Practice In Greece Research Articles

Effectiveness and Safety of Micafungin in Managing Invasive Fungal Infections among Patients in Greece with Hematologic Disorders: The ASPIRE Study.

IntroductionInvasive candidiasis (IC) can be a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with cancer, hematologic diseases and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of micafungin in patients with hematologic malignancies or HSCT recipients, relevant to clinical presentation of IC, in real-life practice in Greece.MethodsASPIRE was a phase IV, multicenter, non-interventional, prospective cohort study, conducted at ten tertiary hospitals in Greece, in adults with hematologic disease. Micafungin treatment for IC or prophylaxis for Candida infection was administered per standard clinical practice until a clinical outcome (success or failure) was reached. Treatment success was defined by the EORTC/MSG criteria for invasive fungal infections (IFI) and was assessed by the investigator. Treatment discontinuation and safety were also evaluated.ResultsOne hundred forty-three patients were enrolled. Median age was 62; 85 (59.4%) patients were male, and 133 (93.0%) had Greek ethnicity. One hundred twenty-six (88.1%) patients had hematologic malignancies, and 21 (14.7%) had received HSCT. Prophylaxis was administered to 74 (51.7%) patients [median (range) dose: 50 (50–150) mg/day] with no signs of IFI. Overall, 52 (36.4%) patients with possible IFI at baseline received micafungin treatment [100 (50–125) mg/day] versus 12 (17.2%) with probable [100 (75–150) mg/day] and 5 (3.5%) with confirmed [125 (100–150) mg/day] IFI. Treatment success was 91.6% (95% CI 85.80–95.59; n = 131) overall and 90.5% (n = 67) in patients receiving prophylaxis. Median time on treatment was 13 days. Treatment discontinuation (n = 26; 18.2%) was not related to adverse events. No treatment-related serious adverse events were reported.ConclusionMicafungin treatment for IC or prophylaxis for Candida infection was effective and well tolerated in patients with hematologic disorders in clinical practice in Greece. These results demonstrate that micafungin could be used more widely for prophylaxis. Further work is required to determine the efficacy and safety of micafungin for the management of IFIs in hematologic settings.FundingAstellas Pharma Inc.

‘It’s difficult to be a social worker these days’: implications of austerity for social work practice in Greece – the case of the ‘Help at Home’ program

ABSTRACT Greece, over the last eight years, has faced an unprecedented socioeconomic crisis due to the austerity enforced by the foreign creditors as preconditions for receiving successive bail out loans. This paper draws on interviews with social workers of the ‘Help at Home’ programme in the wider area of the city of Thessaloniki and presents the challenges that they are facing within the wider context of implications of austerity for social work practice and the reactions of professionals in Greece, as well as in other European countries. It is argued that in the light of common experiences, the challenges faced by the participants in the research could be understood not as unique or marginal but as the local manifestations of the adverse effects of neo-liberalism on a global scale. It is further argued that while the realisation of how neoliberal globalisation affects local conditions it is of critical importance to the process of raising awareness of oppressive structures that we should also recognise the personal and local socioeconomic and cultural particularities that might favour or not a more politically active response.

Persistence and Adherence during the First Six Months of Tocilizumab Treatment Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Routine Clinical Practice in Greece. Results from the Single Arm REMISSION II Study (NCT01649817).

Objective/Aim:One of the most important factors that affect a treatment’s performance in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is adherence to medications. According to literature, there are several reasons for non-adherence in RA patients with some of them being related to a specific patient profile of the study population. In this study, we investigated persistence to intravenous tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy in RA during routine clinical practice in Greece and identified causes for non-adherence.Methods:183 RA patients who mostly attended private practice Rheumatologists and received intravenous TCZ treatment at a schedule of 1 infusion per 4-weeks in the first 6 months were recorded retrospectively.Results:Persistence estimated rate to TCZ therapy was 92.0% for patients that received 6 infusions and 83.4% for patients that received 7 infusions of TCZ. Potential factors that influence persistence to therapy were the occurrence of adverse events and response to the therapy. The main reasons for non-adherence to TCZ therapy were non-medically related with the most common being drug supply issues. The 6-month mean change from baseline in DAS28-ESR after initiation of TCZ therapy was −1.3, and the mean CDAI dropped from 29.6 at baseline to 16.7 at 6 months. Good/Moderate response was achieved by 89.1% of patients and remission by 23.5%. The safety profile was similar to that observed in other TCZ trials with the most common being infections, hematologic manifestations and musculoskeletal disorders.Conclusion:Overall, persistence to therapy appeared to be high in the rheumatology private practice setting and non-adherence to the TCZ treatment schedule is attributed mainly to non-medical reasons.

