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Upcoming Sunoikisis Planning Seminar

The Center for Hellenic Studies is excited for the upcoming Sunoikisis Course Planning and Faculty Development Seminar. Seventeen professors from across the country and around the world will be attending the Greek and Latin Sunoikisis planning seminars, both in person and electronically, from June 10th to June 20th. This year’s Greek seminar is focusing on Hellenistic […]

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Classical Inquiries | Trying to read the Will of Zeus

In his recent posting on Classical Inquiries, Gregory Nagy focuses on the Homeric expression Dios boulē, which has has translated at times as ‘the Will of Zeus’ and at other times ‘the Plan of Zeus’. Nagy explains the variation in his translation: I see no contradiction here, since I have always understood the Will of Zeus […]

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Classical Inquiries | Trying to read the Will of Zeus

In his recent posting on Classical Inquiries, Gregory Nagy focuses on the Homeric expression Dios boulē, which has has translated at times as ‘the Will of Zeus’ and at other times ‘the Plan of Zeus’. Nagy explains the variation in his translation: I see no contradiction here, since I have always understood the Will of Zeus […]

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An interview with Professor George Babiniotis, Professor of Linguistics, Former Rector of the University of Athens

Professor George Babiniotis, Emeritus and Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Athens and former Rector (2000-2006) of the University, joined us recently at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplio, Greece,  for a lecture on “Monolingualism versus linguistic polymorphy: the meaning of the mother tongue”. The lecture, which was part of the Events Series 2016 […]

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Forthcoming | Literary History in the Parian Marble, by Andrea Rotstein

The CHS is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Literary History in the Parian Marble, by Andrea Rotstein, through Harvard University Press. Inscribed some time after 264 BCE, the Parian Marble offers a chronological list of events with an exceptional emphasis on literary matters.Literary History in the Parian Marble explores the literary and historiographical qualities of the […]