Posted on
Safdar Mandviwala, a member of the Hour 25 community, had the opportunity to travel to Greece along with the Harvard Alumni Association’s travel-study program led by Gregory Nagy. In a recent Hour 25 posting, Safdar Mandviwala shares insights about their time in Athens and Marathon, which was also the last leg of the travel-study program. It […]
Posted on
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis, by Casey Dué, centers on the figure of Briseis in the Iliad—who may seem at first sight to be marginal to the plot of that epic but who turns out to be essential to it—and even to the […]
Posted on
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis, by Casey Dué, centers on the figure of Briseis in the Iliad—who may seem at first sight to be marginal to the plot of that epic but who turns out to be essential to it—and even to the […]
Posted on
In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy focuses on Iliad Scroll 6 and shares a sampling of selected comments with his readers. Nagy’s commentary will be incorporated into a larger, forthcoming project: A Homer commentary in progress. I.06.289–292 tagging: variant readings; detours of Helen; pan-poikilo- ‘completely pattern-woven’ lemmatizing: παμποίκιλοι vs. παμποίκιλα There are variant stories about detours experienced by Helen after her abduction by […]
Posted on
In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy focuses on Iliad Scroll 6 and shares a sampling of selected comments with his readers. Nagy’s commentary will be incorporated into a larger, forthcoming project: A Homer commentary in progress. I.06.289–292 tagging: variant readings; detours of Helen; pan-poikilo- ‘completely pattern-woven’ lemmatizing: παμποίκιλοι vs. παμποίκιλα There are variant stories about detours experienced by Helen after her abduction by […]
Posted on
We are pleased to welcome back Maria G. Xanthou, University of Leeds, for a CHS Dialogue on Pindar on Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Visit Hour 25 for the live stream webcast, focus passages to prepare for this conversation, and a discussion with community members on the topic. Maria G. Xanthou (PhD Aristotle University […]
Posted on
We are pleased to welcome back Maria G. Xanthou, University of Leeds, for a CHS Dialogue on Pindar on Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Visit Hour 25 for the live stream webcast, focus passages to prepare for this conversation, and a discussion with community members on the topic. Maria G. Xanthou (PhD Aristotle University […]
Posted on
New iteration of the popular online project now open for registration Registration is now open for the latest session of “The Ancient Greek Hero,” a groundbreaking open, online project from HarvardX that uses Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) technology to introduce participants to the literature and heroes of ancient Greece. The project is directed by Gregory […]
Posted on
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Megathemes: War-Homilia-Homecoming, by Dimitris N. Maronitis, is an integrated collection of papers written by one of the Greek-speaking world’s most influential experts in Homeric poetry. The international impact of Maronitis’ work, which combines German-style philology with a Greek-style literary sensibility, can be most fully realized […]
Posted on
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Megathemes: War-Homilia-Homecoming, by Dimitris N. Maronitis, is an integrated collection of papers written by one of the Greek-speaking world’s most influential experts in Homeric poetry. The international impact of Maronitis’ work, which combines German-style philology with a Greek-style literary sensibility, can be most fully realized […]