homosexuality are however complex, and the reader interested in pursuing the issue further will find an admirable discussion in K.J. Dover, Greek Homosexuality (London 1978). CASE VI: DEMOSTHENES 54 – AGAINST KONON FOR BATTERY We have here a private action for battery (aikeias dike). A young man named Ariston claims to have been the victim of an unprovoked attack by a middle-aged man named Konon. Although he has brought a private case, Ariston notes that he could have brought a public action for outrage (graphe hybreos). The nature of these actions is discussed in the brief essay at the end of the speech. Both plaintiff and defendant appear to be people of substance, to judge by both the reference to public services (leitourgiai) at the close and the fact that Konon’s associates (§7) include Spintharos, whose father Euboulos was one of the most successful politicians in fourth-century Athens. The date of the action can be fixed by the reference in §3 to garrison duty at Panakton two years before the trial. Demosthenes speaks at 19.326 of an expedition to Panakton in 343, and tells us that during the Sacred War (355–346) no such expedition had been necessary. It is far from clear that the expedition mentioned in Dem. 19 and the guard duty mentioned here are the same kind of operation; nor can we exclude the possibility that Demosthenes is exaggerating. But the evidence such as it is would suggest a date of 357 or 343 for the incidents narrated and 355 or 341 for the hearing. It is difficult to choose with confidence. The association of Konon with the son of Euboulos, whose faction Demosthenes was attacking by the late 350s on the ground of its failure to check the rising power of Macedon, suggests that Demosthenes may have accepted the case from political motives. Unfortunately, even if true, this conjecture does not help for dating, since Demosthenes was still struggling (though more successfully) with this faction in the late 340s. However, since by 341 Demosthenes was one of the leading political figures, he is less likely to have needed, or to have been free, to take on a speechwriting brief. So a date in the 350s seems marginally more likely. [1] I was outrageously assaulted by this Konon, judges, and placed in such a serious condition that for a long time neither my family nor any of the doctors

2002 ◽  
pp. 92-92
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Private Action ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Rising Power

The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wiśniewski
Keyword(s):  
Essential Element ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Hidden Knowledge ◽  
Physical Diseases ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Way

Christians always admired and venerated martyrs who died for their faith, but for a long time thought that the bodies of martyrs should remain undisturbed in their graves. Initially, the Christian attitude toward the bones of the dead, whether a saint’s or not, was that of respectful distance. This book tells how, in the mid-fourth century, this attitude started to change, swiftly and dramatically. The first chapters show the rise of new beliefs. They study how, when, and why Christians began to believe in the power of relics, first, over demons, then over physical diseases and enemies; how they sought to reveal hidden knowledge at the tombs of saints and why they buried the dead close to them. An essential element of this new belief was a strong conviction that the power of relics was transferred in a physical way and so subsequent chapters study relics as material objects. The book seeks to show what the contact with relics looked like and how close it was. Did people touch, kiss, or look at the very bones, or just at reliquaries which contained them? When did the custom of dividing relics appear? Finally, the book deals with discussions and polemics concerning relics and tries to find out how strong was the opposition which this new phenomenon had to face, both within and outside Christianity on the way to relics becoming an essential element of medieval religiosity.

