A narratological approach to the Phaeacian episode shows that the Phaeacians are ambivalent in terms of the ethics of the Odyssey, needing to be persuaded to give Odysseus the gifts that will help him reestablish his honored status in Ithaca.

Silent action on stage, even if not alluded to by the text, sometimes must be postulated to make sense of a scene; late plays of Euripides, especially Electra, offer examples.

Reexamination of the literary evidence in conjunction with the documentary (Greek and cuneiform) supports the  “lower chronology” that places these decisive events in 320 rather than 321.

That the Exagoge was a single play, not a tetralogy as recently argued, is supported by the known usages of Hellenistic drama, suggesting that it had a five-act structure.

Two of the funerary orations of Hyrtakenos (XIVth century) reveal his knowledge of Nonnus' Dionysiaca; these join other testimonies to the popularity of Nonnus in the late Byzantine period and the Renaissance.

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Transdermal drug delivery offers an attractive alternative to the conventional drug delivery methods of oral administration and injection. However, the stratum corneum acts as a barrier that limits the penetration of substances through the skin. Application of ultrasound…

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