September: Aristophanes Frogs Our next Book Club selection is Aristophanes’ Frogs. You can find the English text here: Frogs – Matthew Dillon’s translation on Perseus or Frogs – Ian Johnston’s translation Our discussions will be held via Google+ Hangout on Friday, September 26 at 2:00 p.m EDT Project Chatroom on Tuesday, September 30 at 2:00 p.m EDT Please sign up for the Google+ hangout on the Forum thread Happy Readings!… Read more
~ Finding Passages With Our Key Words ~ Those who are following the Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours project at edX are thinking about the key words for each Hour in the context of that Hour’s texts (the focus passages and the fast readings), while here at Hour 25 we can read alongside the v3 participants, and we can consider other texts and passages as well. So we can… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Professor Richard P. Martin (Stanford University) for an Open House Discussion with members of the community about mūthos, mythology, and the language of heroes. You can view the recording in the frame below, or on our YouTube channel. For more information about Professor Martin and his research, visit his faculty profile on the Stanford Classics Department website. Here is a PDF copy of the four… Read more
~ A bilingual English-Portuguese guest post by Renan Falcheti Peixoto ~ Chorus antistrophe “If the gods were wise and understood men 655 they would bring a second youth, as a visible mark on those who display excellence [aretē], and dying, would come 660 back to the light of the sun again to run a… Read more
Go Beyond Reading a Translation Our Beyond Translation Module is designed to introduce the basic tools and skills necessary to explore an ancient Greek text or word on Perseus. Key Concept: Ancient Greek as an Inflected Language We are pleased to share this video, in which Professor Graeme D. Bird (Gordon College) explains how ancient Greek uses inflection rather than word order to convey information. You may download a transcript… Read more