pride which makes a mortal forget his place in the order of things), the word is most often used of dealings between human beings. It generally describes behaviour which is uncontrolled and which presupposes a desire to humiliate or at least a contempt for the rights and prestige of others. It could be applied to anything from mockery through verbal insult to physical assault, including rape. However, in law the term was narrower. The law on hybris quoted at Dem. 21.47 appears to cover action, not words. It is likely, moreover, that in legal contexts at least, though the law was imprecise (it appears to have begun: ‘if anyone commits outrage [hybris] against someone . . .’), the offence was generally understood to cover physical violence. It is not clear what converted aikeia into hybris, but it may be suggested that where the speaker could argue that the assault was committed either with the intention of humiliating or with wilful disregard for the status of the victim then the action for outrage might succeed. In the present case the action of Konon in imitating a victorious fighting cock after beating Ariston could be held to prove either. In explaining his reasons for choosing the private action, Ariston naturally places the emphasis on modesty (a public action would require more boldness and greater legal experience than a young man should in this culture possess) and restraint. In the process he suppresses other motives. As was explained in the general introduction, the prosecutor in a public action faced serious penalties if lie either dropped the case or failed to obtain 20 per cent of the judges’ votes. In addition, since on most reconstructions hybris involved the state of mind or intention of the perpetrator it would be more difficult to prove than aikeia, for which the fact of striking first sufficed. Finally, if Konon were convicted in a public action for hybris any fine would go to the state, while the victor in a private action for aikeia stood to gain compensation. The case against Konon is presented with remarkable force, and one’s first impression is that Ariston’s case is overwhelming. As to the assault itself, Ariston has good evidence from a doctor that he was severely beaten. That Konon was actually the perpetrator is suggested by Konon’s behaviour at arbitration (for which Ariston has witness testimony); evidently Konon had difficulty assembling a case, and it appears that it was only when his situation was looking desperate that his associates gave evidence on his behalf. However, it is far from clear that the witnesses who carried Ariston home actually saw the attack; they may merely have found him lying beaten. It may be that the only witness on Ariston’s side was his friend Phanostratos. From §§30–3 one

2002 ◽  
pp. 103-103
Keyword(s):  
Physical Violence ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
The State ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Private Action ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Contexts

scholarly journals Exploring particle escape in supernova remnants through gamma rays

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (3) ◽  
pp. 4317-4333 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Celli ◽  
G Morlino ◽  
S Gabici ◽  
F A Aharonian
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Coefficient ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Maximum Energy ◽  
Shock Acceleration ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Long Time

ABSTRACT The escape process of particles accelerated at supernova remnant (SNR) shocks is one of the poorly understood aspects of the shock acceleration theory. Here we adopt a phenomenological approach to study the particle escape and its impact on the gamma-ray spectrum resulting from hadronic collisions both inside and outside of a middle-aged SNR. Under the assumption that in the spatial region immediately outside of the remnant the diffusion coefficient is suppressed with respect to the average Galactic one, we show that a significant fraction of particles are still located inside the SNR long time after their nominal release from the acceleration region. This fact results into a gamma-ray spectrum that resembles a broken power law, similar to those observed in several middle-aged SNRs. Above the break, the spectral steepening is determined by the diffusion coefficient outside of the SNR and by the time dependence of maximum energy. Consequently, the comparison between the model prediction and actual data will contribute to determining these two quantities, the former being particularly relevant within the predictions of the gamma-ray emission from the halo of escaping particles around SNRs, which could be detected with future Cherenkov telescope facilities. We also calculate the spectrum of runaway particles injected into the Galaxy by an individual remnant. Assuming that the acceleration stops before the SNR enters the snowplow phase, we show that the released spectrum can be a featureless power law only if the accelerated spectrum is ∝ p−α with α > 4.

EGYPTIAN WARRIORS: THEMACHIMOIOF HERODOTUS AND THE PTOLEMAIC ARMY

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christelle Fischer-Bovet
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Century ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
First Century ◽  
Late Period ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Ptolemaic Egypt ◽  
Military Institutions

The role and status of the Egyptians in the army of Hellenistic Egypt (323–30b.c.) has been a debated question that goes back to the position within Late Period Egyptian society (664–332b.c.) of the Egyptian warriors described by Herodotus asmachimoi. Until a few decades ago, Ptolemaic military institutions were perceived as truly Greco-Macedonian and the presence of Egyptians in the army during the first century of Ptolemaic rule was contested. The Egyptians were thought of as being unfit to be good soldiers. Egyptians would have been hired only as late as 217b.c.to fight against the Seleucid king Antiochus III in Raphia. The Ptolemaic victory (in fact rather a status quo) was made possible thanks to the addition of twenty thousand Egyptians to reinforce the Greek army. For a long time the subsequent role of Egyptians in the Ptolemaic army in the second and first centuriesb.c.did not attract much attention. One usually assumed that they were ‘second-rate soldiers’ calledmachimoi. In recent decades, the scholarship on Ptolemaic Egypt, notably Demotic studies, reasserted the role of Egyptians in the Ptolemaic army from the late fourth century onwards.

