Word Study

Ancient Greek language,  Word Study

Beyond Translation: Using Perseus Digital Library, with Anna Krohn

We are pleased to share the following video featuring Anna Krohn, a Digital Library Analyst and Teaching Fellow at Tufts University, who explains how to use the Perseus Digital Library website to explore ancient Greek texts and study individual words in context. Video Tutorial: Using Perseus Digital Library, with Anna Krohn Click here to access the Perseus Digital Library. You can download a copy of the transcript for this video.… Read more

Topic for Discussion,  Word Study

Under Discussion: The Wine-dark Sea

“Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep, even so I will endure… For already have I suffered full much, and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.” The Odyssey v (George Chapman translation) The Wine-dark Sea A guest post by Jacqui Donlon One of the persistent topics that surfaced again and again throughout H24H HeroesX discussions (for example this thread in v1)… Read more

Word Study

Word Study: ankhitheos ‘close to the gods’ in Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite

A guest post by Jenna Cole following up on our recent chat with Leonard Muellner Many interesting themes came up during our live chat with Professor Muellner, and one of them was the meaning behind Anchises’ name. To start, we look at the name of Anchises’ son, Aeneas: His name will be Aineias [Aeneas], since it was an unspeakable [ainos ]18 akhos  that took hold of me—grief that I had… Read more