Chapter One: Recognition and the Return of Odysseus During their meeting in Book 13, Athena and Odysseus sit down together at the base of an olive tree and concoct the plot through which, imitating the story of a disguised god, he will defeat his enemies. This then becomes the plot, in a literary sense, of the […]
Disguise and Recognition in the Odyssey: preface to the 2nd edition This book is a study of how the plot of the Odyssey works. It represents an effort to uncover the particular significance in this poem of recognition, a plot device so common that it figures as one of Propp’s thirty-nine functions of the folktale […]
Funding Sources for the CHS Summer Programs The two main funding options for the CHS summer programs this year are CHS funding and Rockefeller funding. When applying to CHS summer programs, students are also applying for funding through the CHS at the same time. However, the CHS still needs students to fill out a CARAT […]
GRADUATE STUDENT SUMMER SEMINAR 2010 June 24 – July 8, 2010 in Washington, DC Greek Dialects and Greek Historical Grammar This summer graduate seminar at the CHS focuses on Greek historical grammar and the Greek dialects. The seminar will combine a detailed introduction to the comparative and historical grammar of Greek with a close reading […]
CHS Research Symposium 2011 On April 29-30, the CHS will host a Research Symposium, featuring talks by undergraduates in the Sunoikisis consortium and by the 2010-11 CHS Fellows in Hellenic Studies. A live webcast will be available and viewers can submit questions and comments via chat. For more information, follow the links below: View the […]