, heads, lower, shoulder, nose, folds, upper, slightly, forehead, arms, mouth, female, short, shoulders, piece, relief, beard, chiton, broken, ears, behind, feet, wears

[13 words] himself, friends, political, personal, public, friend, whom, friendship, attitude, position, reputation, conduct, having, towards, toward, enemies, praise, private, cause, return, influence, claim, speech, charges, power, true, actions, themselves, felt, career

[12 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

[10 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

[9 words] political, power, democracy, city, politics, citizens, rule, government, democratic, polis, laws, constitution, community, republic, aristocratic, empire, individual, freedom, ideal, aristocracy, citizen, economic, wealth, control, monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, states, athens, institutions

[9 words] king, ptolemy, kings, antiochos, royal, antiochus, egypt, ptolemaic, parthian, armenia, mithridates, arsinoe, ptolemies, alexandria, seleucid, kingdom, reign, hellenistic, antioch, throne, cleopatra, ptolemaios, parthians, philadelphus, euergetes, parthia, queen, polemo, title, tigranes

[8 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

[8 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

[7 words] mind, power, true, sense, moral, truth, knowledge, things, idea, ideal, experience, himself, divine, spirit, individual, ideas, natural, conception, expression, reality, real, feeling, vision, attitude, toward, every, intellectual, beauty, something, action

[6 words] dead, magic, burial, funeral, body, rites, magical, belief, divination, ritual, custom, tomb, buried, omen, corpse, power, omens, frazer, superstition, rite, cremation, bones, spirits, gods, practices, religious, deceased, lupercalia, funerary, romans

[6 words] pottery, grave, vases, ware, shape, vessels, graves, geometric, early, decoration, bowls, sherds, shapes, fragments, period, wares, tomb, burial, painted, cups, pots, burials, bowl, decorated, vessel, jars, pieces, vase, handles, protogeometric

[6 words] berkeley, trans, essays, leiden, commentary, los_angeles, ithaca, mass, baltimore, early, politics, ancient_greece, myth, tapa, tradition, clarendon_press, amsterdam, introduction, vols, phoenix, greece, diss, ann_arbor, stuttgart, origins, reading, arethusa, review, routledge, rhetoric

[6 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

[6 words] france, bibliotheque, collection, lettres, ecole, siecle, gaule, jean, manuscrits, societe, nationale, acad, henri, grece, tome, grecs, insc, recueil, antiques, bagaudes, cernunnos, bordeaux, monnaies, travaux, saint, pierre, paul, ville, picard, lantier

[5 words] army, city, military, took, troops, himself, control, power, events, position, situation, policy, force, sent, return, revolt, attack, victory, peace, forces, defeat, action, soon, attempt, success, battle, enemy, became, command, remained

[5 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

[5 words] achilles, iliad, hector, agamemnon, homer, troy, ajax, odysseus, patroclus, priam, homeric, diomedes, trojans, greeks, nestor, battle, hero, trojan, heroes, thetis, poet, menelaus, zeus, achilleus, epic, warrior, achaeans, heroic, fight, hektor

[5 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

[5 words] pompeii, mosaic, carthage, mosaics, africa, punic, house, african, villa, casa, pompeian, cyrene, pavements, north_africa, lepcis, herculaneum, tesserae, opus, cyrenaica, tunis, floors, mauretania, tripolitania, pernice, leptis, signinum, atrium, volubilis, antioch, afrique

[5 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