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
We were excited to welcome back Gregory Nagy of Harvard University, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature and the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. The topic of the discussion is “The Arrhēphoroi as understood by Pausanias” In preparation, you might like to read the short passage in this PDF handout. Pausanias passage You can view the event in the frame below… Read more
Our next Book Club selection is the The Natural History of Pliny the Elder. We will be focusing on Book 7: “Man” although you can read others as well if you wish. Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) is a Roman author. His most famous work is The Natural History which consists of thirty seven books on geography, anthropology, zoology and many other different topics. He died during the eruption of Vesuvius… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Thomas Köntges of University of Leipzig for an Open House discussion titled, Re-Re-Counting Plato: This Time with More Data. It took place on Thursday, March 8, at 11:00 a.m. EST, and was recorded. In preparation, you might like to read these short passages with the following questions in mind: How does Aristotle usually quote Plato? When Aristotle mentions Socrates, does he refer to Plato’s Socrates?… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Kathryn R. Topper of University of Washington, Department of Classics for an Open House discussion entitled “Coming of Age at Thermon: Marriage and Its Discontents on the Metopes of Temple C.” It took place on Thursday, March 1, at 11:00 a.m. EST, and was recorded. In preparation, you might like to read the handout (PDF): Thermon Metopes You can watch the event in the frame… Read more