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Gallery: Aphrodite and Artemis

Phaedra and Hippolytus, Sarcophagus (290CE) Louvre In Euripides’ Hippolytus, Aphrodite (Venus) and Artemis (Diana) are rivals. This Gallery shows how some sculptors and painters represented the two beautiful goddesses. They have similarities: their faces often have the same features. Gregory Nagy in Hour 20, in The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours writes about “The complementarity of Artemis and Aphrodite.” In this Gallery, Phaedra and Hippolytus, both victims, are also present.… Read more

Topic for Discussion

The Homecoming Queen

A guest post by Timothy Banks When we first meet Helen in the Iliad the goddess Iris has led her to the Scaean Gates of Troy, where she looks out onto the battlefield. There she laments the actions that brought her to Troy and longs for home: “…would that I had chosen death rather than to have come here with your son, far from my bridal chamber, my friends, my… Read more

Book Club

Book Club | May 2016: Cattle-Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cúalnge)

Fair, of deeds, the man I see; Wounded sore is his fair skin; On his brow shines hero’s light; Victory’s seat is in his face! Seven gems of champions brave Deck the centre of his orbs; Naked are the spears he bears, And he hooks a red cloak round! Noblest face is his, I see; He respects all womankind. Young the lad and fresh his hue, With a dragon’s form… Read more

Texts

Hour 25 Celebrates the “Heroization” of Euripides’ Medea

The Medea “Heroization” Workshop held at CHS, April 7–8, 2016 In 2014 members of Hour 25 shared a revised translation of Sophocles’ Antigone that matches and complements the Sourcebook of Primary Texts in Translation as used in HeroesX. Since then, community members have been using this “heroized” translation of Antigone to reach out to high school students in the US and abroad through through the medium of performance. This year Hour 25… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | The Táin, with Richard Martin

We were pleased to welcome Professor Richard P Martin, Anthony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics at Stanford University, for our Open House discussion on the Táin, concentrating on The Cattle-Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cúailnge) Numbers 7–7b, on the young Cuchulain. Members can start the conversation on the Forum. You can watch the recording of this discussion in the frame below, or on our YouTube channel. Mentioned in the… Read more