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In-house presentation | Herodotus, interpretation, and translation, with Emily Greenwood

We were excited to welcome Emily Greenwood on Friday, March 25, 2022, for an In-House presentation and discussion entitled “Herodotus, interpretation, and translation.” The passages that were under discussion can be found in this handout. Kosmos members can access additional materials pertaining to the workshop by logging into the forums. Emily Greenwood’s research spans ancient Greek literature (especially historiography), classical reception studies, translation studies, intellectual history, postcolonial studies, and Black… Read more

Topic for Discussion,  Word Study

Food and drink | Part 3: Disastrous dining

Last time we looked at food and drink for health and well-being. This time we look at less salubrious examples of eating and drinking, many of which have disastrous consequences. Kronos, having usurped his own father, did not want the same thing to happen to him. Rhea too, embraced by Kronos, bore renowned children, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera of-the-golden-sandals, 455 and mighty Hādēs, who inhabits halls beneath the earth, having… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Can the Digital Humanities Make Us Better Humanists? with Rodney Ast

We were excited to welcome Rodney Ast for an Open House entitled “Can the Digital Humanities Make Us Better Humanists?” The event took place on Friday, March 11 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. You may find it useful to create an account at papyri.info in order to be able to explore the site and to look at the following two example texts: https://papyri.info/ddbdp/ddbdp;2015;2 https://papyri.info/ddbdp/o.oslo;;2 To get ready for… Read more

Book Club

Book Club | March 2022: Homeric Hymns to Apollo and Hermes

How, then, shall I sing of you who in all ways are a worthy theme of song? For everywhere, O Phoebus, the whole range of song is fallen to you, both over the mainland that rears heifers and over the isles. All mountain-peaks and high headlands of lofty hills and rivers flowing out to the deep and beaches sloping seawards and havens of the sea are your delight. Homeric Hymn… Read more

Gallery,  Topic for Discussion

Gallery: Who is Achilles?

Who really is Achilles? Is he just the son of lovely-haired Thetis who lets him be raised by Cheiron the Centaur, but comes to console and help him when he is devastated and even tried to hide him at the court of the King Lycomedes so that Achilles would not fight at Troy. Is he just an angry and violent young man with a rage that goes beyond reason? Is… Read more