ELEANOR OKELL
Biographic Data
| ID | 5717191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | ELEANOR OKELL |
| GIVEN NAMES | ELEANOR |
| FAMILY NAME | OKELL |
| SIGNATURE | OKELL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Inheritance and the Athenian nature of Sophoclean tragedy
This chapter explores inheritance in Sophocles’ extant tragedies to determine whether Sophocles relied on Athenian practice and how his tragedies could have been comprehended by a wider Greek audience. In six tragedies Sophocles presents problematic scenarios identifiable as crucial to the survival of individual oikoi. Discussions of intestate inheritance, the use of wills and the position of heiresses in Athenian law, Spartan law and the Gortyn …
The `Research—Teaching Nexus' and the Learning—Teaching Relationship
This article engages, from the point of view of the higher education (HE) department and practitioner, with the realities, and explores the rhetoric, of the `research—teaching nexus' with reference to the role of research and research skills, in the context of the student experience in higher education. The ultimate questions are: How serious should we be about responding to this rhetoric? Would it mean significantly changing the way we currently…
Sophocles' Ajax
This paper examines the staging of Sophocles’ Ajax, and some aspects of its treatment of the traditional story. Starting from Scullion’s argument against the standard assumption that there is a change of location after the exit of the chorus at 814, we work out the consequences of the single location for the play as a whole. In tracing the unfolding sequence of events on stage it becomes clear that Sophocles has organised this sequence in a way c…
Sophocles' Ajax
This paper examines the staging of Sophocles’ Ajax, and some aspects of its treatment of the traditional story. Starting from Scullion’s argument against the standard assumption that there is a change of location after the exit of the chorus at 814, we work out the consequences of the single location for the play as a whole. In tracing the unfolding sequence of events on stage it becomes clear that Sophocles has organised this sequence in a way c…
Sophocles' Ajax
This paper examines the staging of Sophocles’ Ajax, and some aspects of its treatment of the traditional story. Starting from Scullion’s argument against the standard assumption that there is a change of location after the exit of the chorus at 814, we work out the consequences of the single location for the play as a whole. In tracing the unfolding sequence of events on stage it becomes clear that Sophocles has organised this sequence in a way c…
The `Research—Teaching Nexus' and the Learning—Teaching Relationship
This article engages, from the point of view of the higher education (HE) department and practitioner, with the realities, and explores the rhetoric, of the `research—teaching nexus' with reference to the role of research and research skills, in the context of the student experience in higher education. The ultimate questions are: How serious should we be about responding to this rhetoric? Would it mean significantly changing the way we currently…
Inheritance and the Athenian nature of Sophoclean tragedy
This chapter explores inheritance in Sophocles’ extant tragedies to determine whether Sophocles relied on Athenian practice and how his tragedies could have been comprehended by a wider Greek audience. In six tragedies Sophocles presents problematic scenarios identifiable as crucial to the survival of individual oikoi. Discussions of intestate inheritance, the use of wills and the position of heiresses in Athenian law, Spartan law and the Gortyn …
Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ajax (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Content (measure theory (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Curriculum (1 work) · Educational research (1 work)