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Οἶκτος e ἔλεος: contesti della ‘compassione’ nell’opera storica di Tucidide

Pallas, 2018
In this paper we examine the contexts in which Thucydides uses the Greek terms οἶκτος and ἔλεος, commonly translated with ‘pity’ or ‘compassion’. The lexical analysis aims at identifying the role, both positive and negative, that compassion plays within ...
Antonella Impieri
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Johanna Hanink (ed.), How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. Thucydides Speeches from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Princeton y Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019. Pp. 276. ISBN 9780691190150 [PDF]

Talia dixit, 2019
Review of Johanna Hanink (ed.), How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. Thucydides Speeches from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Princeton y Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019. Pp. 276.
Juan Carlos Iglesias-Zoido
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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Alliance Politics in the 21st Century Great Power Competition: A Power‐Balancing Coalition Framework

Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT US‐China competition in the Indo‐Pacific is setting the stage for a new tale of alliance politics. To contain Beijingʼs expanding power and influence in the Indo‐Pacific, Washington is currently leading several coalitions, namely the US‐Japan Alliance, Quad, Squad, and AUKUS; To counter US balancing efforts, Beijing is now strengthening its ...
Brian C. H. Fong
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Lysias, Isocrates and the Trierarchs of Aegospotami

Erga-Logoi, 2019
Isocr. 18 could have hired Isocrates, and the speaker of Lys. 21 and Eryximachus could have hired Lysias as speechwriters for their rhetorical skills. However, it is probable that Isocrates’ choice to criticize the former colleagues of Isocr.
Angelos Kapellos
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Persistence and dynamic of forest snails in the Western Carpathians over the last 40 thousand years

Boreas, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 98-109, January 2026.
The glacial/interglacial cycles have shaped the landscape of temperate Europe for the past 2.5 million years, with open landscapes prevailing during the glacial and forested landscapes during the interglacial periods. However, the survival and recolonization strategies of temperate forest species during glacial phases remain poorly understood and hotly
Lucie Juřičková, Jitka Horáčková, Veronika Horsáková, Petra Hájková, Jan Hošek, Michal  Horsák   +5 more
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Review to: Johanna Hanink (ed.), How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. Thucydides Speeches from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Princeton y Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019

Talia dixit, 2019
Review to: Johanna Hanink (ed.), How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. Thucydides Speeches from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Princeton y Oxford: Princeton University Press ...
Juan Carlos Iglesias-Zoido
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The enemies of the People in Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War: Euripides’ Orestes and the rifts among the aristocrats

Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental
This article integrates theoretical concepts not typically associated with ancient history, including generation, elite theory, and the horizon of expectation (Erwartungshorizont).
Guilherme Moerbeck
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TOWARD A CONJECTURAL HISTORY OF CONJECTURAL HISTORIES

History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 56-74, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Most intellectual historians use the term “conjectural history” to designate a new form of speculative history created in eighteenth‐century Scotland by Adam Smith and a few others. These writers traced the development of human society and culture through conjectural reasoning based on philosophers’ views about human nature and travelers ...
ANTHONY GRAFTON
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The Formula of Plague Narratives

Akademisk Kvarter, 2015
The article is a narratological investigation of a selection of plague tales. The selection spans millennia and different text types, technologies and genres, from The Bible to apocalyptical films, iPhone games and testimonials from Médecins Sans ...
Jørgen Riber Christensen
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