ClothoPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.2.109-126
Alberto Camerotto
{"title":"Troy Is Burning: Epic Archetypes","authors":"Alberto Camerotto","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.2.109-126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.2.109-126","url":null,"abstract":"The paper discusses the Italian project on “Ilioupersis: Epic Archetypes,” which delves into the multifaceted concept of war violence across cultures and history, exploring its representation in various disciplines like literature, art, and cinema. Through seminars, conferences, and public actions, the project aims to enhance civil consciousness and collective memory, particularly focusing on the fall of Troy as a universal symbol of violence and its consequences. With a strong emphasis on engaging younger scholars and involving communities, the project seeks to foster a shared historical and cultural awareness around war violence themes. Moreover, it explores the transformative power of sport as a symbol of peace and cooperation, drawing parallels between ancient athletic ideals and contemporary societal values. Collaborations with institutions like UNESCO aim to extend these discussions to conflict-affected areas, promoting peace-building efforts through cultural understanding and dialogue. Ultimately, the project advocates for a civilization that values peace, understanding, and cooperation over violence and conflict.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"16 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140266284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.2.33-54
Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska
{"title":"Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications","authors":"Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.2.33-54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.2.33-54","url":null,"abstract":"The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medical purposes. The paper explores the connections and relationships between these texts, primarily in terms of the instructions conveyed regarding the use of specific snake and viper products and the effects of their use on human health, including the many diseases known since antiquity that plagued Nicholas’ contemporaries.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"165 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140265372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.2.131-147
Elżbieta Olechowska, Marta Pszczolińska
{"title":"Neil Gaiman’s Use of Antiquity in Television Series: American Gods and Calliope","authors":"Elżbieta Olechowska, Marta Pszczolińska","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.2.131-147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.2.131-147","url":null,"abstract":"American Gods (Starz 2017–2021) and The Sandman (Netflix 2022– ), two highly watchable audiovisual series are adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s popular novel (2001) and of his earlier comic book series (1989–1996). They are both inspired by classical and Norse mythologies and reflect the evolution of culturally and socially important themes that occurred between the publication of their literary models and the airing of the television series. Curiously, the adaptation of the novel includes more Olympic gods but glosses over the influence of Herodotus. The Sandman, on the other hand, in its television version, and specifically, in its first season finale episode Calliope, under discussion here, is much less graphic in the scenes of sexual abuse leaving the more drastic images to the imagination of the viewers but at the same time achieving an even more expressive empathy toward the suffering victim and a severe condemnation of the committed outrage.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"92 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140265691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.2.95-107
Bojana Tomc
{"title":"Motiv svobode, človekovega dostojanstva in zavedanja skupne človeške usode od antike do Cervantesa","authors":"Bojana Tomc","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.2.95-107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.2.95-107","url":null,"abstract":"The legacy of antiquity forms a constituent part of Cervantes’ opus. The vicinity of the classical imaginarium, with which Cervantes became acquainted during his education and while living in Italy, is represented by classical elements, topics, and motifs. Through these, he establishes a constant dialogue with antiquity. However, the humanistic note in his opus is most noticeable in his constant defense of freedom and human dignity and the value of the human being, reflecting the Renaissance concept of the human person. Freedom becomes a key element and cornerstone of Cervantes’ poetics, linking to the Renaissance tradition. Cervantes frequently expresses the premise of human freedom and its fundamental value. This pronounced orientation toward freedom may be related to his personal experience and explained by his painful captivity in Algeria, where he spent five years. He started to write to survive and maintain clarity of mind and spirit.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"49 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140080469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.2.57-71
Gregor Pobežin
{"title":"Julian the Apostate, Claudius Mamertinus, and Ammianus Marcellinus: Filling in a “Blank Spot”?","authors":"Gregor Pobežin","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.2.57-71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.2.57-71","url":null,"abstract":"Flavius Claudius Julianus, often referred to as “Julian the Apostate,” ruled the Roman Empire from early 360 AD until his death in battle on June 26th, 363 AD. Despite his brief reign, Julian undertook significant reforms targeting various aspects of public life, including the administration and provincial governance. This paper focuses on his administrative activities in Illyricum, where he resided in 361 AD while campaigning against Constantius II. While facing immediate tactical concerns during his campaign, Julian reportedly engaged in imperial administrative duties within Illyricum, as documented by historian Ammianus Marcellinus and panegyrist Claudius Mamertinus. This research delves into Ammianus’ account to analyze Julian’s administrative acts in Illyricum and subsequently across the Roman Empire.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"47 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140080611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.2.5-31
