A guest post by Jenna Cole following up on our recent chat with Leonard Muellner Many interesting themes came up during our live chat with Professor Muellner, and one of them was the meaning behind Anchises’ name. To start, we look at the name of Anchises’ son, Aeneas: His name will be Aineias [Aeneas], since it was an unspeakable [ainos ]18 akhos that took hold of me—grief that I had… Read more
The Book Club of Hour 25 is discussing Aristophanes’ Clouds. Discussions will take place on the following days and times: February 5 2014 at 2:00 p.m EST by Google Hangout February 8 2014 at 9:00 p.m EST in the Project Chatroom If you would like to join one or more of these discussions: 1) post on this thread to indicate the date you will be joining us If you would like… Read more
We are happy to share the following archive of posts written by Leonard Muellner during the second session of HeroesX. Muellner is the Chair of the Board of Readers for HeroesX and Professor of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. He has been collaborating with Professor Gregory Nagy for over four decades. Post ID: Archive_HeroesXv2_LennyMuellner_1 Key Terms: song culture, kleos aphtiton, Milman Parry, Albert Lord Scroll 9 Iliad, modern oral traditions, Korea,… Read more
Below are downloadable source texts in PDF format, along with links to html versions to read online here at this website. They include texts that have been revised by members of Kosmos Society. These texts have been augmented with key vocabulary terms. We have also provided some links to related material. This list will develop over time, so please check back periodically. Enjoy! You can click on the links in… Read more
Leonard Muellner on Anchises, Aphrodite, and Zeus Our community recently (January 2014) welcomed Professor Leonard Muellner of Brandeis University to the community Chatroom. After the live chat, Professor Muellner joined us by video to share additional thoughts about his research on cosmic anger in ancient Greek epic. Together we raise and discuss several provocative questions such as: What do the names Anchises and Aeneas mean? What is the significance of… Read more