Lucyna Kostuch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1853955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucyna Kostuch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucyna |
| FAMILY NAME | Kostuch |
| SIGNATURE | KOSTUCH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jan Kochanowski University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0141-6385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Nie jest to zadanie łatwe dostarczać żołnierzy posłusznych, skoro się nie daje im w zamian żywności”. Ksenofont o żołnierskich posiłkach jako o podstawie porządku w greckiej armii
Two words used to describe soldiers’ daily meals play a very important role in Xenophon’s military vocabulary. The forenoon and evening meals (ariston and deipnon) form the basis of order in the army and are a tool for disciplining soldiers. The historian notes that without meals, neither the commander nor the common soldier is of any use. Xenophon presents issues with food provision as a disruption to the army’s operations. The ariston repeatedl…
Cnoty samic w De natura animalium Eliana
The Virtues of the Female in Aelian’s De natura animalium In De natura animalium, Aelian describes the animal world in a manner that succumbs to the tendency to anthropomorphize that is rooted in the human mind – a phenomenon currently widely discussed in ethological and cognitive research. The author observes a female animal seeing in her the features of a woman. However, Aelian’s understanding is not superficial. At the same time, he tries to p…
Fear, disgust, hate
Ancient literature contains thoughts, observations and opinions about animals causing fear, disgust or hate that can be of great interest to scientists researching the problem of phobias, fears and anxieties in history. So in this article, it is argued that we can go as far back as ancient times in the research on the history of animal phobias (or, speaking more generally, in research on the entire spectrum of negative emotions evoked by animals …
War among animals in Greek thought
Ethologists have observed that some animals use organised violence against members of their own species. Some well-known scholars call this form of animal aggression war, deliberately omitting the quotation marks. And how was it in antiquity? Was war believed to be part of the animal world? The aim of the presented article is to analyse the ancient written sources in search of correlations between the notion of war and animals, and to determine w…
Krew i kurzawa w greckiej historiografii klasycznej albo o zmarginalizowanych elementach Homerowego opisu pola bitwy
Contemporary historians believe that Greek historiography emerging on the eve of the classical period adopted numerous elements from the Homeric description of battle scenery. The aim of this paper is to analyze the earliest historical works while looking for the blood and dust, the two greatly important attributes of the Homeric world of warfare. However, it turns out that blood and dust, so intimately associated with the portrayal of the physic…
[…] Aby ich na zawsze w przyszłości nie uważano za zdrajców”. Herodot i inni greccy autorzy o lojalności i zdradzie w oblężonym mieście
[“[...] for fear that the people of Scione should hereafter be called traitors”] Herodotus and other Greek authors about loyalty and betrayal in the besieged city This study attempts to determine the frequency of the betrayal of a besieged city in the world of Herodotus. The Histories is an excellent source of knowledge about the attitude of Greeks towards disloyal fellow citizens opening the city gates to the enemy, at a time when siege machines…
Żołnierze a dzikie i obce zwierzęta na linii frontu wojennego w ujęciu autorów antycznych
The aim of this paper is to analyze antique testimonies documenting the relationships between soldiers and the wild and strange animals that armies encountered on the march, in military camps, on the battlefield and during clashes at sea. Also, the author attempts to discuss the numerous problems of reconstructing such relationships. The wild and strange beasts on the frontline drew the attention of writers for several reasons: they were attribut…
Ancient and Medieval Animals and Self-recognition
This article presents the oldest European accounts that describe the reactions of animals to their own reflections on the surface of a body of water or in a mirror. The analysed sources will encompass Greco-Roman accounts, including the reception of these accounts in the Middle Ages. While this article belongs to the field of the history of science, it seeks to provide a historical commentary with insights from contemporary studies (the mirror te…
Żołnierska terapia na wojenną traumę. Jak odpoczywały armie starożytnego świata greckiego
Żołnierska terapia na wojenną traumę Jak odpoczywały armie starożytnego świata greckiego Streszczenie:W literaturze przedmiotu wzrasta zainteresowanie psychiką antycznego żołnierza. Uważa się, że podobnie jak współczesny wojskowy, był on narażony na wojenną traumę. Jednakże nie zadaje się pytania, czy w starożytności starano się zapobiegać mentalnym problemom w armii. Czy dbano o utrzymanie żołnierskiej psyche w dobrej kondycji podczas wojny? W a…
