Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Open House | A Hero Named Heather and Other Peculiarities in The Cattle-Raid of Fráech, with Joseph F. Nagy

Our next Open House discussion was on ‘A Hero Named Heather and Other Peculiarities in the Early Medieval Irish Saga The Cattle-Raid of Fráech‘ with Dr. Joseph Nagy. You can watch below, or on our YouTube channel. Mentioned in the discussion: Rees, Alwyn D. and Rees, Brinley. Celtic Heritage: Ancient tradition in Ireland and Wales. Joseph Falaky Nagy Joseph Falaky Nagy, the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies, began teaching… Read more

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Open House | Waste in Antiquity, with Dan-El Padilla Peralta

We welcomed Professor Dan-El Padilla Peralta of Princeton University for an Open House Discussions on Waste in Antiquity. The discussion took place on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. EST, and was recorded. You may like to read the following focus passages in the Sourcebook to get ready for the event. Iliad 22.395–428 Iliad 23.770–785 Odyssey 17.280–300 You can watch the recording in the frame below, or on our YouTube… Read more

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Open House | Odysseus and the Poetics of katábasis, with Stamatia Dova

We were pleased to welcome Stamatia Dova, Hellenic College Holy Cross, for an Open House on Odysseus and the Poetics of katábasis. You can watch the video in the frame below or on our YouTube channel. The psūkhē of the fleet descendant of Aiakos knew me and spoke piteously, saying, ‘Resourceful Odysseus, noble son of Laertes and seed of Zeus, what deed of daring will you undertake next, that you venture down… Read more

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Open House | Similes and Storytelling in Homer’s Iliad, with Deborah Beck

We were pleased to welcome Professor Deborah Beck of the University of Texas for an Open House discussion on “Similes and Storytelling in Homer’s Iliad.” You can watch the recording down below or on our YouTube channel. Deborah Beck shared these two focus passages: Homer Iliad 16.482–492 (translation by R. Lattimore) Two similes describe the Trojan fighter Sarpedon as he falls at the hands of Achilles’ companion Patroklos: [Sarpedon] fell,… Read more

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Open House | Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, with John C. Franklin

We were pleased to welcome John C. Franklin who joined us for an Open House discussion on “Kinyras: The Divine Lyre” on Thursday, September 15 2016. Kinyras was a mythical priest-king of pre-Greek Cyprus, and John C. Franklin’s research draws on Greco-Roman material and Near Eastern evidence for the divinization of temple lyres, and seeks to illustrate the cultural interactions in the eastern Mediterranean. To prepare for this event, you… Read more