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Un destino paradigmatico. L'ibrido e la necessità del γάμος nel mito di Io
No full textThe main stages in the myth of the Argive Io are seduction by Zeus, being guarded by “all-seeing” Argos, her bovine hybridization and mad wanderings from Argos to Egypt, and finally her return to the human form and the birth of Epaphus, Zeus’ son. The agent of Io’s hybridization is either Zeus or Hera. Another aspect of this myth is the rejection of one’s love – also of marriage – for the purpose of preserving a condition of virginity and of “freedom” that is anomalous for women. If it is the case that Hera is the cause of Io’s evils, the girl herself appears as the paradigm of the unavoidable “yoke” of love and marriage for women, especially in Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women. Io shares the same bovine imagery as Hera (who is βοῶπις, “ox-eyed”), and her myth has substantial similarities with the myth of the Proitids. Both myths highlight the notion of the necessity of marriage (γάμος): Io rids herself of suffering, as a heifer harassed by a gadfly, by means of conceiving a child and bearing it.
In the light of the bovine imagery, and in consideration of Io’s representation not just as a heifer-girl, but even as a bull-girl – a hypostasis of Dionysus, associated with sex and fertility – this paper aims at considering Io's hybridity in relation to female sexuality and the social position of women in marriage
Sirene nell'Ade. L'aulo, la lira e il lutto
No full textAlthough music might seem to have nothing to do with death and the grief caused by it (to ban any music making from one’s house is a distinctive feature of mourning), yet dirges (threnoi) bestow upon the deceased both praise and the possibility to be remembered, and soothe the grief of his family and friends, and of the community as a whole. Thus the living accompany the soul of the dead in its descent to the Underworld by means of music, that seems to be the last connection with life. On a mythical-religious level, such an accompaniment is brought about by the Sirens, prayed by Helen so that they could join her in mourning the loss of the many warriors who have died because of her (Eur. Hel. 167-178). Helen performs a “lyre-less elegy” (185, ἄλυρος ἔλεγος), while the presence of the libyan aulos in previous verses (171) seems to suggest that the aulos is much more suited to mourning than any other musical instrument.
A different idea of the Afterlife is linked to Orphism, according to which those who are initiated into the Mysteries live a blessed and happy life in the Underworld. Such beliefs stem from the myth of Orpheus, the lyre-player who defeats the Sirens in a competition of song in the Argonautic saga. The lyre assists the descent of the souls in the abode of Hades, introducing them into a new life
Transient left ventricular ballooning (tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy) soon after intravenous ergonovine injection following caesarean delivery
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End-User Development of e-Government Services through Meta-modeling
No full textThis paper describes an approach to the end-user development of online services for citizens of a government agency. With reference to a typical government-to-citizen service, the paper discusses how such services are currently structured and provided to citizens, and how their implementation can be transferred from software professionals to administrative personnel, who do not generally possess any programming expertise. The analysis of e-government services is carried out according to different perspectives pertaining to the citizen, the employee, the software engineer and the human-computer interaction expert. This analysis leads to define an abstract service model (a meta-model) and constitutes the first phase of the end-user development approach here proposed. The meta-model can then be used to design an environment for service creation suitable to the competencies and background of the target end-user developers. This design activity constitutes the second phase of the proposed approach
Salida de campo por La Camarga (Provenza, Francia) el 12 de mayo de 1954
No full textSalida de campo por la reserva natural de La Camarga (Provenza, Francia), recorriendo Le Sambuc, La Tour du Valat, Villaneuve y La Capeliére, el 12 de mayo de 1954, de la que se anotaron observaciones sobre el pez Gambusia holbrooki (Gambusia), el reptil Rhinechis scalaris (Culebra de escalera, llamada Elaphe scalaris o Coluber scalaris por el autor), y las siguientes aves: Anas platyrhynchos (Ánade azulón, también llamado Pato bravío por el autor), Ardea sp. (Garza), Corvus monedula (Grajilla, llamada Coloeus por el autor), Cuculus canorus (Cuco común) , Egretta garzetta (Garceta común), Hippolais sp. (Zarcero), Lanius senator (Alcaudón común), Larus ridibundus (Gaviota reidora), Miliaria calandra (Triguero, llamada Emberiza calandra por el autor), Pica pica (Urraca, llamada "marica" y "picarza" por el autor) y Porzana porzana (Polluela pintoja).Field trip through the nature reserve of The Camargue (Provenza, Francia), travelling through Le Sambuc, La Tour du Valat, Villaneuve and La Capeliére, the 12th of May of 1954, of which there were noted observations about the fish Gambusia holbrooki (Eastern Mosquitofish), the reptil Rhinechis scalaris (Ladder Snake, refered as Elaphe scalaris by the author), and the following birds: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard), Ardea sp. (Heron), Corvus monedula (Eurasian Jackdaw, refered as Coloeus by the author), Cuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo), Egretta garzetta (Little Egret), Hippolais sp. (Warbler), Lanius senator (Woodchat Shrike), Larus ridibundus (Common Black-headed Gull), Miliaria calandra (Corn Bunting, refered as Emberiza calandra by the author), Pica pica (Black-billed Magpie) and Porzana porzana (Spotted Crake)
Right Ventricular Involvement and Pulmonary Hypertension in an Elderly Woman With Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
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