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Lucarelli, Rita, Joshua Aaron Roberson, and Steve Vinson (eds.) (2023). Ancient Egypt, New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality and Other Digital Humanities in Egyptology
Omnia Mounir Fathallah fathallah.omnia@gmail.com

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2024
Volume 9, Issue 1

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75-79

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Digital Humanities (DH) and Digital Scholarship (DS) are offering research and researchers in the humanities endless facilities and tremendously effective tools which have never been available before. DH/DS methods and tools revolutionize the studies in the humanities providing innovative perspectives in practically every branch of research and every field of specialization. The beginning of Digital Humanities is traditionally marked with the unprecedented endeavor of Robetro Busa (1913–2011), the Italian Jesuit priest, who was in 1946 embarking in linguistic and literary analysis of the works of Saint Thomas Aquinas, the Italian medieval theologian and philosopher of the 13th century CE. Busa approached IBM in 1949 with his groundbreaking idea to use computer technology for the text and word analysis of this huge wealth of medieval Latin texts instead of traditional methods of linear manual analysis through handwriting. His pioneering computational method resulted in the 1970s in the production of the first version of his entire corpus of Thomas Aquinas’ works, known as the Index Thomisticus, which was released in printed format of 56 volumes published between 1974 and 1980. Then, the electronic version of the corpus was produced in 1992 on CD-ROM format, followed, 13 years later, by the first online version of the corpus in 2005, the Corpus Thomisticum1. This was the first attempt by a humanist scholar to automate research in linguistics in the framework of medieval studies.
Human votive offerings to the gods: from the Aegean island of Keros in 2750 BC to modern Tinos
Alexios Ap. Pliakos pliakosalexios@gmail.com

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2024
Volume 9, Issue 1

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45-74

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Methodology serves as the foundational framework for the systematic scientific exploration of a problem. Grounded in Aristotelian logic, it often proves effective in elucidating various issues. However, there are instances where Aristotelian logic offers a more comprehensive explanation than methodology, such as in factual deciphering a date in a four yearlong Minoan solar calendar (1550 BC), elucidating the enigma of unmatched human parts in Keros-Dhaskalio (2750 - 2300 BC), unraveling the mysteries of the anchorage of Kouklia-Achni (1600 - 1400 BC), examining hundreds of votives from around 200 Asclepieia (1200 BC – 1st century AD), or delving into the thousands of votives found in Christian churches (1st century AD to the present). This paper suggests that the presence of unmatched Keywords: The Keros-Dhaskalio problem; The Kouklia-Achni anchorage; The Delos temple; The Epidaurus Asklepion; The Corinth Asklepion; The Holy Land churches; The Petounda anchorage; The Byzantine votives; The Balkan and Greek practice of offering under Ottoman/Turkish rule; The Assumption of Virgin Mary church in Tinos.
The Social Diffusions in the Amatory Epigrams of Asclepiades of Samos
Alaa Marzouk Alaamarzouk27@gmail.com

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2024
Volume 9, Issue 1

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1-44

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Asclepiades of Samos Ἀσκληπιάδης ὁ Σάμιος (also known as Sicelidas) (fl. 270 BC) is a particularly distinguished epigrammatist in the Hellenistic period. But for the anthology of Meleager of Gadara (c. 140 BC - c. 70 BC), The Garland, which later became the basis for the Greek Anthology, Asclepiades' works (around 47 epigrams in toto, around 14 of which are spurious) could have totally vanished leaving us with only a name.

As far as the social theme is concerned in the epigrams of Asclepiades, his works mirrored the mindset and general mood of his society. Thus, he was one of the precursors of love epigrams who injected the love trend, as a focal point and primary motif, into his epigrams. Being influenced by the elegiac nature of epigrams and the political mood of his time; that is of alienation (from the polis), his topics were quite affected and reflected in his love theme, which included despair, suffering in love and disloyalty. In addition, as a result of the central political system (monarchy), Asclepiades' writings took a greatly individualistic and subjective turn. Furthermore, there is no doubt that the sensual hedonistic propensity had played its role in turning Asclepiades' love 'eros' into erotic 'eros'. All these elements will be previewed through a social angle in this paper.