Notes on a Gladiatorial Inscription from Plotinopolis

The paper is concerned with a new gladiatorial tombstone from Plotinopolis. The paper raises serious doubts on the text of the inscription offered by itsinitial editor (Tsoka 2015); it also pinpoints towards Sharankov’s proposal(Année Épigraphique 2014 [2017] no. 1165, 493) as the only viable solution forthe text of the inscription, citing also unnoticed parallel passages from ancientGreek inscriptions and texts as evidence substantiating the new reading of the stone (see nn. 7-9). The paper expresses also disagreement over Tsoka’s assertion that thewords λοῦδοι and Μάτερνος of the inscription are mere transcriptions into Greek letters of the Latin words ludi, Maternus – and that the name Μάτερνοςimplies Romanisation. It is argued that the Latin-derived name of a gladiator ghting in the Eastern (Greek-speaking) side of the Roman Empire is not a safe marker of Romanisation. This is demonstrated by the epigraphical evidenceattesting to the habit of Greek-speaking gladiators to adopt professionalpseudonyms, many of them (25% of all recorded cases) Latin-derived ones; thepaper argues that the name Μάτερνος is simply a Latin-derived gladiatorialpseudonym. Plutarch’s testimony further substantiates that gladiators could be ethnic Greeks or culture-Greeks (see n. 20). As far as the word λοῦδοι is concerned, the poetic declination of the word in the stone attests to the laststages in the adaptation of a Latin-derived word into a fundamentally Greek linguistic environment. The paper argues that the Latin-derived vocabulary ofthe stone (Μάτερνος, λοῦδοι) should be viewed as a further piece of evidenceattesting to the recognition on the part of the Greek-speakers of the time, that gladiation was a fundamentally Roman cultural institution, a cultural import whose onomastics and terminology could rather remain untranslated

Notes on a Gladiatorial Inscription from Plotinopolis

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Nodal-antinodal dichotomy from pairing disorder in d-wave superconductors

We study the basic features of the local density of states (LDOS) observed in STM experiments on high-T$_c$ d-wave superconductors in the context of a minimal model of a d-wave superconductor which has {\it weakly} modulated off-diagonal disorder. We show that the low and high energy features of the LDOS are consistent with the observed experimental patterns and in particular, the anisotropic local domain features at high energies. At low energies, we obtain not only the scattering peaks predicted by the octet model, but also weak features that should be experimentally accessible. Finally, we show that the emerging features of the LDOS lose their correspondence with the features of the imposed disorder, as its complexity increases spatially

Μελέτη κεντρικής δρομολόγησης σε κατάσταση εκκένωσης κλειστής περιοχής με χρήση της θεωρίας παιγνίων

Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο--Μεταπτυχιακή Εργασία. Διεπιστημονικό-Διατμηματικό Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών (Δ.Π.Μ.Σ.) “Γεωπληροφορική

The Epigrammatist of Panagia Scripou Church and Relevant Trends in Classical Studies during the 9th century AD

