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This paper reviews the cases in which the heroic formulae of the Iliad appear in the non-heroic passages of the Odyssey, namely in the fight scenes in the Iliad, which are repeated in the scenes where the suitors throw different “missiles” at Odysseus (Od. 17. 462–465; 18. 396–398; 20. 299–302). Though it would be incorrect to apply the notion of genre parody to the Odyssey itself, these examples show that the heroic formulas of the epic, though not appearing in a strictly heroic context, could provide material for a future Greek parody., В статье разбираются случаи появления героических формул Илиады в негероических пассажах Одиссеи: это формулы из сцен поединков в Илиаде, которые повторены в сценах, где женихи бросают в Одиссея различные “снаряды” (Od. 17. 462–465; 18. 396–398; 20. 299–302). Хотя применять понятие пародии как жанра в строгом смысле слова по отношению к самой Одиссее было бы некорректно, тем не менее, эти примеры показывают, что героические формулы эпоса, появляясь в отнюдь не героическом контексте, могли послужить материалом для будущей древнегреческой пародии.

Clearly, wherever myth forms part of an educational syllabus, value judgements have been made by those who chose the texts, with regard to content, approach, usage, emphases, purpose and many other elements. [...] the present volume examines the reception of such myth within formal education in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries […]. It focuses for the most part on school education, but with forays into post-high school where relevant, and includes a wide geographical and chronological range. With regard to the latter limitations, the general emphasis is on modern day, and the current situation, but as a result of individual historical circumstances in each example. Lisa Maurice, Editor of the Volume This is a task of paramount importance, as educational processes have a lasting influence on us – all the more so as we are exposed to them already in childhood, when the capacity for critical thinking is being formed by none other than school curricula shaped and developed in specific circumstances. This volume makes us aware of these complex processes, their implications, and the opportunities they create for the future of Classical Antiquity. Katarzyna Marciniak, Editor of the Series

This chapter discusses reception of ancient Greek centaurs in Russian tales and apocrypha. From the end of the 13th century, a number of tales from the international repertoire of medieval stories have appeared in Russia in translations and adaptations. Among them the tales of King Solomon and the beast Kitovras (the Russian transliteration of the Greek Κένταυρος), folkloric apocrypha based on Biblical stories, were presented. These tales tell how King Solomon decided to build a temple in Jerusalem and needed the help of a “feet-footed beast”, a legendary centaur Kitovras. This half-man and half-beast, being a wizard and a prophet, appears as the king’s rival who is even wiser than Solomon himself. Besides, he possesses enormous physical strength, and he has a weakness for vine and women, which destroys him. From the end of the 16th century, medieval Italian and French adventure novels were translated into Russian from the German and Polish chapbooks versions. The Story of Prince Bova translated from Polish or Belarusian goes back through the Ragusa version to the Italian romance of Buovo d’Antona and finally to the Anglo-Norman Bevis of Hampton. This novel became extremely popular, and it acquired features of Russian folk tale depicted in numerous and cheap lubok prints. The main hero Prince Bova has an enemy Polkan, a half-human half-horse creature of enormous strength and speed, who, after the first battle with Bova, becomes his best friend and defender. De-etymologization of the Italian word Puli-cane (a half-dog) as a Polkan [Pol-kon’] creates a new hero whose name in Russian could mean a half-horse, and who looks like a centaur. Russian tales appear to fantastically reflect and contaminate too parallel traditions presenting centaurs since Antiquity: on the one hand, centaurs are savage, violent and destructive creatures; on the other hand, one of them, Chiron was the wise prophet and the educator of main ancient Greek heroes., The volume gathers the results of a stage of the programme Our Mythical Childhood, supported by an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives and an ERC Consolidator Grant. Open Access at Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH at https://www.winter-verlag.de/en/detail/978-3-8253-7874-5/Marciniak_Ed_Chasing_Mythical_Beasts_PDF/ book/ hardcover ISBN: 978-3-8253-6995-8 Series: Studien zur europäischen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur/Studies in European Children's and Young Adult Literature, Volume No.: 8 Information about Our Mythical Childhood is available at http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Moscow University, the Women Council of MSU published a biographical dictionary dedicated to women who contributed significantly to the academic success of their institution and who distinguished themselves both in research and in teaching. The book contains brief biographies of some 619 women employed by MSU; 63 of these entries are for members of the Department of Physics and of its adjacent research institutes. They are doctors of sciences, full professors, recipients of government as well as university awards, and some are WWII veterans. Their lives in science have embodied all tendencies of the Soviet period of the country. The great majority graduated from Moscow State University and have been working at MSU for more than 25 years. At present, the Physics Department consists of 37 sectors with more than two hundred doctors of sciences, 15% of whom are women. The information supplied by the dictionary, combined with data on the younger staff of MSU with si...