Lucan, Reception, Counter-history

Marlowe's Translations of Ovid and Lucan

Pheromone Reception

Insects are analytical chemists par excellence. They perceive the world through semiochemicals with inordinate sensitivity.A male moth, for example, can detect a “scent of woman,” i.e., a female-produced sex pheromone, even when the signal-to-noise ratio is very low. In a sense the antennae are “signal translators.” The chemicals signals are “translated” into the language of the brain (nerve im...

“i Saw the Lord”: Observations on the Christian Reception History of Isaiah 6

In the pages to follow I shall examine exegetical, doctrinal, hymnographic, and iconographic productions that illustrate the rich reception history of Isa 6 in early Christianity. It appears that the earliest, Christological interpretation of this text was superseded by a Trinitarian one and that the exegetical shift occurred first in doctrinal and exegetical writings, while hymnography and ico...

Not Art But Truth: A Brief History of Mummy Portrait Reception

Authentication by Email Reception

In this paper, I describe the use of email reception as an authentication mechanism for public access servers, such as emailand Web-based servers in untrusted and low-risk environments [DoD]. Even the simplest implementation provides security that is significantly better than trust and requires significant power to crack. Despite its security limitations, this type of authentication should be a...