International audienceἩ ἀνακοίνωση πραγματεύεται τὸν Ἐπιγραμματοποιό, ὁ ὁποῖος κατὰ παραγγελία τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαρίου Λέοντος, κτήτορος τῆς Παναγίας Σκριποῦς, συνέθεσε τὸ ἐπίγραμμα τῆς Ἀνατολικῆς πλευρᾶς τοῦ Ναοῦ (Ὀρ-χομενός, 873/874 μ.Χ.). Προσφάτως, ὁ Oscar Prieto-Domínguez [GRBS 53 (2013) σσ. 172-173, 181-185] κατέδειξε τὴν λογιότητα τοῦ ἐπιγράμματος: τὶς πολλαπλὲς ὁμηρικὲς ἀναφορές, καθὼς καὶ τὸ παιχνίδι ἀπηχήσεων ἀπὸ ἐπίγραμμα τῆς Παλατινῆς Ἀνθολογίας (9.468). Ἡ ἀνακοίνωση ἀντιμετωπίζει τὸ Ἑπίγραμμα τῆς Σκριποῦς ὑπὸ τὸ πρῖ-σμα τῶν τάσεων στὴν Ἑλληνικὴ Φιλολογία τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος. Ὑπενθυμίζεται ὅτι ἔκρηξη τοῦ ἐνδιαφέροντος τῶν λογίων γιὰ τὸ ἐπίγραμμα βλέπουμε τὸ δεύτερο ἥμισυ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος. Ἐδῶ διακρίνονται δύο τάσεις στὴν μελέτη τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς ποιήσεως. Ἀφ’ ἑνός, ἔχουμε τὸν κύκλο τοῦ Κομμητᾶ (σχολὴ Μαγναύρας)· ὁ κύκλος αὐτὸς μελετοῦσε ἰδίως τὸν Ὅμηρο, δίχως ὅμως νὰ ὑποτιμᾷ ἄλλα εἴδη ποιήσεως: ἐπὶ παραδείγματι, ὁ Κομμητᾶς ἦταν ὁμηρίζων ἐπιγραμματοποιός. Ἀφ’ ἑτέρου, ἔχουμε ἄλλο κύκλο λογίων περὶ τὴν σχολὴ τῆς Νέας Ἐκκλησίας· ψυχή του εἶναι ὁ μαγίστωρ Γρηγόριος. Περὶ τὸ 880 μ.Χ. ὁ πολυταξιδεμένος Γρηγόριος συνέλεξε (δίκην ἐπιγραφιστοῦ) ἑκατο-ντάδες ἐπιγράμματα ὁρατὰ σὲ τοποθεσίες καθ’ ἅπασα τὴν ἀνατολικορρωμα-ϊκὴ ἐπικράτεια (Μέγαρα, Κόρινθο, Λάρισσα, Θεσσαλονίκη, Φρυγία, Κύζικο κ.ἀ.). Μαθητὴς τοῦ Γρηγορίου εἶναι ὁ Κωνσταντῖνος Κεφαλᾶς· αὐτὸς περὶ τὸ 900 μ.Χ. θὰ ἀποβῇ δημιουργὸς μεγαλειώδους Ἀνθολογίας ἐπιγραμμά-των, ἡ ὁποία ἀπετέλεσε τὴν βάση τῆς Παλατινῆς Ἀνθολογίας. Ὁ Κεφαλᾶς εἶναι καὶ καθηγητὴς στὴν σχολὴ τοῦ Γρηγορίου, διδάσκοντας στοὺς ἐκκο-λαπτομένους γραμματικοὺς ἑλληνιστικὰ ἐπιγράμματα. Ἑπομένως, ἡ ἀκμὴ τῆς μελέτης τοῦ ἀρχαίου ἐπιγράμματος τοποθετεῖται τὴν πεντηκονταετία 860-910 μ.Χ. καὶ εἶναι ταυτισμένη μὲ τὸν κύκλο τοῦ Γρηγορίου Μαγίστρου. Ὁ Ἐπιγραμματοποιὸς τῆς Σκριποῦς σχετίζεται μὲ τὶς ἐξελίξεις αὐτές: δείχνει ἐξοικείωση μὲ τὸν Ὅμηρο, σὲ σημεῖο ὥστε νὰ τὸν θεωρεῖ πρότυπο 150καὶ γιὰ τὴν σύνθεση ἐπιγραμμάτων. Δὲν δείχνει ἰδιαίτερη ἐξοικείωση μὲ τὸ μετακλασσικὸ ἐπίγραμμα: ἀξιοποιεῖ ἀσήμαντο μεμονωμένο ἐπίγραμμα ἀγνώστου ποιητοῦ (ΠαλΑνθ 9.468), τὸ ὁποῖο μᾶλλον παρέλαβε ἀπὸ ἐλάσ-σονα συλλογὴ ἀρχαίων ἐπιγραμμάτων. Αὐτὸ θὰ ἦταν ἀδιανόητο γιὰ λόγιο σχολῆς ἀφιερωμένης στὴν καταγραφή, ἀνθολόγηση, μελέτη τοῦ μετακλασ-σικοῦ ἐπιγράμματος, ὅπως ἡ σχολὴ τοῦ Γρηγορίου. Ἡ ποιητική του στοιχεῖ πρὸς ἐκείνην σχολῆς, ἡ ὁποία ὄχι μόνον ἐξέδωσε Ὅμηρο, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ ὁποία τὸν θεωροῦσε μέγιστο πρότυπο γιὰ τὴν σύνθεση ἐπιγραμμάτων.Ὁ Oscar Prieto-Domínguez (ὅ.π., σσ. 177-182, 187-191), ἐρειδόμενος ἐπὶ ἐπιστολῆς τοῦ Φωτίου πρὸς τὸν πρωτοσπαθάριο Λέοντα, ὑπεστήριξε ὅτι ὁ κτήτωρ τῆς Σκριποῦς ἐσχετίζετο πρὸς τὴν σχολὴ τῆς Μαγναύρας. Ἡ ἀνακοίνωση ὑποστηρίζει ὅτι καὶ ὁ Ἐπιγραμματοποιὸς ἐσχετίζετο πρὸς τὴν Μαγναύρα. Ἐνδεχομένως ἐπαιδεύθη ἐκεῖ ὑπὸ τὸν Κομμητᾶ· ἀργότερα ἐπιστρατεύθηκε ἀπὸ τὸν Λέοντα ὡς λόγιος οἰκεῖος, πιθανὸν λόγῳ κοινῶν σπουδῶν στὴν Μαγναύρα.The paper is concerned with the Epigrammatist who (after request of pro-tospatharios Léon) composed the epigramme adorning the East wall of Panagía Scripou church (Orchomenós, 873/874 AD). The epigramme is seen within the framework of Constantinopolitan scholarly circles of the second half of the 9th century: the Magnaura school under Kommetas (Homeric scholar and Homerising epigrammatist), and the circle of Gregorios Magistros, chalcenteric collector of Greek epigrammes. On account of his Homerising poetics, the Scripou Epigrammatist seems to have been con-nected to the Magnaura school, as it also happens with his patron Léon (cf. Prieto-Domínguez, GRBS 53 [2013] 177-182, 187-191)

