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Reactions to natural disasters in antiquity

The article surveys the ways in which the peoples of Greco-Roman antiquity reacted to natural disasters of their time. The focus is on earthquakes, and particularly one major event, viz. the destruction of Helike in 373/2 B.C. Mainly three themes are discussed: (i) The hypotheses on the causes of natural disasters: had they natural causes or were they thought to be the result of divine intervent

The circle of omonia

The Shape of CircleA performance-lecture-walk about Omonoia Square by Mass/Mkultra17 April - 24 May 2019But the circle is a trap. You don’t need to go beyond it. Its enough to make circles around the square, to turn and look from all sides, without making a step beyond it. We are just standing there looking. There are many of us that we have fallen into this trap of quietly looking at the depth of

κλώταξ och κνώδαξ: ett sällsynt ord och dess synonym

Ordet κλώταξ är känt från en enda bevarad antik grekisk text, Kosmas Indikopleustes’ Topographia Christiana, där det förekommer sammanlagt fyra gånger. Översättare och lexikografer har haft besvär med ordet. Detta är ett försök att närmare precisera dess betydelse samt att göra det troligt att κλώταξ är synonymt med det något vanligare κνώδαξ.