Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Re-Re-Counting Plato: This Time with More Data, with Thomas Köntges

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

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Open House | Metopes at Thermon, Temple C, with Kathryn R. Topper

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

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Open House | Love Wishes, with Yiannis Petropoulos

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

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Open House | Xerxes’ desire of Thessalian heights & Tempe gorge, with Maria G. Xanthou

On January 25 at 11:00 a.m. EST, Kosmos Society welcomed back Dr. Maria G. Xanthou, University of Leeds, to an Open House discussion on Xerxes’ desire of Thessalian heights and Tempe gorge. These are the focus passages (PDF handout): Xanthou-OpenHouse25012018Handout You can watch the event below or on our YouTube channel. For further videos please visit the Watch page. Maria G. Xanthou Dr Maria-Elizabeth G. Xanthou (PhD Aristotle University of… Read more

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Open House | Thucydides on Early Greece and the Trojan War, with Jeffrey Rusten

We were pleased to welcome again Jeffrey Rusten of Cornell University, Department of Classics, for an Open House discussion on Thucydides on Early Greece and the Trojan War. For the Open House Jeffrey Rusten invites us to think about and discuss the following questions: How does Thucydides approach the Iliad and think it has historical value? Is his analysis flawed in any way? Is it anachronistic? Is it in any… Read more