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The incredible voyage of Ulysses
A retelling of the Greek poet Homer's epic tale of Ulysses and his voyage home after the Trojan War.
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The Return of Ulysses
Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirate-king is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing East-West divides and inspiring poets and fimmakers wordwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odyssey's appeal proved so remarkably resilient and longlasting? Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homer's epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the story reflected a myriad of different agendas, but - from the tragedies of classical Athens to modern detective fiction, film, travelogue and opera - it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new artistic forms. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyce's “Ulysses”, Suzanne Vega's “Calypso”, Monteverdi's “Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria”, the Coen Brothers' “O Brother Where Art Thou?” Daniel Vigne's “Le Retour de Martin Guerre” and Anthony Minghella's “Cold Mountain” all show that Odysseus is truly a versatile hero. His travels across the wine-dark Aegean are journeys not just into the mind of one of the most brilliantly creative of all the ancient Greek writers. They are as much a voyage beyond the limits of a narrative which can plausibly lay claim to being the quintessential global phenomenon.
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The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan
\"This graphic novel uses an ancient story of conflict, displacement, and longing for home to draw attention to the plight of the modern soldier eve of returning home after a grueling tour in Afghanistan, Sgt. Jack Brennan gathers his troops together for one final chat. But instead of a simple farewell, Brennan tells his soldiers the story of Homeras \"Odyssey\" connecting their experiences to the ancient epic. For instance, post-conflict drug addiction is related to Odysseusas menas reluctance to leave the land of the lotus eaters, and erratic, stimulus-seeking behavior by soldiers suffering from PTSD is compared Elpinoras death by misadventure on the island of Circe.\"--Provided by publisher.
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War music : an account of Homer's Iliad
\"For more than forty years, the English poet, wit, and troublemaker Christopher Logue (1926-2011) was at work on what came to be regarded as his masterpiece: an idiosyncratic contemporary version of Homer's Iliad. Beginning with the publication of his first volume in 1981 and celebrated as \"the best translation of Homer since Pope's\" (The New York Review of Books), Logue's project was distinct from conventional translation, for it set out to be a radical reimagining of Homer's take of warfare, human folly, and the power of the gods, in a language and style of verse that were emphatically of Logue's era\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The siege of Troy
\"Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war--when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet--army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with King Menelaus of Sparta's wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Opposite Regulation of Homer Signal at the NMJ Postsynaptic Micro Domain between Slow- and Fast-Twitch Muscles in an Experimentally Induced Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis (EAMG) Mouse Model
Accelerated postsynaptic remodelling and disturbance of neuromuscular transmission are common features of autoimmune neurodegenerative diseases. Homer protein isoform expression, crosslinking activity and neuromuscular subcellular localisation are studied in mouse hind limb muscles of an experimentally induced autoimmune model of Myasthenia Gravis (EAMG) and correlated to motor end plate integrity. Soleus (SOL), extensor digitorum longus (EDL) and gastrocnemius (GAS) skeletal muscles are investigated. nAChR membrane clusters were studied to monitor neuromuscular junction (NMJ) integrity. Fibre-type cross-sectional area (CSA) analysis is carried out in order to determine the extent of muscle atrophy. Our findings clearly showed that crosslinking activity of Homer long forms (Homer 1b/c and Homer2a/b) are decreased in slow-twitch and increased in fast-twitch muscle of EAMG whereas the short form of Homer that disrupts Homer crosslinking (Homer1a) is upregulated in slow-twitch muscle only. Densitometry analysis showed a 125% increase in Homer protein expression in EDL, and a 45% decrease in SOL of EAMG mice. In contrast, nAChR fluorescence pixel intensity decreased in endplates of EAMG mice, more distinct in type-I dominant SOL muscle. Morphometric CSA of EAMG vs. control (CTR) revealed a significant reduction in EDL but not in GAS and SOL. Taken together, these results indicate that postsynaptic Homer signalling is impaired in slow-twitch SOL muscle from EAMG mice and provide compelling evidence suggesting a functional coupling between Homer and nAChR, underscoring the key role of Homer in skeletal muscle neurophysiology.
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