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Dimitri Vassilakis Trio and Word Dance Theater at CHS

The Hellenic Foundation for Culture, with support from Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, presents saxophonist Dimitri Vassilakis, joined by two of the best jazz musicians in New York — bassist Essiet Essiet, a collaborator of Art Blakey, and drummer Sylvia Cuenca — as well as dancers from Word Dance Theater, a Washington DC-based dance company.

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Kosmos Society Book Club | The Tears of Achilles

“In an epic text, how were poets able to represent emotion? How can we understand today their way of speaking? Did Achilles “copy” the behavior of warriors from those distant times? Or might it be the reverse: did the epic influence certain real behaviors?” This month’s Book Club selection is taken from Hélène Monsacré: The Tears of Achilles, newly available online at CHS in an English translation.

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Kosmos Society Book Club | The Tears of Achilles

“In an epic text, how were poets able to represent emotion? How can we understand today their way of speaking? Did Achilles “copy” the behavior of warriors from those distant times? Or might it be the reverse: did the epic influence certain real behaviors?” This month’s Book Club selection is taken from Hélène Monsacré: The Tears of Achilles, newly available online at CHS in an English translation.