The Difference Between Greece and Other Countries Regarding HRM Practice

One of the primary reasons behind this difference is the small business structure and entrepreneurial ventures prevalent in Greece. Further, due to a strong patriarchal society with paternalist traditions, there are bound to be differences in how the people run businesses. To improve HR practices in Greece, industrial relations should be improved, base salary increased, and issues of leave resolved. It is important for HR managers in Greece to have better training in international HRM standards.

Real-world data on Len/Dex combination at second-line therapy of multiple myeloma: treatment at biochemical relapse is a significant prognostic factor for progression-free survival

We evaluated progression-free survival (PFS) rate of patients treated with lenalidomide/dexamethasone (Len/Dex), the efficacy of the combination, and the prognostic significance of treatment at biochemical vs. clinical relapse on PFS in 207 consecutive myeloma patients treated with Len/Dex in second line, according to routine clinical practice in Greece. First-line treatment included bortezomib-based (63.3%) or immunomodulatory drug-based (34.8%) therapies; 25% of patients underwent autologous stem cell transplantation. Overall response rate was 73.4% (17.8% complete response and 23.7% very good partial response); median time to best response was 6.7 months. Overall, median PFS and 12-month PFS rate was 19.2 months and 67.6%, respectively. 67.5% of patients had biochemical relapse and 32.5% had clinical relapse prior to initiation of Len/Dex. Median PFS was 24 months for patients treated at biochemical relapse vs. 13.2 months for those treated at clinical relapse (HR:0.63, p = 0.006) and the difference remained significant after adjustment for other prognostic factors. Type of relapse was the strongest prognostic factor for PFS in multivariate analysis. These real-world data confirm the efficacy of Len/Dex combination at first relapse; more importantly, it is demonstrated for the first time outside a clinical trial setting that starting therapy with Len/Dex at biochemical, rather than at clinical relapse, is a significant prognostic factor for PFS, inducing a 37% reduction of the probability of disease progression or death.

People and plant entanglements at the dawn of agricultural practice in Greece. An analysis of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic archaeobotanical remains

Investigation of the incipience of agriculture in Greece employing archaeobotanical remains is a challenging field of inquiry, aiming at gaining insights into the complex socio-economic transformations that gradually shaped the way of Neolithic life. Yet, primary archaeobotanical evidence dating to the 7th and early 6th millennium BCE from Greece still remains scarce and, to a certain degree, incomplete as regards the kind of information it can provide. This paper forms anew an approach to explore aspects of early agricultural practices in Greece on the basis of plant macroremains. The aim is to set the Mesolithic background against which the Early Neolithic archaeobotanical dataset is then fully reviewed. In doing so we first introduce new Mesolithic and early Neolithic data (Theopetra in Thessaly, and Revenia and Paliambela in Macedonia) and we then provide a critical overview of all other sites in Greece dated to these periods, to ultimately set new 'seeds' for future research on the incipience of agriculture in the area.

Greek cinema as European cinema: co-productions, Eurimages and the Europeanisation of Greek cinema

ABSTRACTThe article examines the extent to which Greek cinema has engaged with European co-productions and identifies the ways in which these have changed its production culture, as well as, indirectly, its form, content and mode of address. While mainly focusing on the 2010s, it also offers a historical account of co-production practices in Greece, especially since the establishment of Eurimages in 1989. It argues that the intensification of co-production activity that has become more evident in the last few years has been the result of a number of factors, including the continuing impact of European institutional frameworks, the reduction of national funds towards cinema, the emergence of a number of new producers trained in building co-productions and the critical success of a number of Greek films in prestigious festivals. The analysis draws on film studies, media industry and film policy studies as it aims to reveal the ways in which both Europe-wide and localised social, financial and professional conditions have affected the production culture in Greece, especially with regard to art/quality cinema, leading to the increased ‘Europeanisation’ of Greek cinema.

