In this video, Leonard Muellner demonstrates and provides help for those learning dactylic hexameter—the meter of Homeric epic. You can hear the rhythm and, by pausing the video, you can practice by repeating what you have heard, or by reading ahead for yourself as demonstrated in the video. The text shown on screen, which includes some lines marked up in a visual way, is also available as a PDF handout… Read more
We are pleased to share the next installment of the recordings of Antigone, taken from lines 997–1114. This excerpt begins when Antigone is led away by the guards. Tiresias warns Creon about his actions. Credits A special thank you to all involved with this production. Facilitators Lyceum № 208 in Kyiv http://l208.kiev.ua/ , 02002, Ovanesa Tumanyana str. 2, Kyiv The theatre of the modern drama and comedy http://modern-teatr.kiev.ua Rusanivska Nabererzna 12,… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Yiannis Petropoulos, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, for an Open House discussion on love wishes in Greek tradition. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel or in the frame below. In preparation you might like to download the handout of focus passages (PDF): Ancient Greek Love Wishes Handout Members of the Kosmos Society can start and continue the discussion… Read more
Our next Book Club selection is from Lucian, whose satirical dialogues poked fun at philosophers and mythological characters. We will be reading The Dialogues of the Dead; here are a selection of translations available free online: Translation by H.W. & F.G. Fowler: Online at theoi.com or Online at sacred-texts.com Translation by William Tooke: Dialogues of the Dead starts at (printed) page 191 Online at archive.org Translation by Howard Williams: Dialogues of the… Read more
Departure of Ulysses from the Land of the Phaeacians, Louvre Museum Douglas Frame attended a conference hosted by the Center for Odyssean Studies in August of 2017. The topic of his presentation was the “homecoming” of Odysseus, concentrating on “nostos as taking place in a wholly imaginary world.” The notion of a nostos as a “return to life” is deeply imbedded in the Odyssey. I have traced its origins to… Read more