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La influencia de la historia clásica y la guerra antigua en el realismo político estadounidense [PDF]
Political realism is a school of thought that considers power relationships as independent of the wishes, preferences and theories of actors and spectators. Historical lessons are essential to it.
Horacio Carlos Cagni
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Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, many Heads of States have resorted to military metaphors, while the journalists and historians who were invited to recall the major epidemics of the past have regularly conjured up Thucydides’ account of “the Great ...
Reine-Marie Bérard
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The Self-Definition of Hellenic Identity through the Culture of Mousikē [PDF]
Altgriechische Quellen sind voll von Verweisen auf die Musik von Völkern, die nicht griechisch sind und deshalb stereotyp als ,Barbaren‘ bezeichnet werden.
Rocconi, Eleonora
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Archidamus Revisited: The Case for an Alternate Narrative of the King of Sparta [PDF]
Of all the figures who took part in the Peloponnesian War, perhaps no single person contributed so much to the outcome of the war as Archidamus II. However, if you scour the ancient primary sources, you will be hard-pressed to find a good, objective ...
Tobin, Sean
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The circulation and distribution of classical Greek coinage
Abstract From a sample of the most prominent Greek city‐states, data involving a total of 999 hoards and 160,007 coins from 550 to 300 BC were collected to discern the relative magnitudes, consistency of issue, and distribution of Classical Greek coinages.
Zane Mullins
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Lysias, Isocrates and the Trierarchs of Aegospotami
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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Genome‐wide and morphometric analyses of a Greek grasshopper complex (genus Chorthippus) uncover Middle Pleistocene divergence into two major clades separated by the Corinthian Gulf, with further diversification within the Peloponnese. Hybridization is geographically restricted and asymmetric, mainly from long‐winged to short‐winged taxa, indicating ...
Marina Trillo, Joaquín Ortego
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Irony, historiography, and political criticism : The Porcaria coniuratio [PDF]
This article examines Leon Battista Alberti’s 'Porcaria coniuratio', the historical epistle on Stefano Porcari’s conspiracy against Nicholas V, which was discovered by the pope before the conspirators could carry out the plot, in January 1453.
Celati, Marta
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change
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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William Mitford on the origins of the confrontation between Athens and Sparta
William Mitford’s interpretation of the origins of the rivalry between Athens and Sparta was analyzed. W. Mitford considered the clash of Athens and Sparta as inevitable.
N.A. Yasnitsky
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