scholarly journals THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF «ELECTRONIC SERVICE»

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
O.I. Datsenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Services ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
Information Interaction ◽  
Actual Direction ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Correct Understanding ◽  
Electronic Technologies

The article defines the concept of “electronic service”, analyzes the normative and doctrinal approaches to the understanding of this institute, defines regulatory and legal acts on the regulation of electronic services in Ukraine, analyzes the legislation on the definition of the concept of “electronic service”, the correlation of various definitions of the concept, presented in the legislative acts, examples from foreign law concerning the concept of “electronic service” is given, the foreign experience of innovations is described, and the functioning and functioning of electronic services. The author notes that scientific and technological progress brought in the 21st century a lot of new scientific as well as progressive technical achievements. Today, it’s hard to imagine a life without modern electronic technologies, including the Internet, electronic computers, various gadgets, and so on. For a long time, technology has rooted in our lives, and now it is commonplace in the society to realize business partnerships with the help of information and telecommunication technologies, to provide information interaction between the bodies of public administration (state authorities and local self-government), on the one hand, and also, individuals and legal entities on the other. Civilization has gradually come to the urgent need for the introduction of electronic technologies into the lives of every citizen by providing administrative public services electronically. It has long been clear that both receiving and providing such services are convenient, economically feasible, and appropriate in the current realities. Therefore, the study of the concept of «electronic services», to date, seems to be an actual direction of scientific activity, because the correct understanding of the legal nature, the essence of this concept contributes to ensuring the proper mechanism of information interaction between subjects of power and citizens. Keywords: electronic service, electronic input, information and telecommunication technologies, state bodies, public services.

scholarly journals Responsivity of Public Services in Indonesia during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 552-562
Author(s):  
Surya Arfan ◽  
Mayarni Mayarni ◽  
Mimin Sundari Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Service Process ◽  
Community Satisfaction ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Research Type

This study aims to determine the responsiveness of public services in Indonesia during the Covid-19 pandemic, this time digital bureaucracy is very much needed in every government agency in carrying out its duties and functions in order to accelerate the process of public services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Service standardization is the next most important thing to keep the bureaucracy running effectively, quickly and responsively in providing the best service to the community. This study chooses a qualitative research type with a literature review approach. The results of this study found that The Indonesian bureaucracy has not been able to respond to strategic problems in Indonesia quickly due to several obstacles to an apathetic bureaucratic culture, and the lack of participation of all parties in the public service process during the Covid-19 pandemic, there are still shortcomings in terms of speed, quality and community satisfaction. This is also influenced by overlapping policies that take a long time to implement.

The Shifting Politics of Public Services: Discourses, Arguments, and Institutional Change in Sweden, c. 1620–2000

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-486
Author(s):  
MAGNUS LINNARSSON ◽  
MATS HALLENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Late Twentieth

AbstractThis article analyses the inherent conflict between public and private interest from a long time-perspective, using the example of Sweden from 1620 to 2000. The main argument is that there have been two equally decisive historical shifts in the political discourse on how to organize public services in the past: First, a shift from an early modern patriarchal discourse to a more expansive articulation of publicness during the nineteenth century. Second, a shift toward privatization and deregulation in the late twentieth century. Both these shifts must be considered to fully explain the changing forms of public organization up to the present day. Theoretically, the concept of “publicness” is used to explain the political discourses on the organization of public services. Drawing on three discursive chains, the argument is that the political development was affected by the politicians’ conception of the political community, the form of organization, and by perceptions of values such as equal access and modernity. Our results demonstrate how and why political arguments for or against private service providers have motivated profound changes in the way public services are perceived of and organized.

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