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The Operation of Lithotomy in Ancient Greece

Urologia Internationalis, 1987
Opening the bladder via the perineum in order to remove a bladder stone was practised by the ancient Greek surgeons in very early times, probably from the days of Homer. The technique of lithotomy was described for the first time by Celsus in the first century AD and has come to be known as the lesser operation or 'apparatus parvus', so called because ...
GIANNOPOULOS, T, KOSTAKOPOULOS, A, SOFRAS, F, DIMOPOULOS, C   +3 more
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Dancing Greek Antiquity in Private and Public: Isadora Duncan's Early Patronage in Paris [PDF]

, 2012
This paper maps Isadora Duncan’s navigation of public and private venues, audiences, and receptions of “Greek” dances from her early career in Paris. I explore Duncan's relationship with Paris’ lesbian communities and the proliferation of ancient Greek ...
Albright, Apter, Barney, Benstock, Benstock, Cheney, Cheney, Cheney, Colette, Cossart, Daly, DeJean, Desmond, Deudon, Dorf, Duncan, Décoret-Ahiha, Erber, Forth, Franko, Garafola, Guttmann, Kahan, Koritz, Kurth, Laloy, Latacz, Leontis, Louÿs, Macintosh, Manning, Manning, Marcus, O'Sheel, Palmer-Sikelianos, Payne, Phillips, Prins, Prins, Proust, Reynolds, Rodriguez, Rosemont, Roubier, Samuel N. Dorf, Sappho, Schanke, Talmont, Taxil, Williamson   +49 more
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Challenges and Opportunities in Multi‐Method Integrated Geophysical Prospection of Buried Building Remains at the Sanctuary of Olympia

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ancient Olympia was one of the most important sanctuaries and the venue for the Olympic Games in Greek and Roman times. Its remains are located in the Olympia Terrace (Peloponnese, Greece) at the present‐day confluence of the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos at the base of Mount Kronos.
Sarah Bäumler, Dennis Wilken, Peter Fischer, Lena Slabon, Timo Willershäuser, Birgitta Eder, Hans‐Joachim Gehrke, Erofili‐Iris Kolia, Franziska Lang, Oliver Pilz, Andreas Vött   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remote Roca: Integrating Data From Archaeological Survey, Remote Sensing and Geophysics in the Hinterland at the Long‐Lasting Mediterranean Site of Rocavecchia (Apulia, Italy)

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a multi‐method non‐invasive investigation of an approximately 4‐ha area associated with the long‐occupied coastal settlement of Rocavecchia (Apulia, southern Italy), situated between the prehistoric fortified peninsula and the Hellenistic‐Messapian walls.
Giuseppe Guarino, Francesco Iacono, Giovanna Agostini, Davide Susini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Dual Filter Based on Radial Basis Function Neural Networks and Kalman Filters with Application to Numerical Wave Prediction Models

Sensors
The aim of this study is to introduce and evaluate a dual filter that combines Radial Basis Function neural networks and Kalman filters to enhance the accuracy of numerical wave prediction models.
Athanasios Donas, Ioannis Kordatos, Alex Alexandridis, George Galanis, Ioannis Th. Famelis   +4 more
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Entendre, écouter, obéir dans le christianisme ancien

Pallas, 2015
In the field of study on the Ancient world, everyone agree to make a clear division between Ancient Greece and Ancient Judaism about the question of hearing. According to an aristotlean tradition, Ancient Greece put forward seeing on hearing.
Régis Burnet
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Numerical Simulation of a Fire Accident in a Longitudinally Ventilated Railway Tunnel and Tenability Analysis

Applied Sciences, 2022
The present study examines the prevailing conditions in a railway tunnel after a train fire accident and the ability of the ventilation system to create the proper conditions for a safe passenger evacuation.
Thomas Zisis, Konstantinos Vasilopoulos, Ioannis Sarris   +2 more
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Sobre lo griego y lo bárbaro [PDF]

, 2009
The self-definition of ancient empires is based on the strong conviction of being God’s chosen one. In this way, Greeks, Persians, Assyrians, Sumerians, Indians, Hebrews and Egyptians built their religions, rituals, thought and wisdom. Greece was not the
Ordóñez-Burgos, Jorge
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Poseidon's Sanctuary at Samikon—The Discovery of an Ancient Temple Through an Integrated Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Survey Approach for Lagoonal and Swampy Environments

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Below the classical fortress of Samikon at the coast of the western Peloponnese, ancient writer Strabo mentioned a sanctuary of Poseidon which served as the centre of the religious association of the Triphylian cities. In this paper, we describe the discovery and investigation of a building structure by means of geophysical and ...
Dennis Wilken, Birgitta Eder, Sarah Bäumler, Elena Appel, Peter Fischer, Tina Georg, Federica Iannone, Lena Slabon, Timo Willershäuser, Erofili‐Iris Kolia, Andreas Vött   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Let's work together! Economic cooperation, social capital, and chances of social mobility in classical Athens [PDF]

, 2014
In the early fourth centurybc, a slave of possibly Phoenician origin, called Pasion, was owned by the Athenian bankers Antisthenes and Archestratos (Dem. 36.43).
Deene, Marloes
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