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Diotima (Greek: Διοτίμα) is a Greek cultural and social magazine (ISSN 1790-4552) published in Tripolis of Arcadia, Greece. It is named after the ancient hetaera and mathematician Diotima, coming from Mantineia of Arcadia and mentioned by Plato in his Symposium, and deals with historical, art, scientific and philosophical matters. It is available to universities and various scientific institutions. ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... Tripoli (population 1 million, Arabic: Ţarabulus) is the capital of Libya. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Hetaera (Greek: singular: Εταίρα Hetaera, plural: Εταίραι Hetaerae)In ancient Greece, hetaerae were courtesans, that is to say, sophisticated companions and prostitutes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mantinea – Greek: Mαντινεία Mantineia, modern romanizations: Mantinia, Mandineia or Mandinia; and for a time Antigonia (Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia – is a city in Arcadia in the central Peloponnese that was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... Originally, the term symposium referred to a drinking party; the Greek verb sympotein means to drink together. The term has since come to refer to any academic conference, irrespective of drinking. ...


Diotima is published by Αρκαδικές Εκδόσεις (Arcadian Editions) and the magazine is edited by Michael Mergupis and Dimitris Georgopoulos. The first issue was Spring 2005 since when four issues have been produced. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


N.B. It should not be confused with a homonym Greek magazine of previous decades.


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