~ A guest post by Jessica Eichelburg ~ Over the course of the last several months, members of the Community Development team have created a “Hero-ized” version of Sophocles’ Antigone. Our team included members who have experience reading this text in ancient Greek, and members who were reading this text in English for the first time. The Antigone Team used digital tools such as the Perseus Digital Library to find all… Read more
~ A guest post by Myrmidon ~ As Hour 25’s first complete year of activities draws to a close, let’s reflect on the words of our friend, Greg Nagy. He says that we H25ers are “continuators” of a tradition that he, Lenny Muellner, Doug Frame and others started in the 1970s. Greg fondly recalls how “we gathered on Thursday evenings…and over drinks, we talked about what we were reading… Read more
Heroes in Tragedy—Live Event and Webcast Dialogue with Professor Gregory Nagy Hour 25 participants living in the Greater Boston area and learners around the world are invited to participate in a dialogue session led by Professor Nagy on Monday, Nov. 10 2014 at 7:30 p.m. (EST). Be introduced to the joy of reading ancient literature, and to seeing those ancient themes reflected in the works of our own time. Incorporating materials… Read more
We are pleased to announce that Albert B. Lord’s The Singer of Tales is now available, for free, in electronic form on the newly redesigned CHS website. Albert Lord’s book builds on the work begun by Milman Parry during his search for the oral traditions in the Yugoslavia of 1933–35, when he began recording and studying a living tradition of oral poetry to further understanding of how Homeric poetry had… Read more
Registration is now open for Module 2 of the Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours (Hours 6–11), “Signs of the Hero in Epic and Iconography“, on edX. HUM 2.2x., the second of five modules in The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, “Hours 6–11: Signs of the Hero in Epic and Iconography” explores the interactions of text and image in a culture where the “text” is not a written document but… Read more