We were pleased to welcome Kevin McGrath for an Open House discussion about Indo-European Epic Poetry. In preparation, you might like to read and think carefully about Odyssey 8.487–491. Demodokos, I admire and pointedly praise you, more than any other human. 488 Either the Muse, child of Zeus, taught you, or Apollo. 489 All too well, in accord with its kosmos, do you sing the fate of the Achaeans [490]… 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 Virgil’s Aeneid, Book 4 and Book 6. You can view the event down below or on our YouTube channel. Mentioned in the discussion: Fontaine, Michael. “Aeneas in Palestine” Eidolon. 2015.04.27… Read more
We were pleased to welcome back Douglas Frame, Senior Fellow of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies for an Open House event on April 20 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. You may like to read Odyssey Book 13.1–375 for this event. You can watch the recording in the frame below or on our You Tube channel. Mentioned in the discussion: Malkin, Irad. 1998. The Returns of Odysseus: Colonization and Ethnicity. University of California… Read more
On April 13 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, Kosmos Society welcomed back Dr. Maria G. Xanthou of Leeds University to an Open House discussion on Herodotus’s Histories, Book 1. Our focus was on gold, kraters and treasur(i)es. These are the Focus passages (PDF) handout You can watch the event below or on our You Tube channel . For further videos please visit the Watch page. Maria G. Xanthou Maria G. Xanthou (PhD… Read more
In this Open House discussion, we welcomed Ryan Platte (Northwestern University) for a discussion on Equine Poetics, with particular attention on comparisons of the chariot race in bridal contests. Update: you can now find his book Equine Poetics, part of the Hellenic Studies Series, online. You can view the event in the frame below, or on our YouTube channel. Selected references mentioned in the discussion: Pindar Olympian 1 (on Perseus)… Read more