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A Feminist Act of Defiance: ‘Iphigenia says no’ by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke

rewriting: these are a feminist anti-war stance that is distinct from the anti-war stance of male poets like Seferis; the peace movements of the Cold War period and their political reverberations in Greece in ... briefer if pertinent observations, generally highlighting the political impact of the play on the work of modern poets. In their respective studies, Michelakis and Hall systematically explore subversive

Placing ‘moderns’ in a ‘classic’ series: the case of J. M. Dent’s Everyman’s Library

’), which shows awareness of the climate of political unrest and turbulence that affected the country. Rhys’s interpretation of ‘modern’ anticipates what James Milne in ‘The Popular Reprint in England ... . It also invites further reflection on the political and canonizing appeal to the future of publishing which projects as ambitious as Everyman were making. It is only in retrospect that the ‘past’ can

Plato’s queer time: dialogic moments in the life and death of Socrates

affective model of time that exemplify ‘queer time’.3 Plato himself, in his later dialogues, points to a philosophy of history and periodization, but his own non-linear construction of Socrates’ biography in ... , there is the sense of political and social crisis generating a distinctive experience of temporality, the recognition of a foreshortened future, seen in responses to two events which brought suffering and

Post-apocalyptic humanism in Hesiod, Mary Shelley, and Olaf Stapledon

which I would add that, while Saunders certainly appreciates that the main thrust of Dicaearchus’s account is ‘to present the life of early man as autarkic, a good thing in Aristotle’s political ... philosophy’, it is difficult to see how it can be construed as ‘only minimally autarkic’, given how much more free from dependence on others his early humans are in comparison to the life of the present

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Might Hit You With a Pocket Protector". 20. Silverstein, Illana. "First Contact: Improvisational Dance on Campus". 32. Dunson, Jim. "Philosophy of Pecan Pie: The Culmination of a Grand Tradition of Cu ... the Dole- keep me grounded and far from the heart of any republican, but the only explanation that I can offer is that love drums knows no boundaries, even political ones. My friends warned me against

The making of a democratic symbol: the case of Socrates in North-American popular media, 1941–56

that during this period of acute political stress over issues of national security, Cold War orthodoxies and McCarthyism, creative artists developed distinctive interpretations of Socrates as oblique ... ancient political philosophy re-examining the historical Socrates’ relation to Athenian democracy, as well as work on Socratic philosophy’s capacity to speak to issues in contemporary democratic theory

Introduction

antiquity itself. Topics that fall within its scope include: the post-classical origins of the term ‘anachronism’ and its application in modern scholarship in Classics and the philosophy of history; the ... presence of anachronism in a variety of classical texts, including drama, historiography, and philosophy, and in material objects; and approaches to the concept in ancient criticism and scholarship. The

A study in reception: the British debates over Aristophanes’ politics and influence

Scholars have long debated Aristophanes’ political outlook and the influence of his plays on Athenian life, but what has been underappreciated up to this point is that these dual questions have ... most important and disputed issues were Aristophanes' political views and practical influence. The intensity of these arguments subsided in the late nineteenth century, and a new interpretation emerged

Unapprehended relations

these dialogues in the context of the deeply political nature of his thinking about antiquity. His engagement with ancient poetry and art is matched by extensive consideration of historiography and ... political history, and by a sensitivity to what he saw as the intellectually deleterious effects of institutions that shaped the social life of the ancient world, most prominently organized religion and

Introduction: The Legacy of the Republican Roman Senate

The Senate was a central element in the political organization of Republican Rome, despite a considerable degree of imprecision over its exact functions and powers. As subsequent periods attempted to ... to Polybius? work, including its political theory. 7 Lintott (19 : 214 ?32 ); Arena (201 : 81 ?16 ); Atkins (2013 ). 2 election by the people.8 Magistracies were held only for a year; membership of

Homer and Greek tragedy in early modern England's theatres: an introduction

prerequisite ? as well as rhetoric, dialectic, and moral and political philosophy. Aristotle?s Politics, for instance, which is on Jardine?s list, attracted extensive attention in England in the sixteenth ... expertise. His Greek selection may have also been linked with his recent publication of the political prose of Euripides? celebrated translator, George Buchanan.76 Indeed, two years later, by Euripides that

Introduction: Strange Meetings

, Modernist and Early Twentieth-Century Studies, Philosophy, and Political Theory. The discussions also intersect with recent work in the fields of Gender, Trauma, and International Peace Studies. Most of the ... neatly aligned with their respective imperial structures and political aspirations. However, as this collection of papers will demonstrate, in this traumatic period Classics was drawn upon to articulate

After the pandemic: the role of science in the future of the countries

, largely unknown until recently, are currently the hope of the public. Collaboration between scientists to relieve the suffering has not stopped despite political disputes or geopolitical biases. Brazilian

Impact of lockdown on bed occupancy rate in a referral hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Brazil

national territories, or regionalized the strategy, such as in Brazil. There are several opinions against the lockdown, mainly related to the political-economic scenario, as it negatively impacts economy.5,6 ... political and scientific areas in the country. In Brazil, while the State of Ceará, including the city of Fortaleza, took early objective distance measures (when there was still a small number of confirmed

We need to talk about Byzantium: or, Byzantium, its reception of the classical world as discussed in current scholarship, and should classicists pay attention?

journal articles, which included ‘reception’ in their titles or summaries; topics covered authors, literary motifs, political structures, music, philosophers and their writings, and material objects. In ... hostility and suspicion addressed to the ‘outer’ learning that threatened the ‘inner’. Until very recently modern scholarship has been inclined to consider the philosophy practised by the Byzantines as

Infectious diseases and the COVID-19 scenario in Brazil

comprehensive plans, appropriate political measures, and science. Infectious diseases do not respect borders and require a global response. The availability of powerful new technology tools and ideas makes this

Sisyphus and Caesar: the opposition of Greece and Rome in Albert Camus

play Caligula. These receptions will then be situated within the political and literary contexts in which Camus wrote, particularly that of colonialism. Camus' reception of the ancient world reveals much ... as a writer and also of the cultural and political context in which he wrote. Camus represents a vitally important example of classical reception in two major ways. First, he sits at a confluence of

When Superman smote Zeus: analysing violent deicide in popular culture

-Christian morality, fascism and even Nazism.84 However, even once significant changes within the collective values of society and a cooling of the political climate surrounding World War II allowed these ... , 2014 ). W. Burkert, Greek Religion. tr. John Raffan (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985 ). P. Byrne, ‘Feminism and God’, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 37 .3 (195 F. Carla´ and F. Freitag

Aryan, German, or Greek? Nietzsche’s Prometheus between antiquity and modernity

) for an account of this approach. 6 See Porter (20 7 See also Benne (205 ), which concentrates on how Nietzsche uses philological techniques in his later philosophy, and M u?ller (205 ), which stresses ... the different roles that the Greeks play in Nietzsche?s philosophy but does not analyse Prometheus. 8 Mu? ller (205 : 6 ?7 ) provides a short account of how the German educational system fuelled this

Deep impact of COVID-19 in the healthcare of Latin America: the case of Brazil

migration from Venezuela arrived especially to Roraima and Amazonas to lead to thousands of cases in the region.4If this is not enough, the political scenario is not friendly for evidence-based decisions. The