Do animals have a homeland? Ancient Greeks on the cultural identity of animals
The article aims to answer the following questions: How did the ancient Greeks associate animals with space, geography and their own settlements? Did they attribute nationality and territory to animals? Did they think animals missed their homelands? Could a foreign animal — according to the Greeks — experience a process of cultural integration, namely Hellenization? The Greeks attributed regional identity to animals, defined by the local geograph…
Between rivers and the sea
It would seem that the view of the river flowing into the sea was, for the Greeks, a natural phenomenon, unworthy of special attention – as it is for us. Nothing could be further from the truth. A careful analysis of the extant sources leads to the conclusion that the Greeks perceived a strong distinction between the rivers and the sea. Moreover, they perceived this distinction as part of the natural mechanism, not some quirk of nature that could…
Kleopatra i podstępny Eros. O problemach współczesnych historyków z antyczną miłością
Cleopatra and Deceitful Eros. About Contemporary Historians’Problems with Ancient Love(Summary)For centuries, Cleopatra VII – the last queen of Hellenistic Egypt – has aroused only erotic associations. It is thought that Octavian Augustus was the one who made the hostile queen a harlot and a witch on the throne. In Life of Antony, the most extensive story about the romance of the Egyptian queen and the Roman commander, which has been processed in…
The warrior queen
The Hellenistic kings’ mechanism for revealing divine power leaves no conceptual doubt, which is why it is generally accepted that the military deed, with time not necessarily an authentic one, was a major and even central element forming the basis of the cult of the ruler. The question, however, arises as to the framework within which a “military deed” could be performed in the context of the changing ontological status of women, and thus of fem…
Cleopatra′s Snake or Octavian′s? The Role of the Cobra in the triumph over the Egyptian Queen
The snake′s familiar erotic connotation, consolidated in various interpretations, tends to limit consideration of the multifaceted capacity of this symbol as a carrier of specific content, which depending on the context, may be used in various meanings. Academic discussion on the symbolic meaning of the snake in Cleopatra′s act of suicide generally confines itself only to the Egyptian perspective or, more broadly, to that of the east (the uraeus …
Between rivers and the sea
It would seem that the view of the river flowing into the sea was, for the Greeks, a natural phenomenon, unworthy of special attention – as it is for us. Nothing could be further from the truth. A careful analysis of the extant sources leads to the conclusion that the Greeks perceived a strong distinction between the rivers and the sea. Moreover, they perceived this distinction as part of the natural mechanism, not some quirk of nature that could…
Cleopatra′s Snake or Octavian′s? The Role of the Cobra in the triumph over the Egyptian Queen
The snake′s familiar erotic connotation, consolidated in various interpretations, tends to limit consideration of the multifaceted capacity of this symbol as a carrier of specific content, which depending on the context, may be used in various meanings. Academic discussion on the symbolic meaning of the snake in Cleopatra′s act of suicide generally confines itself only to the Egyptian perspective or, more broadly, to that of the east (the uraeus …
The warrior queen
The Hellenistic kings’ mechanism for revealing divine power leaves no conceptual doubt, which is why it is generally accepted that the military deed, with time not necessarily an authentic one, was a major and even central element forming the basis of the cult of the ruler. The question, however, arises as to the framework within which a “military deed” could be performed in the context of the changing ontological status of women, and thus of fem…
Kleopatra i podstępny Eros. O problemach współczesnych historyków z antyczną miłością
Cleopatra and Deceitful Eros. About Contemporary Historians’Problems with Ancient Love(Summary)For centuries, Cleopatra VII – the last queen of Hellenistic Egypt – has aroused only erotic associations. It is thought that Octavian Augustus was the one who made the hostile queen a harlot and a witch on the throne. In Life of Antony, the most extensive story about the romance of the Egyptian queen and the Roman commander, which has been processed in…
Between rivers and the sea
It would seem that the view of the river flowing into the sea was, for the Greeks, a natural phenomenon, unworthy of special attention – as it is for us. Nothing could be further from the truth. A careful analysis of the extant sources leads to the conclusion that the Greeks perceived a strong distinction between the rivers and the sea. Moreover, they perceived this distinction as part of the natural mechanism, not some quirk of nature that could…
Do animals have a homeland? Ancient Greeks on the cultural identity of animals
