Original sources and close reading are at the heart of Kosmos Society activities. Here we provide resources and suggestions.
Text Library
Here you can find primary texts in translation, with brief introductions and some links to related material. These source texts are augmented translations which track the H24H Core Vocabulary terms or specialized key terms, and are provided as downloadable in PDF format, or to read online in html format. They include texts that have been revised by members of Kosmos Society.
Text articles
Here you can find articles at Kosmos Society related to primary texts.
Book Club
Kosmos Society has a monthly Book Club which provides the opportunity for members to discuss texts or publications in the forum and in online meetings. However, you could also use these selections as a suggested reading list. The announcements provide links to free online editions.
Key word lists
H24H Core Vocab list
These are the key words for each Hour together with other Core Vocabulary terms, as listed in Gregory Nagy’s The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours[1] and the associated Sourcebook[2]. These terms are tracked in the primary texts in the Text Library.
Key Terms for Thucydides Book 1
These are the key terms tracked in the augmented translation of Thucydides Book 1, chapters 1–23, which is available in the Text Library.
Key Terms for Thucydides Book 2
These are the key terms tracked in the augmented translation of selections from Thucydides Book 2, which is available in the Text Library.
Word studies
Here you can find articles at Kosmos Society which feature word studies of Core Vocab and explorations of other Greek terms, and explorations of online digital tools for carrying out word studies.
Notes
[1] Nagy, Gregory. 2013. The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013
[2] Sourcebook: The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours Sourcebook of Original Greek Texts Translated into English, Gregory Nagy, General Editor.
Image credit
Akestorides Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 470–450 BCE). Attic Red-Figure Cup Fragment, about 470–450 BCE, Terracotta. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Public domain via Open Content Program