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In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region
Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 6, Page 2060-2081, December 2024.ABSTRACT Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira with the tiny Selvagens, the Canaries and Cabo Verde, and for some authors different continental coastal strips, has been under dispute. Herein, after a brief introduction
José María Fernández‐Palacios +15 more
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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Séparations composées dans la Théogonie
Gaia, 2023 Many commentators have already pointed out the presence, in Hesiod’s Theogony, of a recurrent motif in the myths of many cultures: the separation of heaven and earth.
Étienne Ménard
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Aristotle's tyche (τύχη) and contemporary debates about luck
Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 401-414, July 2024.Abstract This paper proposes an interpretation of Aristotle's understanding of tyche (τύχη), a Greek term that can be alternatively translated as luck, fortune, or fate. The paper disentangles various threads of argument in the primary sources to argue for a realist understanding of what we moderns call “luck.” In short, it contends that Aristotle's ...
Louis Groarke
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La fonction métaphysique de la poétique végétale d’Empédocle
Gaia, 2023 After reinscribing Empedocles’ choice to call his elements “roots” in the poetic tradition inherited from Hesiod, we examine the consistency with which the Agrigentine describes the behaviour of these “roots” in terms of growth, branching and ...
Arnaud Macé
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Creativity in the Ancient Greek Philosophy: The Politics of Demiourgein
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 227-244, June 2024.ABSTRACT Where does creativity come from and what is its purpose? The paper revisits these ever‐turning questions to correct the prevalent but, arguably, inaccurate historical interpretation of creativity as a concept that emerged in modernity. First, I substantiate that a close study of the ancient Greek texts suggests that although creativity seems ...
Brokalaki Zafeirenia
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Rediscovering the celestial cuneiform puns that imparted the "Birth of Pegasus" myth [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2017 In a recent article the author has shown that Pegasus' appearance in Greek astronomy - as a Flying Horse severed at the navel - displays a one-to-one correlation with wordplay encrypted in its older, Mesopotamian title as the "Field". The current article
McHugh, J.
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Data Over Dogma: A Brief Introduction to Experimental Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2024.Abstract Experimental philosophy of religion is the project of taking the tools and resources of the human sciences—especially psychology and cognitive science—and bringing them to bear on issues within philosophy of religion toward explicit philosophical ends. This paper introduces readers to experimental philosophy of religion.
Ian M. Church
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La mauve ou l'asphodèle ou comment manger pour s'élever au-dessus de la condition humaine
Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne, 2003 Hesiod mentions the mallow and the asphodel in v. 41 of the 'Works'. Generally interprets think that the poet considers them as food for poor people. Nevertheless the contextual analysis of food topic and the examination of the part assigned to the two ...
Nicolette Brout
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Linguistica, 1956 Nach Hesiod, Theog. 154—210 entmannte Kronos seinen Vater Uranos, als sich dieser Gaia in der Nacht nahte, indem er ihm mit der von seiner Mutter gegebenen Sichel sein Glied abschnitt.
Janez Stanovnik
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