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ABSTRACT Introduction Promoting healthy aging is a public health goal, especially in regions with a high proportion of older adults, such as Greece. This cross‐sectional study investigated the association of fish n‐3 PUFA intake with indicators of healthy aging among older Greek Peloponnesian adults.
Alexandra Foscolou +12 more
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Political Myth in Aristophanes: Another Form of Comic Satire?
Civic myths and their role in the expression of political identity can be seen to be parodied in Acharnians (the cause of the Peloponnesian War, the conquest of Eleusis) and Birds (foundation legends, the Athenian kings).
Nikoletta Kanavou
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ABSTRACT Mediterranean mountainous areas and their valuable natural resources have long been attractive to human societies. The Peloponnese (southern Greece), with its complex topographic and climatic variability, has been the scenery for the development of numerous human communities.
Katerina Kouli +11 more
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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Taking distance from previous studies where naval warfare in Classical period is considered as an Athenian uniqueness concerning her military results, this paper aims to review the battles which took place during the Peloponnesian War from a different ...
Alessandro Carli
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Old Comedy, Public Intellectuals and the Origins of Dissent Communication: The Case of Aristophanes
The purpose of this article is to explore the emergence of a strategic communication management of dissent (the so called dissent public relations) and to set its beginnings in the context of ancient Greek comedy represented by Aristophanes. Indeed, Old
Jordi Xifra
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Abstract How should Deweyan educators teach their students about engaging in efforts to bring about social change in a political context marked by polarization, power differentials, and oppression? In this article, Joshua Forstenzer argues that Deweyan educators must encourage their students to engage in pluralistic and creative experiments rather than
Joshua Forstenzer
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Comedy during the Peloponnesian War.
While many literary scholars have already examined Aristophanes’ extant plays featuring the Peloponnesian War and a utopian peace, their conclusions oftentimes lack an academic justification for the occurrence of political criticism, or the presence of ...
Alexander, J.
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Caracterización de la prosa de Tucidides
Este artículo consiste en un análisis de las características más sobresalientes de la prosa del famoso historiador Tucídides, en el que se analiza las principales características del estilo, morfosintaxis y léxico-fonética utilizados por el autor de la ...
José María Jiménez Vásquez
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Abstract Background The p.A53T variant in the SNCA gene was considered, until recently, to be the only SNCA variant causing familial Parkinson's disease (PD) in the Greek population. We identified a novel heterozygous p.A30G (c.89 C>G) SNCA pathogenic variant in five affected individuals of three Greek families, leading to autosomal dominant PD.
Ioanna Alefanti +20 more
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