{"id":4621,"date":"2024-11-26T17:58:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T15:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/work\/polytropos-a-two-volume-festschrift-in-honor-of-professor-nikolaos-chr-stampolidis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:02:43","slug":"polytropos-a-two-volume-festschrift-in-honor-of-professor-nikolaos-chr-stampolidis","status":"publish","type":"works","link":"https:\/\/www.iamm.gr\/en\/work\/polytropos-a-two-volume-festschrift-in-honor-of-professor-nikolaos-chr-stampolidis\/","title":{"rendered":"Polytropos: A Two-Volume Festschrift in Honor of Professor Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The adjective \u201cpolytropos,\u201d which Homer used to describe Odysseus, refers to a person of restless spirit\u2014tireless, resourceful, widely traveled, and accomplished. No more fitting title could have been chosen for the two-volume collective work edited by the students and collaborators of Nikolaos Chr. 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