Monologues from Greek tragedy and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter with Suzanne Lye (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Jackie Murray (University of Kentucky) Read more
Reading Greek Tragedy Online turns to Iliad 1 with Jared Simard (New York University) and Maria Xanthou (University of Bristol) Read more
Ancient scholarship had many faces, but most have faded away over time. Demetrios of Scepsis is one of the more shadowy of these lost figures, best known for his commentary on the Trojan Catalogue in Book 2 of the Iliad. Alexandra Trachsel’s work represents the first treatment dedicated to Demetrios of Scepsis in over a century. Because of the incomplete transmission of Demetrios’s work, Trachsel necessarily focuses on the way later readers… Read more
On the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, this panel brings together a range of scholars from History, Political Science, and Classics, to explore the significance of this book, as well as the Greek Revolution and its legacy. Read more
We will discuss "why" and "how" questions, the understanding of causality in Ancient Greek philosophy, and the difference between proximate and distant causes. Read more
In the 1930s, Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord, two pioneering scholars of oral poetry, conducted adventurous fieldwork in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and northern Albania, collecting singularly important examples of Albanian epic song. Wild Songs, Sweet Songs presents these materials, which have not previously been published, for the first time. Nicola Scaldaferri and his collaborators provide a complete catalogue of the Albanian texts and recordings collected by Parry and Lord; a selection… Read more
Reading Greek Tragedy Online returns with a musical adaptation by J. Landon Marcus and Johanna Warren Read more
Join artist and professor, Allyson Vieira, as she discusses the trajectory of her artistic practice and traces the influence of the ancient world within it. Read more
Explore contemporary artistic responses to ancient Greek culture through a series of presentations by the current cohort of CHS Visiting Artists. Read more
