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A tanulmány A bölcs Syntipas példázataiból címen ismert, 62 meséből álló, nagyobb részben görög előzményekre visszavezethető szír mesegyűjtemény XI. század végi bizánci fordítását mutatja be. A görög meseirodalomban másutt nem adatolt meséket középpontba állítva vizsgálom a mesék fő- és mellékszereplőinek megszólalásait és a mesék végén álló tanulságokat (epimythia), melyek közül több – formájában és tartalmában – eltér a szír „eredetitől”, és gyakran nehezen hozható összefüggésbe a mesék erkölcsi tanításával. A Függelékben a bizánci mesegyűjtemény magyar fordítása található.
A tanulmány Sókratés férfiasságának és nőiességének kérdéskörét járja körül, részben általában azon értelmezésekkel vitába szállva, amelyek a görög filozófiát alapvetően mizogünként fogják fel, részben azokkal, amelyek megkülönböztetik a (férfias) „elvek etikáját” és a (nőies) „gondoskodás etikáját”. E célból áttekinti a sókratési életmód, tanítások, illetve módszerek azon vonásait, amelyek férfiasságát (katonai hősiesség, bátorság, viszontagságtűrés), illetve nőiességét („sókratési evangélium”, bábáskodás, gondoskodás és szolgálat) tanúsítják, és amellett érvel, hogy Sókratés e férfias és nőies attitűdök harmonikus egységét valósítja meg, és így elkerüli a mindkét nem esetében ártalmas „türannikus apa”, illetve „felfaló anya” archetípusát. Sókratés filozófiája se nem férfias, se nem nőies, de nem is gendersemleges, hanem androgün. Sókratés androgün filozófiája fejeződik ki etikájában is, melyben az általa képviselt legfőbb elv épp a gondoskodás, ezért esetében nem érvényes a fenti szembeállítás.
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Although a score of new studies have been published about the various aspects of the history of American–Hungarian relations in the past three decades, there are still a considerable number of uncovered chapters. The present article will introduce one of the American ministers who served in Hungary in the interwar years. Nicholas Roosevelt came from a well-known family that gave two presidents to the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, and the name helped him throughout his storied career. Since he had visited Hungary at the time of the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in March 1919, he had first-hand experience regarding his host country. His service as American minister (1930–1933) fell in the first years of the unfolding Great Depression, which defined the basic conditions for Hungary, as well for the United States and Europe. Nicholas Roosevelt was an avid writer, and he left behind a plethora of both private and official documents containing, among other things, his thoughts and opinions about Hungary and Hungarians. Building this as a primary source, along with a number of secondary sources, the article will bring closer the economically and politically shaky days of Hungary in the early 1930s through the eyes of the American minister posted in Budapest, thereby enriching our knowledge about the relations between the two countries.
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Carolus Clusius (Charles de l’Écluse, 1526–1609), one of the most renowned naturalists of sixteenth-century Europe, was a versatile man of letters. One of his fields of interest neglected in scholarship is his attitude and activities around what was called fossilia at that time, and what can today be called non-living naturalia: metals, gems, various strange “stones”, fossils or medicinal earths. Such naturalia appear several times in his correspondence. This two-part study reviews how Clusius took part in the collecting, exchange and discussions about these inorganic objects in the European respublica litteraria. He could even be involved in geological or palaeontological issues of his age. The investigation not only throws light on the activities of Clusius and some of his correspondents, but also taps into the broader topic of communication and exchange in the Literary Republic of the time, and may even contribute to the history of the natural sciences in the period. Some of the non-living naturalia Clusius was interested in (like “Saint Ladislaus's coin” or the medicinal earth of Tokaj) could be found in Hungary and he looked for them by way of friends in that region (it is known that one of his most important patrons was the Hungarian aristocrat Boldizsár Batthyány). For reasons of space, the present study has been published in two parts: Sections 1–3 appeared in the previous issue, while Sections 4–7 are published in this one. A map to the entire study is included at the end of the present part.
Использование двух часовых поясов (UTC+2 и UTC+1) в языковом ландшафте Закарпатской области: причины, классификация и примеры
The Use of Two Time Zones (UTC+2 and UTC+1) in the Linguistic Landscape of the Transcarpathian Region: Reasons, Classification, and Examples
Вы когда-нибудь хотели праздновать Новый год дважды? Если да, то добро пожаловать в Закарпат-скую область Украины, где, помимо официального восточноевропейского времени (UTC+2), суще-ствует еще и неофициальное (центральноевропейское время, UTC+1), которое отстает от первого ровно на один час.
В течение ХХ в. Закарпатье было частью разных государств, но до середины 1940-х годов данный регион не знал никакого другого часового пояса, помимо центральноевропейского (или UTC+1). Это время считалось официальным и в Австро-Венгрии (до 1918 г.), и в Чехословацкой Республике (1919–1938/1939), и в Королевстве Венгрии (1939–1944). С приходом сюда Красной Армии в 1944 г. незамедлительно встал вопрос о переходе на московское время (UTC+3). Иными словами, было решено к существующему центральноевропейскому времени (UTC+1) прибавить лишних два часа. Конечно, это стало причиной недовольств среди местных жителей. Однако поскольку выражать протест в СССР было очень опасно, некоторые из них решили и дальше пользоваться временем, к которому они уже привыкли (UTC+1), но делать это тайком. Так, закарпатцы создали «свое соб-ственное», так называемое «местное» время (UTC+1). Им пользовались наряду с официальным на тот момент московским (UTC+3).
