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Classical variations on a story about an Egyptian queen in love
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2015-07-15)In this posting for 2015.07.15, I concentrate on Poem 66 of Catullus, which is a remaking or even a “translation” of a poem of Callimachus known as the Lock of Berenice (Coma Berenices, Callimachus fragment 110 ed. Pfeiffer). ... -
Cloudy with a Conflict of Laws
(Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2016)As more and more of our lives are lived online, so too are those who live lives of crime. Like everyone else, criminals of all stripes are increasingly using online services of all kinds to plan and commit their wrongful ... -
Combined Influence of Soil Moisture and Atmospheric Evaporative Demand Is Important for Accurately Predicting US Maize Yields
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-02-18)Understanding the response of agriculture to heat and moisture stress is essential to adapt food systems under climate change. Although evidence of crop yield loss with extreme temperature is abundant, disentangling the ... -
Coming in from the Cold: A Safe Harbor from the CFAA and the DMCA §1201 for Security Researchers
(Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2018)In our paper, we propose a statutory safe harbor from the CFAA and DMCA §1201 for security research activities. Based on a responsible disclosure model in which a researcher and vendor engage in a carefully constructed ... -
Commentary on The Tales of Hoffmann
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Comments on comparative mythology 1, about Apollo
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-02-14)The posting for today, Valentine’s Day 2020.02.14, marks the fifth anniversary of my consecutive weekly postings for Classical Inquiries. I think of the new posting here as the beginning of a lengthy new series of intermittent ... -
Comments on comparative mythology 2, about an Indo-European background for ancient Greek myths about Hēraklēs, son of Zeus
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-02-21)In the previous posting, Classical Inquiries 2020.02.14, I started to reckon with a view expressed by the linguist Georges Dumézil in a book with the title Apollon sonore, which he published in 1982, toward the end of an ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 3, About Trifunctionalism and the Judgment of Paris
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-02-28)In the previous post, Classical Inquiries 2020.02.21, at §9, I introduced the idea of “trifunctionality,” applied by the linguist Georges Dumézil in his analysis of myths about three kinds of “sins” committed by the hero ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 4, a Dysfunctional Misunderstanding of Trifunctionality in Myths About the Judgment of Paris
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-03-06)In the previous two posts, Classical Inquiries 2020.02.21 and 2020.02.28, I connected the idea of “trifunctionality” with the idea of “sins” committed in myths connected with two different Greek heroes, Hēraklēs and ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 5, an Afterthought of Georges Dumézil About Trifunctionality and the Judgment of Paris
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-03-13)In the previous two posts, Classical Inquiries 2020.02.28 and 2020.03.06, I analyzed the idea of trifunctionality in the myth about the Judgment of Paris, especially with reference to the version of this myth as retold in ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 6, Trifunctionality and the Goddess Hērā
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-03-20)In Classical Inquiries 2020.03.13, where I was testing the idea of trifunctionality in the Homeric retelling of the Judgment of Paris, I analyzed aspects of the goddess Hērā that point to her third function, which is ... -
Comments on Comparative Mythology 7, Finding a Cure for the Anger of Hērā
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-04-03)In a previous essay, Classical Inquiries 2020.03.20, I highlighted some ancient artwork picturing the hero Hēraklēs being breast-fed by the goddess Hērā after he was brought back to life after death. In the present essay, ... -
Comments on Picnic at Hanging Rock, a film directed by Peter Weir (1975)
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Comments on the Ellen Roche story
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Comments on the Pearl Fishers of Georges Bizet
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Comments on the visit of Pausanias to Mycenae
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2016-06-16) -
Comments on the weakening of the NIH public-access policy
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Community-Owned Fiber Networks: Value Leaders in America
(Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2017)We collected advertised prices for residential data plans offered by 40 community-owned (typically municipally owned) Internet service providers (ISPs) that offer fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service. We then identified the ... -
A comparative approach to beast fables in Greek songmaking, Part 1: A would-be Aesopic werewolf
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2019-05-31)