Winowajczyni, niewinna, femme fatale, pocieszycielka... – Muzy w twórczości wygnańczej Owidiusza

The main purpose of this paper is to present the variable and diverse Ovid’s attitude towards Muses in his works from exile (Tristia, Epistulae ex Ponto and Ibis). The poet seeks in these goddesses both the comfort and the cause of his exile, identifies them with his poetry frequently, as their faithful servant feels deceived but also hopes that Muses can ease the anger of Augustus. The article is an attempt to analyze this complex relationship.

‘Seeing You Have Not Withheld Your Son’: An Overlooked Motif in Genesis 22?

In Late Bronze Age diplomatic correspondence, vassals attempt to demonstrate their loyalty by declaring they would carry out any command of the king even if it is self-destructive. A critical aspect of these exchanges is that the seemingly harmful order was never meant to be fulfilled. The exaggerated offer to undergo needless suffering was sufficient proof that the subaltern was an arad kitti, or ‘faithful servant’. This rhetorical dynamic, wherein the ‘deferential gesture’ is enough to satisfy a seemingly overwrought demand, has relevance for evaluating components of the divine decree in Genesis 22, that Abraham deliver up his son ‘as a burnt offering’, his willingness to carry out its dictates, and the heavenly overlord’s ultimately setting aside its execution. The author suggests that the biblical episode was a symbolic ritual enacted between the deity and patriarch, whose intent was to exalt Abraham as the arad kitti, par excellence, and to demonstrate that God was the most trustworthy of suzerains.

Doctor Pascal

‘There's something of everything there, the best and the worst, the vulgar and the sublime, flowers, muck, tears, laughter, the river of life itself’ Pascal Rougon has served as a doctor in the rural French town of Plassans for thirty years. He lives a quiet life with his faithful servant Martine and young niece Clotilde. Pascal is a man of science, striving to find the ultimate cure for all diseases. This puts him at odds with his niece, who is horrified by his denial of religious faith. Clotilde also distrusts Pascal's lifelong ambition to create a family tree on scientific principles, based upon his theories of heredity. Tensions in the household are fuelled by Pascal's scheming mother, Félicité, as the final episode in the great Rougon-Macquart saga plays out. Dr Pascal is the passionate conclusion to Zola's twenty-novel sequence, and the most eloquent expression of the ideas on heredity and human progress that have underpinned it. Human relations are at its heart, as Pascal and Clotilde are bound ever closer by ties of family and love.

Good and Faithful Servant

An obituary for Jas McKenzie 1939–2020

From the Aegean to Cappadocia

The Persian defeat at the Granicus opened the way for the Macedonian conquest of Asia Minor. Darius III assigned the defense of the coast to Memnon of Rhodes, whose brother Mentor had been an efficient and faithful servant of Artaxerxes III. Hellespontine Phrygia (Dascyleum), whose unsuccessful satrap had committed suicide, was the first Achaemenid satrapy annexed by the Conqueror. On the coast, would-be defectors were hesitant, weighing the chances of the Macedonians against the forces of Memnon. But Miletus fell, and Halicarnassus succumbed to a lengthy siege, despite the fact that Alexander had disbanded his fleet; Ada of Halicarnassus was reinstated as ruler of Caria, and Alexander led a portion of the army into Lycia and Pamphylia. After a victorious campaign there, he reunited with the forces under Parmenion, who had been in winter quarters. In late spring news arrived of Memnon’s death, and the Macedonian annexed Phrygia before moving to Cappadocia and Cilicia. There the Conqueror expected to encounter Darius for what he hoped would be the decisive battle of the campaign.

Analisis Semiotik Pesan Dakwah Lirik Lagu Nasyid “Pandangan Mata” Karya Hijjaz (Model Charles Sanders Peirce)

The road to preaching has a variety of ways, especially the media used. Among them is through the type of Nasyid religious music media. Among the Nasyid groups whose songs contain calls for Islamic da'wah are the Nasyid Hijjaz Group with the song "Mata Mata". From the observations of the author in it the message of the values of da'wah is stored, that believing Muslims are subject to the obligation to always improve the condition of their heart. The Eye View song, illustrates that a Muslim is required to improve the condition of the heart by purifying him from the filth of immorality that leads to the valley of sin. Giving birth to humiliation and addiction, the sins of the heart that make the heart become rusty. If sin through immorality continues to grow, then rust will dominate until it becomes the closing. While leaving immorality is life for the heart. Sin also diverts the heart from its health and straightness to pain and abuse. He will continue to be sick, unable to benefit from the parts that support his life and piety. The heart is the captain of the faithful servant who is the main foundation of the assessment of the good or bad of a servant before Allah SWT. a clean heart (qalb salim) will be able to deliver its owner to happiness in the world and the hereafter.

Purana Pura Suniantara Analisis Struktur dan Fungsi

This research analyzes traditional Balinese literature works in the form of narrative text. The analyzed text is Purana Pura Suniantara Analysis of Structure and Function. It tells the story about Dalem Suniantara Temple during the reign of I Gusti Agung Jambe Tangkeban along with a faithful servant, I Gede Batan Nyuh. This research used structural theory by Teeuw and Nurgiyantoro. Method and technique used is falls into three stages, which are data obtained by using observation method, supported by reading and note taking technique. Data analyzed stage uses qualitative method and analytic descriptive technique, while result provision of data analysis used informal method and supported by deductive as well as inductive method. The result obtained from this research is structure and function of test, including to structure format which are consist of Purana Pura Suniantara teks, as well as its text’s form and language variety. Based on its language variety, Purana Pura Suniantara teks used Kawi – Bali language which is a mixture of Sanskrit, Old Javanese, Middle Javanesse, and Balinese. Narrative text structure consists of plot, background, characterization, theme, and moral value. Further, function analysis consists of historical, social, and religious function.