Brett Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 3840865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brett Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brett |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Τwo Beginnings
This article proposes that Horace's Epodes and Ovid's Metamorphoses open with significant acrostics that comprise the first two letters, in some cases forming syllables, of successive lines: IB-AM/IAMB ( Epod . 1.1–2) and IN-CO-(H)AS ( Met . 1.1–3). Each acrostic, it will be argued, tees up programmatic concerns vital to the work it opens: generic identity and the interrelation of form and content ( Epodes ), etymology and monumentality ( Metamor…
A Conjecture on Aeschylus Agamemnon 985
At Aeschylus Agamemnon 985 the manuscript reading ψαμμίας ἀκάτα is corrupt, giving neither meter nor sense. Wilamowitz’ conjecture ψάμμος ἄμπτα has met with some editorial approval, but its sense is dubious and should be rejected. I propose instead ψάλλον ἀκταῖς, “they were plucking on the shore”, referring to the performance of a paean on the lyre by the Greek fleet departing for, or, less likely, arriving at, Troy. The fleet’s departure would b…
Distinction, Centrality and Cultural Appropriation in Pre-Alexandrian Court Poetry
This article examines allusions to Greek poetry in two Greek verse inscriptions carved on public monuments for Lycian dynasts of the late fifth and early fourth centuries b.c. ( CEG 177, 888). Scholarship on these epigrams celebrating the rule, achievements and outstanding qualities of the dynasts Gergis (Lycian Kheriga ) and Arbinas ( Erbinna ) has largely focussed on the evidence they provide for Lycian history, dynastic ideology and Lycia's re…
McJimsey Award Winner
This essay describes and analyzes the motivations underlying the creation and current organization of a recently constructed goshala (cow home) in the south Indian city of Madurai. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in 2012, I highlight the divergent visions of the goshala’s purpose and future that were articulated by the institution’s Hindu and Jain members. Interviews and informal conversations with participants indicate that many in…
Jainism's Intersection with Contemporary Ethical Movements
As the second generation of Jain immigrants in the United States transition from youth to full-fledged adults, significant changes to the interpretation and practice of Jainism in diaspora have begun to emerge. Relying on participant observation at the Jain Study Center of North Carolina community and eight interviews with members of this community, my research investigates the critical shift present between the younger generation and the older g…
The Life and Soul of the Party
Further Education Pressure Groups
(1983). Further Education Pressure Groups: the Campaign for Adult Education in 1944. International Journal of Lifelong Education: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 271-282
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Further Education Pressure Groups
(1983). Further Education Pressure Groups: the Campaign for Adult Education in 1944. International Journal of Lifelong Education: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 271-282
The Life and Soul of the Party
Jainism's Intersection with Contemporary Ethical Movements
As the second generation of Jain immigrants in the United States transition from youth to full-fledged adults, significant changes to the interpretation and practice of Jainism in diaspora have begun to emerge. Relying on participant observation at the Jain Study Center of North Carolina community and eight interviews with members of this community, my research investigates the critical shift present between the younger generation and the older g…
McJimsey Award Winner
This essay describes and analyzes the motivations underlying the creation and current organization of a recently constructed goshala (cow home) in the south Indian city of Madurai. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in 2012, I highlight the divergent visions of the goshala’s purpose and future that were articulated by the institution’s Hindu and Jain members. Interviews and informal conversations with participants indicate that many in…
A Conjecture on Aeschylus Agamemnon 985
At Aeschylus Agamemnon 985 the manuscript reading ψαμμίας ἀκάτα is corrupt, giving neither meter nor sense. Wilamowitz’ conjecture ψάμμος ἄμπτα has met with some editorial approval, but its sense is dubious and should be rejected. I propose instead ψάλλον ἀκταῖς, “they were plucking on the shore”, referring to the performance of a paean on the lyre by the Greek fleet departing for, or, less likely, arriving at, Troy. The fleet’s departure would b…
Distinction, Centrality and Cultural Appropriation in Pre-Alexandrian Court Poetry
This article examines allusions to Greek poetry in two Greek verse inscriptions carved on public monuments for Lycian dynasts of the late fifth and early fourth centuries b.c. ( CEG 177, 888). Scholarship on these epigrams celebrating the rule, achievements and outstanding qualities of the dynasts Gergis (Lycian Kheriga ) and Arbinas ( Erbinna ) has largely focussed on the evidence they provide for Lycian history, dynastic ideology and Lycia's re…
Τwo Beginnings
This article proposes that Horace's Epodes and Ovid's Metamorphoses open with significant acrostics that comprise the first two letters, in some cases forming syllables, of successive lines: IB-AM/IAMB ( Epod . 1.1–2) and IN-CO-(H)AS ( Met . 1.1–3). Each acrostic, it will be argued, tees up programmatic concerns vital to the work it opens: generic identity and the interrelation of form and content ( Epodes ), etymology and monumentality ( Metamor…
Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)