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The paper deals with a Latin epigram, Inter eils goticum etc., often referred to as the ‘Gothic’ epigram. It contains some Germanic words that have generally been considered to be Gothic but here the view is taken that they are of a Vandal origin.
Magnus Snaedal
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The Development of Epigram into a Literary Genre
This chapter will provide an introduction to Hellenistic epigram. In the first part a survey of Hellenistic epigram down to the beginning of the Roman era will describe the major features concerning themes, subgenres, context, language, metre. The second
VALENTINA GARULLI
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The Greek “Epigram” by the Leichoudes Brothers to Peter I
The article provides a transcription, translation, context, and commentary on two versions of a Greek “Epigram” to Peter the Great by the Leichoudes brothers, Ioannikios (1633–1717) and Sophronios (1653–1730), Greeks from Kephallenia who were ...
Ermolaeva, Elena L.
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With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
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Bakgrunden till Kellgrens ”Öfver Propertii Buste”
The Background to Kellgren’s ”On a bust of Propertius”. This article examines the Swedish eighteenth-century poet Johan Henric Kellgren’s widely celebrated epigram “On a bust of Propertius” (“Öfver Propertii Buste eller Porträt”), published posthumously.
Eric Cullhed
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The Origins of the Human Rights Act: A ‘British Bill of Rights’ the First Time Around
Abstract This article reconstructs the first initiatives for a British Bill of Rights from the late 1960s to the mid‐1980s and argues that their failure shaped the eventual form of the Human Rights Act. Proposals for a Bill of Rights emerged across the political spectrum, but commanded most support on the right as a means of restraining trade unions ...
Marco Duranti, Chris Hilliard
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This article investigates companionate processes of self‐making in a religious community of Catholic nuns in eastern Indonesia. I argue that the sociality of the convent establishes a unique context for understanding the effects of one's company on processes of self‐becoming.
Meghan Rose Donnelly
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The epitaph of the Corinthians, IG I2 927, is reedited from autopsy, which reveals that the poem is Doric and that the second distich, reported by the authors, may be genuine.
Alan Boegehold
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Cicero under censorship: again on the erotic epigram to Tiro (Plin. «Epist.» VII 4)
The article discusses an alleged homoerotic epigram by Cicero, dedicated to his freedman Tiro and mentioned in a letter by Pliny the Younger. Most critics have censured this writing, considering it a forgery made in the 1st century ad to discredit Cicero
Tommaso Ricchieri
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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