Far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics of the human uterus: A self-organized dissipative structure. [PDF]
Physiol RepAbstract The aim of this study was to know how the human uterine muscle behaves from a thermodynamic point of view in pregnant and non‐pregnant states. According to far‐from‐equilibrium thermodynamics, an open system is far‐from‐equilibrium when its thermodynamic force varies non‐linearly with its thermodynamic flow.
Lecarpentier Y +6 more
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TECHNICAL TRAINING OF THE ATHENIAN CAVALRY (375 - 350 BC)
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2022 Cavalry tactics require a well-thought-out horse and rider training on a regular basis as well as a cavalry led by a commander who has tactical skill, sufficient horsemanship and knowledge of horses.
Annelies Koolen
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Two passages in pseudo-Xenophon [PDF]
, 1995 This paper discusses textual problems in [Xenophon] Athenian Constitution 2.9 and 3 ...
Brock, R., Heath, M.
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Aristippus and Xenophon as Plato’s contemporary literary rivals and the role of gymnastikè (γυμναστική) [PDF]
, 2015 Plato was a Socrates’ friend and disciple, but he wasn’t the only one. No doubt, Socrates had many followers, however, the majority of their work is lost. Was there any antagonism among his followers? Who succeeded in interpreting Socrates? Who
Canfora, Des Places, Hadot, Waterfield
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Support‐Verb Constructions with Objects: Greek‐Coptic Interference in the Documentary Papyri?1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 382-403, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Support‐verb constructions are combinations of a verb and a noun that fill the predicate slot, for example, to make a suggestion in I made the suggestion yesterday. The article examines direct‐object structures with support‐verb constructions in Greek documentary papyri from fourth‐ to mid‐seventh‐century Egypt.
Victoria Beatrix Fendel
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Keeping tradition alive: just war and historical imagination [PDF]
, 2018 The just war tradition is one of the key constituencies of international political theory, and its vocabulary plays a prominent role in how political and military leaders frame contemporary conflicts.
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Spartan dependence on Laurion lead
Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 5, Page 1044-1058, October 2023., 2023 Abstract This article presents contextual evidence for the interpretation of lead isotope analysis (LIA) of artefacts from the Archaic Greek Mediterranean. In particular, I make a response to Wood’s suggestion in Archaeometry (2022, first view, ‘Other ways to examine the finances behind the birth of Classical Greece’) that the end of the production of ...
James Thomas Lloyd
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Zweimal Kyros. Die homonymen Perserfürsten und der Kampf um die Macht im Spiegel der Werke des Xenophon (Kyropädie, Anabasis) [PDF]
, 2015 «Kyros» taucht als Fürstenname dreimal in der Überlieferung des Perserreiches auf. Der Historiker Xenophon von Athen (427–ca. 355 v. Chr.) hat in seinen Schriften über zwei Träger dieses Namens berichtet und sie durchaus unterschiedlich bewertet: Kyros ...
Faber, Eike
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Testimonianze sulla prostituzione a Sparta. La bella aulonita e l’etèra Cottina
Erga-Logoi, 2015 Review of the ancient evidences about the practice of prostitution in Sparta from the archaic till the Hellenistic time. The paper discusses the testimonies offered by Plutarch and Clement, concerning the organization of prostitution in Spartan law, and ...
Roberto Capel Badino
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Looks of Love and Loathing:Cultural Models of Vision and Emotion in Ancient Greek Culture [PDF]
, 2011 International audienceThis paper considers the intersection of cultural models of emotion, specifically love and envy, with folk and scientific models of vision in Greek antiquity.
Cairns, Douglas
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