Keith Stone

CHS Dialogues | The Song of Moses, The Shield of Achilles, and ox-vision Hera

In this episode, “The Song of Moses, The Shield of Achilles, and ox-vision Hera,” Gregory Nagy and Keith Stone discuss: A new book by Keith Stone: Singing Moses’s Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses  The Shield of Achilles in Iliad 18 and in myths about the life of Homer The meaning of epithets associated with Hera and Athena, which are sometimes translated into English as “ox-eyed’/’owl-eyed’, or better… Read more

New Publication: Singing Moses’s Song

Keith A. Stone, a member of the HeroesX Board of Readers and a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), recently celebrated the publication of his new book Singing Moses’s Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses. How does performing affect those who perform? Starting from observation of the intergenerational tradition of performing the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1–43), Keith Stone explores ways in which the… Read more