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Genomic‐based species delimitation reveals cryptic diversity and semi‐permeable species boundaries in a Chorthippus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) grasshopper complex from Greece

open access: yesSystematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 2, April‐June 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Lysias, Isocrates and the Trierarchs of Aegospotami

open access: yesErga-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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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

open access: yesEuropean 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

open access: yesAsia &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
wiley   +1 more source

The enemies of the People in Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War: Euripides’ Orestes and the rifts among the aristocrats

open access: yesArchai: 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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Persistence and dynamic of forest snails in the Western Carpathians over the last 40 thousand years

open access: yesBoreas, 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Prince and the Pancratiast: Persian-Thessalian Relations in the Late Fifth Century B.C.

open access: yesGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2015
Darius II’s invitation to the Olympic victor Poulydamas and Cyrus’ friendship with Thessalian aristocrats were renewals of old ties between Persia and Thessaly and part of Persian intervention in the Peloponnesian War.
John O. Hyland
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The Formula of Plague Narratives

open access: yesAkademisk 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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William Mitford on the origins of the confrontation between Athens and Sparta

open access: yesУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2020
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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TOWARD A CONJECTURAL HISTORY OF CONJECTURAL HISTORIES

open access: yesHistory 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
wiley   +1 more source

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