Sustainability assessment of the agri-environmental practices in Greece. Indicators' comparative study

Sustainability assessment of the agri-environmental practices in Greece. Indicators' comparative study

Sustainability assessment of the agri-environmental practices in Greece. Indicators' comparative study

This research attempts to study whether the common agricultural policy is targeted enough and actually integrates the initial environmental concerns, aiming in understanding of the effectiveness of the policy in Greece. Through the development and calculation of several agri-environmental sustainability indicators, following the driving force-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) model, the authors evaluate the environmental performance of Greek agriculture in comparison with Italy, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands, under the common agricultural policy scheme. Results indicate that Greek agricultural production should follow the agricultural practices and environmental controls more closely, in order to increase agricultures' environmental performance rate and reach sustainability.

θάνατος II. Reviews of Publications on Mortuary Practices in Greece (10th – 4th c. BC)

θάνατος II. Reviews of Publications on Mortuary Practices in Greece (10th – 4th c. BC)

Consumer food safety perceptions and self‐reported practices in Greece

AbstractA substantial proportion of foodborne illness is associated with food prepared in households. The primary understanding of how foods are handled in private homes comes mostly from questionnaire based studies and direct observation. The aim of this survey was to examine consumers' perceptions and knowledge of safe food handling practices in Greece. More specifically, their attitudes, opinions and self‐reported practices were studied. Data were collected from a total of 399 consumers living in Greece by the use of a self‐administered on‐line survey. The questionnaire consisted of four positive and five negative statements according to the 5‐point Likert scale, which grouped into three constructions using principal component analysis in order to investigate food safety perceptions of consumers. Furthermore, the survey included 11 demographic questions, two close‐ended questions (type yes/no) and four questions that are related to self‐reported food‐handling practices. The results showed that the most commonly known bacterium causing food‐related illness according to respondents' knowledge is Salmonella (99.7%), followed by Escherichia coli (73.9%) and Listeria (58.4%). The overall consumers' score concerning food safety was 32.8 ± 5.37 (full score was 45). No significant differences to the mean score of food safety knowledge were found according to gender, age or the incidence of foodborne illness over the past 12 months. Knowledge and awareness of safe food handling practices was enhanced at higher education levels, while homemakers were found to have deficiencies at this level. Information obtained from consumers can be used to shape educational programs and determine where food safety educational efforts would be most effective and the needed content of the messages.

Using the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score to assess gait in children with cerebral palsy: A feasibility evaluation

Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the use and scope of observational gait analysis in everyday physiotherapy practice. The Edinburgh Visual Gait Score is proposed as a simple and cost-effective tool for use in everyday practice when instrumented gait analysis is not available. The primary goal was to evaluate the feasibility of using the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score in the assessment of the gait of children with cerebral palsy and the second was to assess whether the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score was sensitive enough to note changes following intervention. Finally, the relationship between the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score scores and the 10 metre walk test performance was examined. Methods: A feasibility study was conducted using the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score, the 10 metre walk test and simplified video analysis software. Ten children with cerebral palsy were recruited from two private physiotherapy practices in Greece. Findings: The Edinburgh Visual Gait Score was a quick and easy to use tool when assessing the gait pattern of children with cerebral palsy A Wilcoxon test showed a statistically significant improvement in the total Edinburgh Visual Gait Score score (left side: z=-2.395, p=0.017; right side: z=-2.392, p=0.017) following a 2-month course of physiotherapy treatment. The Spearman's correlation test showed no statistically significant correlation between the Edinburgh Visual Gait Scores and the walking speed. Conclusions: It was feasible to use the Edinburgh Visual Gait Score in children with cerebral palsy to assess the treatment outcome on gait parameters after intervention. It may be sensitive enough to note changes after 2 months of physiotherapy intervention. Our results indicate that the difference in movement quality does not always relate to walking speed. Future researchers should investigate the relationship between the two.

