«Μέγα τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κράτος» (Θουκ. Ι 143, 5): αρχαιολογία της ιδέας

This is a philological study that deals with the articulated ideas and it is not in the least concerned with the historicity of events; it is not the events but the ideas that I thought are worth writing about (cf. I 22, 2). ‘Archaeology’, the title of this paper, refers – with a certain degree of ambiguity – first to the Archaeology of Thucydides, next it includes the connotation of Archaeology as excavation of the idea in Thucydides and Old-Oligarch, the sea-power of Polycrates in Herodotus, the Catalogue of the Ships in the second Book of the Iliad and the third chorus of the Persians of Aeschylus (852-907). In addition, the notion of ‘archaeology’ involves the components of the idea in Hesiod and Homer, and its survival in Xenophon’s Hellenica and in Isocrates, and, finally, its philosophical foundation in works of Plato and Aristotle; the study of the notion of Archaeology culminates with Atlantis and the works Timaeus and Critias of Plato

Shifting targets in Reformation allegory: five case studies, 1515-1575

This thesis explores the shifting targets of evil in English Reformation allegory during particularly turbulent social and religious changes, between 1534 and 1575, when the notion of evil was used as a polemical weapon by authors with a progressive reformist agenda. I examine how the concept of evil, as delineated by the philosophy of ‘moral absolutism’, and its associated theological theories, although remained static (good and evil are defined in a diametrically opposed construct, and determined by a deity), the nature of evil (whether evil is something we all have within us or is an external force) changed from a pre-Reformation construct to a Reformation configuration, and the targets of that which was considered evil shifted thereafter. I employ a historicist and intertextual approach, where meaning does not reside in the text. Instead, meaning is produced by my own reading in relation both to each text under scruitiny and to the network of texts invoked in the reading process, which is conducted within the context of each of these texts’ social, political, theological and cultural history. I draw on biographical, political, and theological accounts, alongside literary texts and analysis, focusing on five specific case studies from 1515 to 1575. Plays by John Skelton, John Bale, Nicolas Udall, Lewis Wager and prose by William Baldwin are analysed in conjunction with contemporary literary works and tracts, which include those by William Tyndale, Bernadino Ochino, John Frith, Robert Crowley, Edmund Dudley, Thomas More, John Knox and Anthony Gilby. I examine texts that have received considerable scholarly attention, with the aim of focusing on their polemical targeting of individuals, groups and institutions via allegorical evil characterisation. I argue that scholarship has neglected to engage with a crucial facet of the texts under scrutiny: one that can provide important additional insights into Reformation allegory, and the particularly fractious and contested instances of Tudor history that produced them

Nutritional requirements and strain heterogeneity in Ashbya gossypii

Colony radial growth rates and specific growth rates of three related Ashbya gossypii strains ATCC10895, IMI31268, MUCL29450 and an unrelated strain, CBS109.26, were measured on various carbon and nitrogen sources at pH 4.5 and pH 6.5 to elucidate physiological growth requirements and strain differences. All strains grew on yeast extract or ammonium as nitrogen sources, but not on nitrate. Substantial growth at pH 4.5 was observed only on complex medium. D-Glucose, glycerol and starch were utilised as carbon sources. Ethanol was produced during growth on glycerol. Conversion of xylose into xylitol demonstrates that the xylose reductase is active. Phenotypic differences between related strains were greater than expected. We demonstrate that A. gossypii utilizes ammonium as sole nitrogen source at pH 6.5, facilitating further physiological studies using chemically defined media in the future.The financial support of Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, is acknowledged, project AshByofactory PTDC/EBB-EBI/101985/2008 and grant SFRH/BD/30229/2006 to O. Ribeiro

The shade of Homer: Solomos, Petrarch, Ennius

σ. [175]-188Περίληψη στα ελληνικάΔωδώνη: Φιλολογία: επιστημονική επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Φιλολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων; Τόμ. 20 (1991

Callinus Fr. 1 W: Warrior’s Alternatives

σ. [63]-67Περίληψη στα ελληνικάΔωδώνη: Φιλολογία: επιστημονική επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Φιλολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων; Τόμ. 25 (1996

Deletion of Genes Encoding Arginase Improves Use of "Heavy" Isotope-Labeled Arginine for Mass Spectrometry in Fission Yeast

<div><p>The use of “heavy” isotope-labeled arginine for stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) mass spectrometry in the fission yeast <i>Schizosaccharomyces pombe</i> is hindered by the fact that under normal conditions, arginine is extensively catabolized <i>in vivo</i>, resulting in the appearance of “heavy”-isotope label in several other amino acids, most notably proline, but also glutamate, glutamine and lysine. This “arginine conversion problem” significantly impairs quantification of mass spectra. Previously, we developed a method to prevent arginine conversion in fission yeast SILAC, based on deletion of genes involved in arginine catabolism. Here we show that although this method is indeed successful when ¹³C₆-arginine (Arg-6) is used for labeling, it is less successful when ¹³C₆¹⁵N₄-arginine (Arg-10), a theoretically preferable label, is used. In particular, we find that with this method, “heavy”-isotope label derived from Arg-10 is observed in amino acids other than arginine, indicating metabolic conversion of Arg-10. Arg-10 conversion, which severely complicates both MS and MS/MS analysis, is further confirmed by the presence of ¹³C₅¹⁵N₂-arginine (Arg-7) in arginine-containing peptides from Arg-10-labeled cells. We describe how all of the problems associated with the use of Arg-10 can be overcome by a simple modification of our original method. We show that simultaneous deletion of the fission yeast arginase genes <i>car1+</i> and <i>aru1+</i> prevents virtually all of the arginine conversion that would otherwise result from the use of Arg-10. This solution should enable a wider use of heavy isotope-labeled amino acids in fission yeast SILAC.</p></div

Sophocles' Philoctetes and the homeric epics [An anthropological approach]

Perysinakis Ioannis. Sophocles' Philoctetes and the homeric epics [An anthropological approach]. In: Mètis. Anthropologie des mondes grecs anciens, vol. 9-10, 1994. pp. 377-389

Και το πουλι παράκουσε : a narrative technique in the Iliad and modern Greek folksongs

Le motif du messager qui, volontairement ou non, deforme les faits qu'il relate ou l'ordre qu'il est charge de transmettre se rencontre dans la poesie grecque depuis le recit qu'Ulysse fait de son ambassade aupres d'Achille dans le livre 9 de l'Iliade jusqu'aux temps modernes.Dodoni. Filologi