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    Visiting scholar at CHS | Dr. Jessica Piccinini, Onassis Fellowship Recipient and lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Vienna

    This week, Dr. Jessica Piccinini, Onassis Fellowship Recipient and lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Vienna, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. While at the CHS, Piccinini aims to complete her book, titled Ancient Religious Mobility: The Oracular Shrine of Dodona. This work is to be a comprehensive study of […]

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    Visiting scholar at CHS | Dr. Jessica Piccinini, Onassis Fellowship Recipient and lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Vienna

    This week, Dr. Jessica Piccinini, Onassis Fellowship Recipient and lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Vienna, will be staying at the CHS and using the library. While at the CHS, Piccinini aims to complete her book, titled Ancient Religious Mobility: The Oracular Shrine of Dodona. This work is to be a comprehensive study of […]

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    Classical Inquiries | Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art

      In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy argues that “the capacity of ancient Greek poetry to imitate, in a playful way, language in all its forms, both artful and artless” is what ultimately shaped all verbal arts, including the art of prose. Nagy’s point of departure is Aristotle’s treatise, Poetics (1448b4–24). §6. So, according to Aristotle, the […]

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    Classical Inquiries | Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art

      In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy argues that “the capacity of ancient Greek poetry to imitate, in a playful way, language in all its forms, both artful and artless” is what ultimately shaped all verbal arts, including the art of prose. Nagy’s point of departure is Aristotle’s treatise, Poetics (1448b4–24). §6. So, according to Aristotle, the […]

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    Sunoikisis | Faculty Development and Internships at CHS

    Course Planning and Faculty Development Dates: June 10-20, 2016 Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. to develop the upcoming fall semester courses. They hold two 4-day planning seminars, one for the Greek course and another for the Latin course, in order to develop the course […]

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    Now Available Online | The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics

    The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis on the CHS website. The work is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. Oral intertextuality is an innate feature of the […]

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    Now Available Online | The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics

    The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis on the CHS website. The work is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. Oral intertextuality is an innate feature of the […]