Preservice Student-Teachers’ Perceptions of Themselves as Teachers- Experience from Teaching Practicum

The importance and significance of the role of pre-service teachers’ education in building up their identity formation is well-recognized. This work investigates one dimension of this complex formation: how pre-service teachers perceive themselves as teachers in a pre-service teacher education compulsory course of teaching practice in Greece. An experience report from a teaching practicum is presented based on a qualitative analysis of anonymous questionnaires (N=144). Our analysis reveals that student-teachers are engaged in a process of transformation which encompasses from the academic preparation to the teaching reality. We identify three interconnected stages in this transformation process: i) first contact (e.g., choice and field of their studies, relation between theory and practice), ii) familiarization (e.g., get in touch with teaching activity, with the space and the operation of kindergarten, collaboration with teachers), and iii) function (e.g., interaction with pupils, acquiring experience, acting as teachers). According to the data analysis, preservice teachers tend to attribute greater importance to specific elements of each stage. More specifically, the choice and field of their studies as well as the teaching activity (planning, implementation and feedback) were underlined as very important elements in the second and third stage respectively, while a great number of preservice students highlighted the interaction with students in the classroom as well as their act and operation as teachers in the third stage. Summing up, our findings indicate that pre-service teachers perceive themselves as teachers through four-correlated to each other in a bidirectional manner- issues: the academic framework, the teaching activity, themselves acting as teachers, and the students. Furthermore, the aforementioned four issues point out that pre-service teachers’ perceptions are not stable but are subjected to a transformative process that take place during their teaching practice. Accordingly, the findings of this study could provide a conceptual framework that incorporates pre-service teachers’ perceptions and examine teachers’ identity formation from this specific perspective of pre-service studies.

The Implementation of Global Asthma Management Guidelines in Two General Respiratory Outpatient Clinics in Greece

BACKGROUND: The implementation of global guidelines for asthma management aims at asthma control. The aim of this study was to investigate the implementation of asthma management guidelines by both patients and physicians in two general pulmonary outpatient clinics in Greece. METHODS: Two questionnaires were administered to pulmonologists (n=43) and patients (n=181) separately. Asthma control was assessed by Asthma Control Test. RESULTS: All physicians informed their patients about asthma and suggested regular visits. The vast majority educated their patients to recognize symptom deterioration (n=42, 97.7%) and asthma triggers (n=41, 95.3%), to readjust treatment (n=41, 95.3%) and use correctly the inhaler devices (n=40, 93%). Greek pulmonologists suggested physical activity (n=40, 93%), peak flow meter use (n=13, 30.2%) and asthma physiotherapy (n=10, 23.3%), while 13 (30.2%) provided a written action plan. Among 181 participants with asthma, 41 (22.7%) had hyperventilation, while 117 (64.6%), mostly young men, had controlled asthma with high FEV1% predicted and without hyperventilation. Only 21 (11.6%) visited the emergency room in the past 6 months, while 98 (54.1%) had regular follow-up. They had developed a partnership with their physician (n=151, 83.4%) and confirmed their response to education on asthma triggers (n=156, 86.2%), symptom deterioration (n=171, 94.5%), inhaler medication technique (n=168, 92.8%) and peak flow meter use (n=40, 22.1%). Moreover, 118 (65.2%) patients recognized medication categories and 34 (18.8%) had a written action plan. They complied with physical activity suggestion (n=141, 77.9%), while 11 (6.1%) have performed breathing exercises. CONCLUSION: The recommendations for asthma management are significantly integrated into clinical practice in Greece, leading to high prevalence of asthma control.

Marine spatial planning and the Greek experience

The paper focuses on MSP experience and practice in Greece, which is a coastal country with a singularly extended coastline and a highly insular nature. Given these attributes, Greece has long since developed a detailed and regulatory coastal zone planning system which, however, is merely implemented. At the same time, due to the geopolitical conditions with neighboring (non- E.U.) countries, Greece also has a long tradition in sectoral planning in the sea, and great difficulty in adapting to an area-based management approach. Considering these facts, the paper concludes that, unless the EEZ is proclaimed, Greece is very likely to keep a sectoral MSP orientation in the future (with a few exceptions of area-based management in gulfs and sea-lagoons). Another option for area-based MSP is via extension of the existing management units of terrestrial plans up to the territorial waters. Nevertheless, proclamation of the EEZ is also necessary so as integrated MSP takes place at all levels (national, regional and local) and Greece takes full advantage of its crucial geopolitical position.

