With the fifth version of the HeroesX project opening on Jan. 6, we would like to reflect upon the hero and heroic tradition. In the featured video, Gregory Nagy talks about the suffering of heroes in an attempt to elaborate on the choice of violent ends for heroes by Greek tragedians. Gregory Nagy comments that “if the hero is larger than life—and he or she is—then… Read more
With the fifth version of the HeroesX project opening on Jan. 6, we would like to reflect upon the hero and heroic tradition. In the featured video, Gregory Nagy talks about the suffering of heroes in an attempt to elaborate on the choice of violent ends for heroes by Greek tragedians. Gregory Nagy comments that “if the hero is larger than life—and he or she is—then the… Read more
“Where do people believe charisma comes from and where does it actually come from?” Watch this week’s CHS Essentials featured video and find out! Nicolas Prevelakis Nicolas Prevelakis is Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies and Assistant Director of Curricular Development at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies. He has a Ph.D. in Moral and Political Philosophy from the University… Read more
“Where do people believe charisma comes from and where does it actually come from?” Watch this week’s CHS Essentials featured video and find out! Nicolas Prevelakis Nicolas Prevelakis is Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard’s Committee on Degrees in Social Studies and Assistant Director of Curricular Development at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies. He has a Ph.D. in Moral and Political Philosophy from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 4)… Read more
What do Hesiodic and Homeric poetry understand by ‘monsters’? Yiannis Petropoulos, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplion, attempts to answer this question:… Read more
What do Hesiodic and Homeric poetry understand by ‘monsters’? Yiannis Petropoulos, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Nafplion, attempts to answer this question:… Read more
