Euripides’ Herakles

Topic for Discussion

Herakles’ Ambivalence in Euripidean Tragedy: the Age of the Heroes, the Age of Humanity

~ A bilingual English-Portuguese guest post by Renan Falcheti Peixoto ~ Chorus antistrophe “If the gods were wise and understood men                                                  655 they would bring a second youth, as a visible mark on those who display excellence [aretē], and dying, would come                                              660 back to the light of the sun again to run a… Read more

Visiting Scholars

Open House | Herakles, twins, and The Best of the Achaeans, part 2, with Gregory Nagy and Douglas Frame

We were delighted that classicist Douglas Frame joined Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) in conversation with members of Hour 25 (now Kosmos Society) for a second, follow-up, discussion on Herakles, on twins, and on The Best of the Achaeans. You can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel. In his previous visit on May 1st 2014, Professor Nagy discussed topics and questions raised by participants and audience members,… Read more