Public Sector e-Recruitment Practices in Greece: The Case of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (Asep) Website.

Although it is generally accepted that technology itself has no inherent value, there is no doubt that it is the key enabler of e-Government services. In regards to personnel recruitment, technology has undoubtedly revolutionized traditional methods. E-recruitment, generally defined as the process of utilizing new Information and Communication Technologies for candidate attraction, selection and communication management, has been extensively used in the private sector over the last two decades. The success of e-recruiting, especially in terms of reductions in hiring time and costs, also made the practice attractable as part of most e-government initiatives worldwide. Greece is no exception to this trend. Following the institution of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP) as an independent authority in 1994, the Greek State was provided with an autonomous entity tasked with the staffing of the Public Sector, “in conditions of full transparency, publicity, objectivity and meritocracy”. However, it is this very statement that points at the particularities pertaining to public sector recruitment practices which are rarely present in the private sector. Greece is characterized by a decades-old clientelistic approach to public sector employment and e-recruiting for the state is a mission that raises the stakes clearly higher than that of a measured cost reduction. The current paper briefly reviews the benefits of e-recruitment practices in the private sector, examines the significant differences that apply to the recruitment practices of the Greek state and finally assesses the official ASEP website in a technical and functional manner as a tool for promoting trust between citizens and the State by applying the guidelines provided by the Greek Public Portal Certification Framework.

Romani Peoples’ Resistance to Mainstream Schooling: A Focus on Romani Woman and Girls’ Education and the Educational Policies, Barriers, and Practices in Greece

The Romani (or Roma) people are, perhaps, the oldest and most discriminated against ethnic minority group in Eastern Europe. In particular, Romani women and girls have been described by the UN Women, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and Office of High Commission of Human Rights (OHCHR) as “one of the most disempowered groups in Europe.” This paper provides an exploratory investigation of Romani women’s and girls’ lack of educational attainment as it looks at some of policy barriers, practices and the nature of Roma peoples’ reluctance to participate in mainstream public schooling in Greek society. There is an urgent need for effective and focused policies that take into account social inclusion, equality, and non-discrimination of Romani women and girls. However, Romani women are ultimately silenced by the continued lack of quantitative and qualitative data, research and statistics, making them Europe’s most invisible minority.

Improvement of health-related quality of life and adherence to treatment with calcipotriol-betamethasone dipropionate gel in patients with psoriasis vulgaris.

BACKGROUNDPsoriasis is a common, chronic, recurrent, immune-mediated disorder of the skin and joints. It can have a significant negative impact on the physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing of affected patients.OBJECTIVESTo measure improvement in health-related QoL (HRQoL) in Greek patients with psoriasis vulgaris after a month of treatment with calcipotriol-betamethasone dipropionate gel; and evaluate adherence to treatment parameters.METHODSThe study included 394 psoriasis vulgaris patients from 16 private dermatological practices in Greece, all treated with calcipotriol-betamethasone dipropionate gel. They were evaluated at the first visit and after 4 weeks. Moreover, they completed the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), while other data such as disease severity, subjective symptoms and adherence, were collected.RESULTSAt week 4, the DLQI median was reduced by 3.5 points from the baseline (p<0.001; baseline and week 4 median: 4.5 and 1.0 respectively). Pruritus and sleep disorders also improved (p<0.001). Furthermore, 90.1% of the subjects fully adhered to treatment, with a 97.1% mean level of compliance.CONCLUSIONSThe convincing clinical results, with a distinct improvement in HRQoL, plus the high level of adherence due to its advantageous physical properties, make the calcipotriol-betamethasone dipropionate gel formulation an important, effective and well-tolerated topical therapy to treat psoriasis.

