“Dué argues that the attested multiforms of the Iliad—in ancient quotations, on papyrus, and in the scholia of medieval manuscripts—give us glimpses of the very long history of the text, access to even earlier Iliads, and a greater awareness of the mechanisms by which such a remarkable poem could be composed in performance. Using methodologies grounded in an understanding of Homeric poetry as a system, Achilles Unbound argues for nothing… Read more
The latest Kosmos Book Club Discussion included a passage about a father giving advice to his son. An experienced father was lending his knowledge to his child. Ovid’s story of Phoebus and Phaethon inspired us to look at other passages from antiquity with father figures advising their children. In the production of children both [parents] share alike; but each makes a different contribution to their upbringing. It is the mother… Read more
Quick she changes form and feature, Makes herself another body; Takes five sharpened scythes of iron, Also takes five goodly sickles, Shapes them into eagle-talons; Takes the body of the vessel, Makes the frame-work of an eagle; Takes the vessel’s ribs and flooring, Makes them into wings and breastplate; For the tail she shapes the rudder; In the wings she plants a thousand Seniors with their bows and arrows; Sets… Read more
You’re invited! Join the New Alexandria Foundation for a lively dialogue with Naomi Weiss, Professor of Classics at Harvard University and creator of Ancient Greece Today, a podcast from the Center for Hellenic Studies. This special Dialogue invites the public into a conversation about the Bacchae and Episode 7 of Ancient Greece Today, featuring Lucy Jackson (Durham University) and Monica Youn (poet, academic, lawyer). What to Expect This is not… Read more
You’re invited! Join the New Alexandria Foundation for a dialogue with Olga M. Davidson, Executive Editor of NAF’s Ilex Project. Olga will discuss her research on Ferdowsi and introduce the latest volume in Ilex’s Mizan Series: Iran Amplified: One Hundred Years of Music and Society in Iran. What to Expect This is not a formal lecture — it’s a guided conversation with plenty of time for your questions. Iran Amplified… Read more
“Then they laid the child of wonder, Fatherless, the magic infant, In the cradle of attention, To be rocked, and fed, and guarded; But he rocked himself at pleasure, Rocked until his locks stood endwise; Rocked one day, and then a second, Rocked the third from morn till noontide; But before the third day ended, Kicks the boy with might of magic, Forwards, backwards, upwards, downwards, Kicks in miracles of… Read more
The siege of Eion In 478 BCE, after Pausanias had been recalled from Byzantion, the leadership of the Hellenic League was taken over by the Athenian stratēgós Kimon II.[1] The remaining members of the Hellenic League, assembled in a council [sunédrion] on the holy island of Delos, decided to form an alliance led by Athens, while Sparta and its allies withdrew into the original Peloponnesian League. The objective of this… Read more
Lunch & Learn with Aldo Bottino Time, Tripods, Textiles and Trees:Metaphors and Metonyms that Construct the Homeric Odyssey• Free Online Event • Wednesday, April 15, 2026 • 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET • Online via Zoom Register Now! You’re invited! The New Alexandria Foundation is hosting a lively Lunch & Learn with Aldo Bottino, author of Time, Tripods, Textiles and Trees: Metaphors and Metonyms that Construct the Homeric Odyssey. Join us for… Read more
“Long prepared they for the wedding In Pohyola’s halls and chambers, In the courts of Sariola; Many things that Louhi ordered, Great indeed the preparations For the marriage of the daughter, For the feasting of the heroes, For the drinking of the strangers, For the feeding of the poor-folk, For the people’s entertainment.” For April, we continue reading the Finnish epic, The Kalevala. We will read Rune 16 to the… Read more
Lunch & Learn with Aisha Dad Through the Looking Glass: The Narrative Performance of Anarkali• Free Online Event • Thursday, March 26, 2026 • 12:30–1:30 p.m. ET • Online via Zoom Register Now! Join the New Alexandria Foundation for a lively conversation with Aisha Dad, author of Through the Looking Glass: The Narrative Performance of Anarkali. In this session, Dad explores how Anarkali’s narrative lives through performance and re-performance across architecture, travel… Read more
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