После распада Советского Союза и появления независимой Украины в 1991 г. официальный ча-совой пояс был изменен с московского (UTC+3) на киевский (UTC+2). Хотя во временную зону UTC+2 географически входит большая часть территории Закарпатья, некоторые люди не захотели отказываться от «местного» времени (UTC+1), которое существует в регионе и поныне.
Характерной особенностью «двойного восприятия» времени на Закарпатье является то, что это явление можно увидеть на уличных надписях (например, на графиках работы магазинов или распи-саниях автобусов). Сюда можно отнести различного рода уточнения времени (киевского или «мест-ного») в виде определенных фраз или их сокращений, использование двух часовых поясов на одной надписи и многое другое. Поэтому есть смысл исследовать временной вопрос Закарпатья в рамках анализа языкового ландшафта.
В этой статье показаны все возможные сценарии использования времени на уличных надписях в Закарпатской области на разных языках (украинском, русском, словацком и английском). Все представленные в работе материалы основаны на реальных фотографиях с улиц. Большая часть из них была сделана автором данной статьи во время рабочей поездки по восьми закарпатским горо-дам (Ужгород, Мукачево, Берегово, Хуст, Рахов, Тячев, Чоп и Иршава) в 2019–2021 гг.
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Since the start of the new millennium, there has been a marked turn in nutrition-related ethnographic research in Hungary. Following the reconstruction of the historical and regional processes of change in Hungarian dietary traditions, professional attention has increasingly shifted towards the present day. In this study, I first summarize the most important aspects of contemporary gastronomy and the respective research opportunities, before exploring the question of the relationship between contemporary food culture and public catering for children. The conclusion reached is that public catering for children and the food on offer in school canteens cannot be discussed without an understanding of the changes taking place in contemporary food culture, which in turn cannot be understood without taking into account contemporary social and cultural developments. Until the slowly changing culture of public catering becomes more closely aligned with the rapid changes in eating at home and in restaurants, fewer and fewer children will make use of school canteens, and where they do, they will barely touch the food but prefer to go hungry.
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The growth in Budapest's population at the end of the 19th century was based on the influx of migrants from the countryside, mostly industrial workers. The examination of the social tensions generated by their arrival provides a good illustration of the changes in social policy, one element of which was the operation of soup kitchens. In the mid-19th century, the main driving force behind the founding of soup kitchens was individual religious charity, although by the end of the century, social solidarity and state involvement also contributed to the relief efforts. The present study examines the development of soup kitchens in Budapest based on the historical sources: official documents, and the contemporary press. Using the ethnographic findings of food culture research, it seeks to explain why official soup kitchens were not popular. From an ethnographic point of view, the process of lifestyle change among workers newly breaking away from peasant life and moving to Budapest and its metropolitan area has been little explored to date, and the same applies to the embourgeoisement of the peasantry. When interpreting the processes that accompany labor migration, parallels can be drawn between the eating habits of the workers' regions of origin, the value systems connected with work and food, and the common meals organized for agricultural workers when working away from home. Through a historical and ethnographic approach, the transitional, evolving features of urban foodways emerge in the context of soup kitchens in parallel with the change in lifestyle.
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The introduction of school meals in the 20th century has its roots in several parallel but independent initiatives. The common source of these initiatives was the practice of philanthropy and charity, based on religious upbringing. Public catering for children was first institutionalized in Budapest by a charitable organization, the Children's Society (Gyermekbarátok Egyesülete), after which several denominational associations followed suit. In the early 20th century, the City of Budapest itself also took the initiative, setting up its first daycare centers where needy children were not only fed but also participated in educational and recreational activities. Resources for social welfare were eroded during the war, thus foreign aid organizations stepped in to help the children of Budapest immediately after the war, while childcare became the sole responsibility of the public authorities from the 1920s. From then on, the state covered the entire costs of providing meals, similar to the system of soup kitchens established specifically for supplying food to destitute adults.
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The Hungarian writer Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849) achieved the union of the Hungarian people thanks to the verses of his National Song (Nemzeti dal), which have always been quoted and recited with great interest. Therefore, the following paper aims to analyse some problems with the poem's translation into Spanish and present a new version of this emblematic poem for the Hungarians.
Fructus, Attianus, Ariomanus
Restoring two altar-inscriptions from Poetovio
Fructus, Attianus, Ariomanus
Két poetovioi oltárfelirat kiegészítése
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The study includes two inscriptions from Poetovio both on altars, one dedicated to Mithras, the other to Isis, both erected for the wellbeing of a person. In addition to the findspot they have in common that both persons mentioned in them were employees of the publicum portorium Illyrici customs office. This insight is the basis for the new additions to the study, as for both inscriptions it was possible to reinterpret the previously known inscriptions based on the pattern used by customs post employees, which could be observed on other inscriptions. The new addition will allow the two inscriptions to be included in the research on the operation and staffing of the Illyricum customs district.