Social work education in a time of national crisis in Greece: educating the workforce to combat inequalities

Since 2010, Greece has experienced an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis, which continues to have tremendous social impact. Austerity measures and policy cuts have included a dis-investment in social work and social care and more recently the abolition of one of the four national Social Work Departments providing qualifying social work education. In this context, this study addresses the following question: how does pre-qualifying social work education in Greece influence students' ability to manage value tensions in relation to anti-oppressive practice? Using a case study methodology, the research was based in one Social Work Department (subsequently abolished). Data were collected through semi-structured interviews from social work students at the beginning and the end of their professional education (n = 32) and once from academic staff/placement supervisors (n = 10). Data were analysed drawing on grounded theory techniques. In this paper only one particular dataset is considered in detail: the attitudes and experiences of final year students. The main findings indicate students' narrow understandings and individualistic approaches towards oppression, reflecting an urgent need to redefine social work education and practice in Greece according to current social justice concerns. Specifically, social work education needs to give greater weight to a structural perspective on the dynamics of oppression. Although focussed on Greece, the paper offers a critical debate of contemporary relevance for social work education in many European nation states.

Like A Myth

Like A Myth Barry B. Powell (bio) Approaches to Greek Myth edited by Lowell Edmunds (Johns Hopkins University Press, second edition, 2014. 480 pages. $29.95 pb) What do we mean by Greek myth and what do these myths mean to us? A good introduction to this tangled conversation is the second edition of Lowell Edmunds’s Approaches to Greek Myth, at least for the attentive reader. The writing here brings us up to date on many matters: the history of the reception of myth; myth and ritual; comparative Indo-European myth; comparative folklore; narratology; iconographical approaches to myth; and the use of psychoanalysis. Two chapters are reprinted from the first edition, three chapters are revised, two chapters are completely rewritten, and there is a new chapter on the reception of Greek myth; a chapter on Greek myth and history has been dropped. This is an important revision over the first edition of 1990. In a learned introduction, rich with footnotes, Edmunds leads the reader through the complex topic of approaches to Greek myth. Edmunds gives a sensible definition of myth as a story about gods and heroes set in a primordial time that extends from the creation of the cosmos up to the heroic age, with which the present age is continuous. He emphasizes that by the classical period the Greeks were steeped in myths and surrounded by their imagery, especially on pottery. Most Greek myths, however, were learned through the oral presentation of written texts, [End Page viii] themselves often of oral origin. When knowledge of the myths faded in the Roman imperial period, handbooks appeared to support aristocratic learning and display, especially the Bibliotheca of Apollodorus in the second century a.d.—a summary of stories that still today defines what we think of as Greek myth. Greek myth had both system and variability: the general outlines of the stories were known (system), but you could mold individual myths to suit the occasion, often in surprising ways (variability). For the Greeks, myth and history were the same thing. Myth was therefore expected to be true. Only when reading became private, and the truth value of the narrative was not alleged, did fiction become possible. Fiction as we understand it does not appear until the Greek novels of the second century a.d. What about myth and religion? All myths certainly do not derive from religious ritual, as once widely believed. It is hard to say what Greek religion was (or Greek myth for that matter), except that religious practice in Greece was the killing of animals, and it had no creed. Myth and religion seem to inhabit different spheres, and certainly Greek myth did not support Greek belief. Before each of the eight chapters Edmunds provides a short lucid summary of the contents, while also situating the chapter into the general context of “approaches to Greek myth.” In “The Reception of Greek Myth,” translated from the Spanish and new to this edition, Jordi Pàmias covers the topic from its beginning through the nineteenth century. Already in Homer is the notion that a preexisting tradition is being reworked for the audience, but with the mythographers in the fifth century b.c. myth was systematized in writing and separated from its oral roots: at this time myth became an artifact. The mythographers’ principle of organization was genealogical. The handbooks of the Augustan and imperial periods heightened this development and resulted in the modern “handbook of Greek myth,” in fact a survey of the important genealogies in the Greek tradition. Two methods of understanding myth by these early commentators were Euhemerism, wherein the gods were thought once to have been real human beings; and allegorism, in which all the stories were thought to have a hidden meaning, usually morally uplifting. Ovid especially was the object of allegorical interpretation in the medieval and Renaissance periods. These twin approaches were powerful up to the modern period, but Pàmias stops at the end of the nineteenth century. The second somewhat discursive essay by H. S. Versnel, “Myth and Ritual, Old and New,” translated from the Dutch and unchanged from the first edition, explores myth’s relationship to ritual. Versnel gives equal...