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Maschere e lingue ‘barbare’ nell’iconografia e nei testi della commedia attica antica
No full textThe so-called ‘New York Goose Vase’ is a red-figure calyx krater produced in Southern Italy around the end of the fifth or the beginning of the fourth century BC, and now in the Metropolitan Museum. It shows a theatrical scene, evidently related to Attic comedy, as is apparent from the presence of a stage and three ‘comic’ characters: an old woman, on the stage, stretching out her right hand; an old man in the center standing on tip-toe with his hands above his head; and a young, unbearded man hold- ing his rod in a seemingly threatening manner. All of them have words coming out of their mouths, in a convention not unlike that of modern cartoon bubbles. They are speaking Attic Greek, except that the young man is saying something unintelligible (noraretteblo). This paper aims to offer an in-depth, up-dated analysis of the vase, which represents important evidence for actors in fifth/fourth-century Attic comedy playing foreign characters and speaking ‘barbarian’ languages (like the Persian Pseudartabas in Aristophanes’ Acharnians and the Triballian god in Aristophanes’ Birds; the Skythian archer in Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae speaks a garbled pidgin Greek, not exam- ined in this paper [see now the excellent book of Di Bari 2013])
Commedie di Aristofane. Vol. II: Introduzione, traduzione, note critiche e di commento a Uccelli, Lisistrata, Tesmoforiazuse, Rane
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Biological Recursion and Digital Systems: Conceptual Tools for Analysing Man-Machine Interaction
No full textThe theory of numbers, the theory of computation and well-known biological and neurological studies on cognition and consciousness all indicate the concept of recursion as their common denominator. Mathematical recursion owes its meaning and properties to a dual relationship between its results, which always constitute a sequence, and the operator that generated them, which is instead invariant. This article proposes that this duality in recursion originates from the duality between the biological homeostatic equilibrium in living systems and the adaptive physico-chemical changes required to sustain such equilibria. Such duality gives order and meaning to the experiences of a living system. One of the many implications of this innovative perspective is that this duality can decouple computational results from our intuitive order relations, and that this can cause a rarefaction of the capacity of digital systems to convey communication and favour adaptation to the environment
La morte delle Arpie in Eschilo
No full textIl contributo analizza il motivo della morte delle Arpie per mano dei Boreadi, attestato in particolare da un passo del De vietate di Filodemo in un papiro ercolanese; utile alla ricostruzione di un aspetto del perduto Fineo eschileo, primo dramma della tetralogia del 472, di cui facevano parte anche Glauco di Potnie, Persiani e il dramma satiresco Prometeo
Prefazione
No full textIn sede di Prefazione, il contributo offre una sintetica panoramica della ricezione del mito di Fedra, evidenziando la mancanza di uno studio sulla sua presenza nel cinema del Novecento
Maschera e alterità su un vaso magnogreco: il ‘New York Goose Play’
No full textIl contributo offre una analisi dettagliata di un vaso magnogreco conservato al Metropolitan Museum di New York, particolarmente interessante perché rappresenta una scena comica (di un'età coeva alla commedia attica antica, fine V-inizi IV secolo a.C.) corredata da iscrizioni (parole, versi) in prossimità dei vari personaggi-attori: in lingua attica e una singolare espressione (norarettablo) considerata barbara e finora non decifrata
Advantages of minimal access versus conventional aortic valve replacement in elderly or severely obese patients
No full textObjective: The aim of our study was to investigate potential clinical ad- vantages of minimal access versus conventional surgical approach in older and severely obese patients undergoing isolated aortic valve re- placement (AVR).
Methods: One hundred thirty-five patients undergoing isolated primary AVR were enrolled. Propensity score matching was used to compare 42 selected patients operated on ministernotomy (MS, group B) with 42 selected patients operated on full sternotomy (FS, group A). Results: After propensity score matching, the two groups were compa- rable in terms of preoperative characteristics. Cardiopulmonary bypass time was significantly longer in MS group compared with the FS group [median (95% confidence level or CL), 103 (98.7–106.4) vs 94 (83.6–99) minutes, respectively; P = 0.0019]. No significant difference was observed in aortic cross-clamp time [median (95% CL), 73 (71.1–78.2) vs 69.5 (62.7–83) minutes; P = 0.4]. Significantly shorter ventilation time [median (95% CL), 13 (12–16.4) vs 24 (22–25) hours; P = 0.00018], intensive care unit stay [median (95% CL), 1 vs 2 days; P = 0.00017], and hospital stay [median (95% CL), 8.5 (8–10.8) vs 13.5 (11.1–14) days; P = 0.00030] were shown in the MS group. The age subgroup analysis showed that statistical significance for mechani- cal ventilation, intensive care unit, and hospital stay was specific for patients older than 75 years. The analysis of body mass index quar- tile showed that statistical significance for mechanical ventilation was specific for patients in the fourth quartile.
Conclusions: Minimal access AVR is a reproducible, safe, and effective surgical option in patients candidate for isolated AVR, and our study suggests a faster recovery when used in severely obese or older patient
Mascherati di zolfo. Spazi sociali e simboli rituali
No full textTra la seconda metà dell’800 e gli anni ’60 del ’900 la Sicilia interna fu scenario dell’epopea della zolfara. Di quella stagione così importante
e così drammatica, restano racconti e leggende, storie e memorie di un
sottosuolo zolfifero innestate su un già ampio immaginario infero-ctonio
di matrice contadina e restano pure i canti di lavoro, di dolore, di protesta
nonché, ancora leggibili, tracce di specifici culti e di peculiari pratiche cerimoniali. Nel saggio vengono presi in esame le strategie di manipolazione dei simboli rituali e i rapporti degli zolfatai con le istituzioni ecclesiastiche
e con le altre componenti sociali e il rilievo assunto dalla dimensione della
festa quale spazio-tempo della rappresentazione e della validazione dell’ordine comunitario e del suo mutamento
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