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Με μεγάλη χαρά παραθέτουμε το ακόλουθο άρθρο της Μαίρης Αδαμοπούλου (ΤΑ ΝΕΑ, 1-2 Φεβρουαρίου 2014) στο οποίο ο Gregory Nagy μιλάει για τη νέα Σαπφώ και τον τρόπο με τον οποίο τα τραγούδια της συνθέτονταν καθώς παρουσιάζονταν δημοσίως. Η Σαπφώ και η αιώνια γοητεία της, Μαίρη Αδαμοπούλου, ΤΑ ΝΕΑ
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The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus by Ioanna Papadopoulou and Leonard Muellner, eds. in March 2014 through Harvard University Press. The Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European “book.” It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb […]
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On November 9th a small group of classicists, artists, and visiting scholars gathered outside Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. to mark the arrival of two mosaic panels designed by renowned artist Hildreth Meière. The panels were part of a large-scale, triptych mural with the center panel depicting Hercules’ passage through the Straight […]
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Ο Νίκος Χουρμουζιάδης (Nikos Chourmouziadis), Ομότιμος καθηγητής της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής και Επίτιμος διδάκτωρ της Σχολής Θεάτρου του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης, απεβίωσε στις 18 Οκτωβρίου 2013, σε ηλικία 83 ετών. Ο Χουρμουζιάδης υπήρξε υπότροφος του Κέντρου Ελληνικών Σπουδών κατά το έτος 1966. Το ακαδημαϊκό έργο του επικεντρώθηκε στη δραματουργία και την θεατρικότητα στην αρχαία τραγωδία, ιδιαίτερα […]
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Steering Song by Kevin McGrath LIKE a boat within another hull In which we oblivious rest, Unaware of our voyage or Destination of the bound vessel. A lioness walks the deck unseen And the captain is a captive, On the mast a vine springs Between untruth and truth we sail. Concealed by the rain we […]
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We are especially pleased to share the following conversation with CHS author and classicist Douglas Frame about his innovative approach to Homer, the non-traditional path of his career, and his influential publications. CHS: You’ve authored two important books on Homer that are closely related but separated by almost 30 years. Your first book, The Myth of […]
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“I was really struck by the fact that we still know very little about the people who were involved in the trafficking of all these ancient objects that today adorn museums in Europe and the US. They all have amazing personal stories.” —Yannis Galanakis We recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with […]
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The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that the online edition of Victor Bers’ GENOS DIKANIKON: Amateur and Professional Speech in the Courtrooms of Classical Athens is now available on the CHS website (chs.harvard.edu). In this monograph Victor Bers attempts to show that many features of Athenian court speech in the deluxe form we know […]
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“True improvisation has nothing really to do with “making stuff up on the spot”; rather it is the creative and inspired weaving together of previously rehearsed material…” —Graeme Bird We recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with professor, musician, and CHS author Graeme D. Bird about his work on ancient Homeric papyri, […]
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In early August, the co-editors of the Homer Multitext Project, Casey Dué (University of Houston) and Mary Ebbott (College of the Holy Cross), were awarded a prestigious NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations grant for over $275,000 to publish a diplomatic edition of the Venetus A. The Venetus A is a 10th Century manuscript that is our […]