Per il lessico dell’archiviazione pubblica nel mondo greco. Note preliminari.

Scrivere leggere interpretare: Studi di Antichit\ue0 in onore di Sergio Dari

La ‘presenza’ dei re negli archivi delle poleis ellenistiche

In the Hellenistic period the archival behaviour of the Greek poleis experienced an important increase and development, out of need for negotiating relationships with the kings and keeping the related documents. This essay focuses on the diverse categories of records generated by the royal administration and on their locations in the city archives, along with the related internal files and throughout the resultant chains of documents. Royal letters and ordonnances are investigated along with the city records of royal taxation or fiscal exemption, the documentary consequences of ruler cult and euergetic subscriptions of kings and queens, the calendar correspondence and relationship with the royal bookkeeping. A final topic is the common need for the historical players to preserve the documents of a long-standing administrative relationship in the concerned area, as a legitimate precedent for the future rulers

Etiological beliefs, treatments, stigmatizing attitudes toward schizophrenia. What do Italians and Israelis think?

Background: Although scientific research on the etiology of mental disorders has improved the knowledge of biogenetic and psychosocial aspects related to the onset of mental illness, stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors are still very prevalent and pose a significant social problem. Aim: The aim of this study was to deepen the knowledge of how attitudes toward people with mental illness are affected by specific personal beliefs and characteristics, such as culture and religion of the perceiver. More precisely, the main purpose is the definition of a structure of variables, namely perceived dangerousness, social closeness, and avoidance of the ill person, together with the beliefs about the best treatment to be undertaken and the sick person' gender, capable of describing the complexity of the stigma construct in particular as far as schizophrenia is concerned. Method: The study involved 305 university students, 183 from the University of Padua, Italy, and 122 from the University of Haifa, Israel. For the analyses, a latent class analysis (LCA) approach was chosen to identify a latent categorical structure accounting for the covariance between the observed variables. Such a latent structure was expected to be moderated by cultural background (Italy versus Israel) and religious beliefs, whereas causal beliefs, recommended treatment, dangerousness, social closeness, and public avoidance were the manifest variables, namely the observed indicators of the latent variable. Results: Two sets of results were obtained. First, the relevance of the manifest variables as indicators of the hypothesized latent variable was highlighted. Second, a two-latent-class categorical dimension represented by prejudicial attitudes, causal beliefs, and treatments concerning schizophrenia was found. Specifically, the differential effects of the two cultures and the religious beliefs on the latent structure and their relations highlighted the relevance of the observed variables as indicators of the expected latent variable. Conclusion: The present study contributes to the improvement of the understanding of how attitudes toward people with mental illness are affected by specific personal beliefs and characteristics of the perceiver. The definition of a structure of variables capable of describing the complexity of the stigma construct in particular as far as schizophrenia is concerned was achieved from a cross-cultural perspective

Forme di controllo di merci e mercanti nel Mediterraneo greco antico

It reappraises the foreign trade in the Greek states focusing upon polis control over import and export commodities and traders and with a longue dur\ue9e approach. By the extensive use of sample literary and epigraphic texts it is provided an overview of these topics: the private context of foreign trade, the \u201chonor and profit\u201d system, the border checking of persons and goods, the tax regime on import-export

Massime delfiche da Aï Khanum

During the unknown Seleucid foundation in the eastern Bactriana near Ai Khanoum, a man by the name of Clearchus had a stele with a series of about 150 maxims ascribed to the Seven Sages built in the temenos of Cineas, the oikistes. The historical context of the eastern Hellenism and the epigraphic style of the manufacture suggest the first quarter of the third century BC as the date of the dedication and lead to identify the writer with the peripatetic philosopher Clearchus of Soli

Il mondo ellenistico degli imperi sopra-locali e delle dinastie regionali: seleucidi e asmonei

The history of Hasmonean family is treated in the context of Hellenistic system of relationship and statutes between kings and local dynasts. The intercourse with Seleucid kings, Rome, Jewish society outlines a painstaking politics of self-representation and the stepwise rise to royal power of a local \ue9lite in the framework of opportunities typical of that system

Le poleis e i loro archivi. Studi su pratiche documentarie, istituzioni e società nell’antichità greca

Il volume presenta il primo studio sistematico sull’archiviazione pubblica nelle città greche. I capitoli introduttivi evidenziano le «costanti amministrative» e le «necessità» della conservazione dei documenti nel quadro dei meccanismi di funzionamento della polis. Nelle due parti seguenti in cui si articola il nucleo centrale del lavoro, distinte per età arcaica-classica ed ellenistica, si ricostruiscono le dinamiche documentali di decreti, leggi, trattati, arbitrati interstatali, lettere ufficiali, catasti, registrazioni finanziarie, rendiconti e inventarî, atti giudiziarî, liste. Lo studio mette in luce nella longue durée le proporzioni di un aspetto della vita delle poleis tanto meritevole d’attenzione quanto quello, più sovente rilevato, delle scritture esposte