The expression of tumor suppressor CYLD in specific neoplasias

The tumor suppressor CYLD is a deubiquitinating enzyme that acts as a negativeregulator of several signaling pathways including NF-kappa-B and MAPK activationpathways, by affecting the function of important mediators. CYLD regulates severalcellular processes such as immune responses, inflammation, cell survival,proliferation and differentiation. The tumor suppressor function of CYLD seems to becell-type specific and it is important to delineate its involvement in the homeostasis ofspecific tissues in order to understand and exploit its role in oncogenesis . In thisreview, we summarize existing data on the expression and alterations of CYLD incertain types of lung and colorectal neoplasias

Bilateral Morgagni Hernia: Primary Repair without a Mesh

We present a case of bilateral Morgagni hernia in a 68-year-old male with an intermittent history of progressive onset of breath shortness and occasional cardiac arrhythmias. Diagnosis was made by clinical examination and the findings in a plain chest radiograph and was confirmed by computed tomography scan. The patient was operated electively and subjected to a transabdominal approach. A bilateral subcostal incision revealed a large right side anterior diaphragmatic defect with a hernia containing the ascending colon, the majority of the transverse colon and a huge amount of omentum. Also a second smaller defect was found on the left side with no hernia inside. After large bowel and omentum had been taken down to the peritoneal cavity, both defects were primarily closed using interrupted nylon sutures without the use of a mesh. The patient recovered very well, had an uneventful postoperative course and was released on the 5th postoperative day. 15-month follow-up failed to reveal any signs of recurrence