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Visiting Scholars

Open House | Chalcidian regionality between Sithonia and Pallene, with Maria G. Xanthou

We were pleased to welcome back Maria G. Xanthou for an Open House discussion on the Chalcidian peninsula, from periphery to epichoric identity. This event took place on Thursday, September 20 2018 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. Before the event, you might like to read the PDF: XanthouEpichoricOpenHouse20092018Handout You can watch the event on our YouTube channel or in the frame below For further videos please visit the… Read more

Word Study

Core Vocab: ponos

This next exploration of Core Vocabulary—taken from terms in H24H[1] and the associated Sourcebook[2] —features ponos [πόνος], glossed as ‘ordeal, labor, pain’. In Homeric Greek, Autenrieth[3] explains further: “labor, toil, esp. of the toil of battle,…frequently implying suffering, grievousness, ‘a grievous thing,’…hence joined with ὀιζύς [oizus “woe, misery”], κήδεα [kēdea “cares, troubles,, sorrows” ], ἀνιη [aniē/aniā, “grief, sorrow, distress, trouble; bane”]” In this first example, we pick up where Achilles… Read more

Book Club

Book Club | September 2018: The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic

The subject of the Iliad is the anger of Achilles, not Achilles himself. But what is this anger of his? The Book Club this month will be reading and discussing selections from The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic (available free online at the Center for Hellenic Studies.) We will be reading how Leonard Muellner uses the insights of Albert Lord on epic themes, and looks at such anger not… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Sparta and its continuing myth, with Paul Cartledge

We were pleased to welcome Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge, and  A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus, for the first Open House of the Fall 2018 session, to discuss Sparta and its continuing myth. This event took place on Thursday, September 6, at 11 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. Before watching the event you might like to read the PDF handout: 2018-05-29_PaulCartledge_Sparta-T.pdf You can… Read more

Reading Homer

Homeric Greek | Odyssey 1.169–177, part 2: Epiphanies and Athena’s travels

We are pleased to share this segment in the series on reading Homeric epic in ancient Greek. In each installment we read, translate, and discuss a small passage in the original Greek in the most accessible way. If you’ve ever dreamed of reading Homer in the original, here is your chance to do so with teachers who have spent a lifetime thinking about this poetry. With their guidance even new… Read more