The article aims to answer the following questions: How did the ancient Greeks associate animals with space, geography and their own settlements? Did they attribute nationality and territory to animals? Did they think animals missed their homelands? Could a foreign animal — according to the Greeks — experience a process of cultural integration, namely Hellenization? The Greeks attributed regional identity to animals, defined by the local geograph…
Żołnierska terapia na wojenną traumę. Jak odpoczywały armie starożytnego świata greckiego
Żołnierska terapia na wojenną traumę Jak odpoczywały armie starożytnego świata greckiego Streszczenie:W literaturze przedmiotu wzrasta zainteresowanie psychiką antycznego żołnierza. Uważa się, że podobnie jak współczesny wojskowy, był on narażony na wojenną traumę. Jednakże nie zadaje się pytania, czy w starożytności starano się zapobiegać mentalnym problemom w armii. Czy dbano o utrzymanie żołnierskiej psyche w dobrej kondycji podczas wojny? W a…
Ancient and Medieval Animals and Self-recognition
This article presents the oldest European accounts that describe the reactions of animals to their own reflections on the surface of a body of water or in a mirror. The analysed sources will encompass Greco-Roman accounts, including the reception of these accounts in the Middle Ages. While this article belongs to the field of the history of science, it seeks to provide a historical commentary with insights from contemporary studies (the mirror te…
Żołnierze a dzikie i obce zwierzęta na linii frontu wojennego w ujęciu autorów antycznych
The aim of this paper is to analyze antique testimonies documenting the relationships between soldiers and the wild and strange animals that armies encountered on the march, in military camps, on the battlefield and during clashes at sea. Also, the author attempts to discuss the numerous problems of reconstructing such relationships. The wild and strange beasts on the frontline drew the attention of writers for several reasons: they were attribut…
Krew i kurzawa w greckiej historiografii klasycznej albo o zmarginalizowanych elementach Homerowego opisu pola bitwy
Contemporary historians believe that Greek historiography emerging on the eve of the classical period adopted numerous elements from the Homeric description of battle scenery. The aim of this paper is to analyze the earliest historical works while looking for the blood and dust, the two greatly important attributes of the Homeric world of warfare. However, it turns out that blood and dust, so intimately associated with the portrayal of the physic…
[…] Aby ich na zawsze w przyszłości nie uważano za zdrajców”. Herodot i inni greccy autorzy o lojalności i zdradzie w oblężonym mieście
[“[...] for fear that the people of Scione should hereafter be called traitors”] Herodotus and other Greek authors about loyalty and betrayal in the besieged city This study attempts to determine the frequency of the betrayal of a besieged city in the world of Herodotus. The Histories is an excellent source of knowledge about the attitude of Greeks towards disloyal fellow citizens opening the city gates to the enemy, at a time when siege machines…
Fear, disgust, hate
Ancient literature contains thoughts, observations and opinions about animals causing fear, disgust or hate that can be of great interest to scientists researching the problem of phobias, fears and anxieties in history. So in this article, it is argued that we can go as far back as ancient times in the research on the history of animal phobias (or, speaking more generally, in research on the entire spectrum of negative emotions evoked by animals …
War among animals in Greek thought
Ethologists have observed that some animals use organised violence against members of their own species. Some well-known scholars call this form of animal aggression war, deliberately omitting the quotation marks. And how was it in antiquity? Was war believed to be part of the animal world? The aim of the presented article is to analyse the ancient written sources in search of correlations between the notion of war and animals, and to determine w…
Cnoty samic w De natura animalium Eliana
The Virtues of the Female in Aelian’s De natura animalium In De natura animalium, Aelian describes the animal world in a manner that succumbs to the tendency to anthropomorphize that is rooted in the human mind – a phenomenon currently widely discussed in ethological and cognitive research. The author observes a female animal seeing in her the features of a woman. However, Aelian’s understanding is not superficial. At the same time, he tries to p…
“Nie jest to zadanie łatwe dostarczać żołnierzy posłusznych, skoro się nie daje im w zamian żywności”. Ksenofont o żołnierskich posiłkach jako o podstawie porządku w greckiej armii
Two words used to describe soldiers’ daily meals play a very important role in Xenophon’s military vocabulary. The forenoon and evening meals (ariston and deipnon) form the basis of order in the army and are a tool for disciplining soldiers. The historian notes that without meals, neither the commander nor the common soldier is of any use. Xenophon presents issues with food provision as a disruption to the army’s operations. The ariston repeatedl…
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