Ildikó Csepregi
{"title":"Medea Rejuvenates Herself: Female Roles and the Use of the Body in Seneca’s Medea","authors":"Ildikó Csepregi","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.2.5-31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.2.5-31","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to illustrate the arc of the sequence of events through which Medea rejuvenates herself – as she has rejuvenated others before her, she does it as if she were simply disassembling herself and putting herself in her own cauldron to be reborn as her younger and stronger self. After describing the different and changing female roles of Seneca’s Medea, the paper gives a close reading of the text to show how Seneca uses images of the body and to underscore the way Medea uses her own body to achieve her transformation: to start a new life by returning to her earlier self, i.e., by rejuvenating herself. To back this argument, the paper also highlights her previous acts of rejuvenation in textual and pictorial testimonies and argues that Seneca presented Medea as a rather positive figure, a deity, a magician, a healer, who is capable of ruling over life and death.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"95 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140079767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.1.287-296
None Velej Paterkul, Tjaša Šimunić
{"title":"Velej Paterkul: Rimska zgodovina (2.108–2.117.1)","authors":"None Velej Paterkul, Tjaša Šimunić","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.1.287-296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.1.287-296","url":null,"abstract":"Velej Paterkul je bil rimski ekvit, vojaški poveljnik in senator, ki je svojo politično kariero opravljal pod Avgustom in Tiberijem. Vse, kar vemo o njem, nam je povedal sam v svojem zgodovinskem delu Historia Romana. Popisal je zgodovino vse do Tiberijeve vladavine, zaradi slabe ohranjenosti prve knjige pa je težko reči, kje je začel. Bil je prvi rimski zgodovinar, ki je svoje delo označil za transcursus, v katerem bo popisal samo najpomembnejše dogodke. Slednje na splošno opisuje bolj podrobno, če so bili bližje času, v katerem je pisal. Kljub temu da je Velejevo delo pravzaprav edino ohranjeno prozno delo iz časa Avgustove in Tiberijeve vladavine, je malo antičnih del, ki so jih tako v antiki kot kasneje citirali tako malo. Zanemarjali so ga predvsem zaradi njegovega navdušenja nad Tiberijem in njegovo vladavino.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135539014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.1.309-317
A. E. Housman, David Movrin
{"title":"A. E. Housman: Fragment grške tragedije","authors":"A. E. Housman, David Movrin","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.1.309-317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.1.309-317","url":null,"abstract":"Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936), ki je kasneje postal angleški pesnik in eden največjih filologov svojega časa, je svoj zafrkantski »fragment« objavil pri triindvajsetih, leta 1883, v reviji Bromsgrovian. Revijo je izdajala Bromsgrove School, kjer se je šolal kot najstnik (1870–77); na šolo, ki je prva prepoznala njegov jezikovni in pesniški talent, se je za kratek čas (1881–82) vrnil kot pomožni učitelj po nepričakovanem študijskem porazu na Oxfordu. Kot ugotavlja Ralph Marcellino, ni naključje, da besedilo parodira predvsem Ajshila, ki je bil Housmanov najljubši pesnik. V njem odzvanja Oresteja, zlasti drami Agamemnon in Prinašalke pitnih darov, verjetno zato, ker so ju dijaki na šoli, kjer je poučeval, pri pouku največ brali. Prav ta ciljna publika je znala ceniti norčevanje iz retoričnih figur ter sintaktičnih konstrukcij, ki jim jih je njihov pomožni učitelj vbijal v glavo.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135537259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.1.370-375
Rok Kuntner
{"title":"Alois Kernbauer in Tone Smolej, ed., Gemeinsamkeit auf getrennten Wegen: Die slowenischen Doktoranden der Grazer Philosophischen Fakultät im Zeitraum 1876–1918 und die Gründung der Universität in Ljubljana","authors":"Rok Kuntner","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.1.370-375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.1.370-375","url":null,"abstract":"V zborniku Gemeinsamkeit auf getrennten Wegen s podnaslovom Die slowenischen Doktoranden der Grazer Philosophischen Fakultät im Zeitraum 1876–1918 und die Gründung der Universität in Ljubljana so zbrani prispevki o slovenskih doktorskih kandidatih Filozofske fakultete Univerze Karla in Franca v Gradcu v zadnjem obdobju obstoja donavske monarhije. Prispevki so plod raziskav v okviru projekta Zgodovina disertacij slovenskih kandidatov v Avstroogrski monarhiji, kjer so bili predhodno obravnavani že slovenski doktorandi Karlove univerze v Pragi in Univerze na Dunaju.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135538232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ClothoPub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.4312/clotho.5.1.157-169
Olga Osredkar
{"title":"Pouk latinščine kot priložnost za kulturno in jezikovno ozaveščanje","authors":"Olga Osredkar","doi":"10.4312/clotho.5.1.157-169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.5.1.157-169","url":null,"abstract":"Gimnazijska leta so za mladega človeka priložnost, da raste in se razvija na vseh področjih, tako telesno in umsko kot čustveno in duhovno. Izobraževanje ne pomeni le nabiranja splošnega znanja ali podlage za študij. Pouk klasičnih jezikov daje mladim izobraževalno širino in je priložnost za jezikovno ozaveščanje. Latinščina je jezik, ki povezuje in ne ločuje, jezik, ki pripada vsakomur v enaki meri in je od vsakogar enako oddaljen. Ni ne moj ne tvoj, ni od nikogar in je od vseh.","PeriodicalId":33790,"journal":{"name":"Clotho","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135537754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}