Gregory Nagy

Open House | Epic narrative, twins, and heroes with Professor Nagy and Douglas Frame

Follow-up conversation with Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) and Douglas Frame The community was very excited to welcome back Professor Gregory Nagy and Douglas Frame. You may watch the video below or on our YouTube channel. Several strands came up throughout the conversation, but here are some of the main topics: Twins seen through the prism of Indo-European vs Near Eastern traditions, and Nestor [1:51] Patroklos as the therapōn of… Read more

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

Open House | Herakles, and The Best of the Achaeans with Gregory Nagy

On Thursday May 1st 2014, at 12:00 noon EDT, Professor Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) joined members of Hour 25 (now Kosmos Society) for a live discussion and broadcast via Google Hangout. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel or via the frame embedded in this post below. Thanks to all who submitted questions in the Forum, and who participated in and watched the hangout. Discussion with Gregory Nagy You… Read more

Gregory Nagy, “Was there a future for the Phaeacians of the Homeric Odyssey?”

On January 20, 2014 Gregory Nagy gave a public talk in Athens under the auspices of the Centre for Odyssean Studies. We are pleased to share the notes from that talk with the Hour 25 community. Or, listen to the Gregory Nagy, “Was there a future for the Phaeacians of the Homeric Odyssey?” Read the PDF. Or, listen to the participant-generated recording of the talk. Gregory Nagy is the Francis Jones Professor of Classical… Read more

Developing Content, Conversation, and Community: a dialogue with Gregory Nagy and Leonard Muellner

We are pleased to share this video discussion with Gregory Nagy and Leonard Muellner about building content, conversation, and community around ancient Greek literature. Muellner and Nagy are joined by members Janet Ozsolak and Sarah Scott. Together they discuss how Hour 25 (now Kosmos Society) is an extension of the conversations Muellner, Nagy, and Douglas Frame began in the 1970s. They also begin to explore ways that our community might… Read more