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This paper presents the creation of a thesaurus in the Maritime Heritage (MH) field. The suggested controlled vocabulary could improve methods for archiving oral sources, written accounts, imagery, 3D archeology, and other multimedia objects related to people and periods from ancient times to recent history. It has been created to cover the indexing needs for resources from Greek Maritime Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) institutions hosted in a MH platform of the research infrastructure Intelligent Research Infrastructure for Shipping, Supply chain, Transport and Logistics (EN.I.R.I.S.S.T.). Its terms are derived from the collections pertinent to maritime activities. Although the construction of this vocabulary took into consideration specific data and their documentation, the goal is to go beyond ΕΝ.Ι.R.I.S.S.T. to assist MH documentation projects and professionals/researchers in organising and archiving MH data. The long-term ambition is to leave an imprint in improving MH data communication in general and contribute to promoting MH as a separate Cultural Heritage (CH) branch. The methodological approach was sensitive to the history of the artefacts, the shipping history and terminology, CH and general vocabularies, as well as the pre-existing practices. Terms and subject headings already existing in the vocabularies of reference were leveraged. The rules and standards of thematic indexing, monolingual and multilingual thesauri creation, and terminology standards were followed.

Review of Alexander Starre, Metamedia: American Book Fictions and Literary Print Culture after Digitization. Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 2015, 316 pp. ISBN 978-1-60938-359-6.

This paper deals with the statement of cause in Greek documentary papyri of the Imperial Period. It studies the frequency of occurrence of the adverbial designations, the detection of their position within the clauses and the identification of the terms they define in Greek non‑literary papyri from 31 B.C. until 4th century. The examples come from a body of approximately 30 000 Greek non‑literary papyri texts and ostraca. The search of the material was based on the online database Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri (DDbDP), which includes all the documentary papyri. In order to avoid possible mistakes in electronic publications, the papyri texts were also checked by the printed volumes of texts.

ABSTRACTRecently, research focused on the archaeology of ritual and religions has developed significantly. Yet the extent to which these studies engage with the materiality of ritual and religions and what this might tell us about their definition and reconstruction in past contexts is variable. This special issue of Material Religion seeks to begin to redress this, and the papers are introduced here.

Abstract This study focused on the development of reading and writing skills to a group of B1 level learners of English in a private language institute in Athens, Greece with the aid of blogs (a web tool), since Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) enhances foreign language learning. To this end, two groups of young learners were formed; the control group which was taught through the traditional coursebook and the experimental group which was taught through a differentiated approach to language teaching. The differentiated approach which was applied involved eight teaching sessions in a private language institute. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to both groups in order to evaluate the use of CALL in the improvement of literacy skills. Pre- and post- semi-structured interviews were also conducted with the students of the experimental group to evaluate their attitudes and feelings before and after the instruction. The aim of using blogs, as a web tool, was to enhance collaborative learning and social interaction. This research attempted to prove that blogs create a social interaction between students, and between the students and the teacher. For the purposes of this research, students were involved in process writing by making drafts and writing their posts and in active reading when they read other posts and texts from other web sites.

AbstractDiophantos in Arithmetica, without having defined previously any concept of “equality” or “equation,” employs a concept of the unknown number as a tool for solving problems and finds its value from an equality ad hoc created. In this paper we analyze Diophantos’s practices in the creation and simplification of such equalities, aiming to adduce more evidence on certain issues arising in recent historical research on the meaning of the “equation” in Diophantos’s work.

Mycenaean vitreous artifacts, such as beads and relief plaques, are highly susceptible to degradation, which can significantly alter their visual characteristics and pose challenges to their taxonomy. The visual manifestation of corrosion on vitreous artifacts, especially glass and faience, has often led to their misclassification, which, in turn, has a significant impact on their interpretation by researchers, often resulting in misleading notions. The present paper constitutes part of an overall study, implemented within the framework of the project, Myc-MVP: Mycenaean Vitreous Production, A Novel Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Resolving Critical Taxonomy Issues, which has employed a combination of established, state-of-the-art scientific methods to analyze and identify the specific compositional changes occurring at different spatial dimensions within surface layers, with the overarching aim of contributing to our understanding of the degradation mechanisms of vitreous artifacts and the relevant implications for the archaeological record. Importantly, these findings will yield useful data in devising strategies for the proper classification, management, and preservation of vitreous artifacts in the future. The present study focuses on investigating the relationship between the compositional changes in a subset of 12 (of the overall 126 objects entailed in the project) corroded vitreous artifacts from Mycenaean contexts in the Aegean and the way these are manifested visually, with the application of X-ray fluorescence and LED microscopy. We aim to decipher the nature of corroded objects with the aid of focused analysis. This study delves into degradation processes in glass artifacts, highlighting preservation variations and environmental influences like burial. Coloration, attributed to copper and cobalt oxide, shows some correlation with preservation quality. These chromophore agents potentially induce thermal stresses and corrosion. The complex interplay between chemical composition, environmental conditions, and preservation status underscores the need for comprehensive research. Analyzing the full artifact set using complementary techniques promises deeper insights for secure material classification and cultural heritage preservation.