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  • Dionysius the God of Drama 
    Jayasekara, K. (S. Godage and Brothers (Pvt) Ltd, 675, P. de S. Kularatne Mw., Colombo 10, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    Dionysius is a god who had won the curiosity and fascination of many. I myself have been attracted to the magnificent personality which was a mixture of the so called the good, the bad as well as sanity and insanity. Among ...
  • Drama and the origin of Greek Literary criticism 
    Jayasekera, K. (Thalalle Sri Dhammananda felicitation volume, Ministry of Buddhist affairs, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1990)
    The paper explicitly examines the validity of considering Greek Old Comedy as an agent of introducing Literary Criticism to the ancient West. Had Aristophanes been aware of the revolution he was making in putting on ...
  • The Dramatics of Trojan Women on Sri Lankan Stage 
    Jayasekera, K. (Centre for Promotion Ideas, 2015)
    The attraction of Classical Greek drama to the Sri Lankans in the twenty first centaury is an interesting phenomenon. Among the dramas the Trojan Women of Euripides had become most popular during the later period of the ...
  • Excluding the divine from the explanations of cosmogony An analysis of the contribution of The Milesians 
    Jayasekara, I.K. (Faculty of Humanities, 2022)
    Human’s earliest period in history had been awestruck by natural phenomena and the working of the universe. Greece was considered the cradle of Western civilization. They had sought peace and come to a compromise through ...
  • Fears and Aspirations of Humans as Expounded by Lucretius and Juvenal 
    Jayasekera, K (Journal of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2009)
  • Femininity and the position of Women in Ancient Rome 
    Jayasekera, K. (Aquinas Journal, Aquinas, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1987)
    The belief is that no human woman gave birth to the founders of Rome. They were children of she wolf. The characteristics the Romans prided themselves of is quite visible from this. They were proud of their masculinity, ...
  • Ideas on Literary Criticism of the Greeks 
    Jayasekera, K. (S. Godage and Brothers (Pvt) Ltd, 2017)
    Criteria for evaluating literature has been of controversy throughout the years even since it was first established and became a popular necessity. The numerous ideas pertaining to evaluation has been subject to change ...
  • The Impact of Indo European Culture On The Olympian Religion of The Greeks 
    Jayasekera, K (Vidyodaya Dharma Shasthreeya Sangrahaya, 2011)
  • Impact of the political and social situation on New Greek Comedy 
    Jayasekera, K. (2015)
    The social and political underwent a drastic change when Athens lost its independence when defeated and became a subject state of Macedonia. The paper is an examination of how the above situation affected the creative ...
  • Judah and Benjamin : Evolving a Theology of Peace in Sri Lanka 
    Wijesinghe, S.L. (Théologiques, 18(1), 217–240., Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Université de Montréal, 2010)
    This article presents a Sri Lankan hermeneutic of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50) in relation to grassroots peacemaking in Sri Lanka. On a global scale, peacemaking at the grassroots level is a rare phenomenon outside ...
  • Language and Literature, Roman Aspect 
    Jayasekera, K. (S. Godage and Brothers (Pvt) Ltd, 675, P. de S. Kularatne Mw., Colombo 10, Sri Lanka, 2015)
    භාෂාව හා සාහිත්‍යකරණය - ආදී රෝම අදහස් විමසුමක් බටහිර සම්භාව්‍ය සාහිත්‍ය ඇසුරින් මා ඔබ හමුවට පැමිණෙන්නේ සෑහෙන කාලයකට පසුවය. මීට හේතුව වශයෙන් දැක්විය හැක්කේ පසුගිය වකවානුව තුළ ගී‍්‍රක නාට්‍ය පිළිබඳ තරමක ගැඹුරු අධ්‍යයනයක ...
  • Man in the universe without diving assistance and the dawn of Greek philosophical thought 
    Jayasekera, K (S. Godage publishes, 2009)
  • 'Mind of the ruler when faced with challenges' - examples from the plays of Sophocles. 
    Jayasekera, K (Ministry of Education and culture, 2002)
    The paper examines how Sophocles, the Greek Classical Tragedian has examined how the mind of a ruler, changes when he is faced with challenges through his tragedy Oedipus Rex. The change of personality when one believes ...
  • The Nature of Religion in Pre Greek Society. Collective Needs or Individual Salvation? 
    Jayasekera, K (S. Godage publishes, 2010)
  • Philosophy, Literature and Epicureanism 
    Jayasekera, K. (Studies of Philosophy, Homagama Dhammananda thero felicitation volumeStudies of Philosophy, Homagama Dhammananda thero felicitation volume, 2000)
    The study examines how Lucretius had used poetry in order to promote Epicurianism among Romans. But it also paves the way to critically analyze how poetry has highlighted some of the philosophical theories to the effect ...
  • Poetic Inspiration and Social Consciousness –A study based on a cross section of 21stcen Sri Lankan Creative Artists 
    Jayasekera, K (S. Godage publishes, 2011)
  • The Psychology of an Adopted Boy as examined by Sophocles in his Tragedy King Oedipus 
    Jayasekera, K (Journal of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2008)
    King Oedipus was even referred to by Aristotle when examining the ideal type of tragedy in his Poetics.Many have commented on its merits as a tragedy that brings out the cathartic emotions of fear and pity, considered best ...
  • The Social and Political impact on Old Greek Comedy 
    Jayasekera, K. (Pavara, International Sama Viharaya, Gampaha, 2015)
    The study is based on the political and social atmosphere in Athens in the 5th century BCE to facilitate a genre such as Old Greek Comedy to come in to existence..The freedom of direct Democracy enhanced by the ...
  • Socrates, Aristophanes and Historical Fact 
    Jayasekera, K. (Sambhava,Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995)
    The exercise comprise of an attempt to examine the relationship that Aristophanes had with Socrates, in the backdrop of Classical Greece. Many are of the opinion that TheClouds, staged by Aristophanes was indirectly ...
  • The concept of the One in Greek philosophy 
    Jayasekera, K. (Journal of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2005)
    The study intended to critically examine the birth of the concept of The One in Thales?s philosophical thoughts when he intentionally excluded the Gods from his explanation of the world. The many interpretations and positions ...

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