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Diogenes syndrome is a disorder that involves hoarding of rubbish and severe self-neglect. In addition, the syndrome is characterized by domestic squalor, syllogomania, social alienation, and refusal of help. It has been shown that the syndrome is caused as a reaction to stress that was experienced by the patient. The time span in which the ...
Apulian pottery depicting Lycrugus of Thrace, an ancient Greek king driven mad by Dionysus [1]. Mental illness in ancient Rome was recognized in law as an issue of mental competence, and was diagnosed and treated in terms of ancient medical knowledge and philosophy, primarily Greek in origin, while at the same time popularly thought to have been caused by divine punishment, demonic spirits, or ...
The historian Diodorus Siculus said that according to "some writers of myths" there were two gods named Dionysus, an older one, who was the son of Zeus and Persephone, [221] but that the "younger one also inherited the deeds of the older, and so the men of later times, being unaware of the truth and being deceived because of the identity of ...
focal weakness for as much as 48 hours after seizure Traube's sign: Ludwig Traube: various: splenomegaly: dull percussion sound over Traube's space: Trendelenburg's sign: Friedrich Trendelenburg: neurology: inferior gluteal palsy, other causes of hip abductors weakness: pelvic tilt contralateral to 'stance leg' Troisier's sign: Charles Emile ...
The Derveni krater, height: 90.5 cm (35 ½ in.), 4th century BC. The Dionysian Mysteries of mainland Greece and the Roman Empire are thought to have evolved from a more primitive initiatory cult of unknown origin (perhaps Thracian or Phrygian) which had spread throughout the Mediterranean region by the start of the Classical Greek period.
According to Morton, the eight signs that you have "eldest daughter syndrome" are as follows: You have an intense feeling of responsibility You are an overachiever, Type A and very driven
Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé. Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder (c. 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily.He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies.
According to Kurtz, Jesus "kept preaching that doomsday or the last days were at hand." In this context, he cites Matthew 16:28 [ 53 ] and 24:34–35. [ 54 ] He also quotes passages in the gospels in which Jesus' family (Mark 3:20–21) [ 55 ] and other contemporary Jews (Mark 3:22, [ 56 ] John 10:20) [ 57 ] accused him of demonic possession ...