Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Oiônoskopika AB 21 (IV 8-13) To a ship when launched at sea may a falcon always mighty appear, not the shearwater of unclean wing. This bird is an ill omen as it dives into the deep. But may it soar … completely. As if from an Ionian oak, Timon, may the swift-winged falcon rush forth… Read more
Posidippus Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309 Lithika AB 1 (I 2-5) The Indus Hydaspes … … [ …….. ] slender Zen[ – – – ] Translated by E. Kosmetatou AB 2 (I 6-9) [ ……… ] lies a horn … [ …… ] by Cronius going (?) … [ ….. ] for wine to be poured … [……. ] from… Read more
Posidippus, Epigrams, Pap. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309, Una selezione da Posidippo (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309) Lithika AB 3 Questo [rubino] scintillante in cui [l’incisore ha intagliato] una coppa rapisce le umide luci della vista [scavato com’è] in triplice voluta. Ma tu [apprezza] le novità e [accogli,] signora, [questo dono] durante il convito. Traduzione: Franco Ferrari AB 11 Non [pietra] tutta scintillante… Read more
To refer to this work, please cite it this way: Nagy, G. 2006. “The Epic Hero,” 2nd ed. (on-line version), http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hlnc.essay:Nagy.The_Epic_Hero.2005. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. The 1st ed. (printed version) of “The Epic Hero” appeared in 2005, A Companion to Ancient Epic (ed. J. M. Foley) 71-89. Oxford. In this on-line version, the page-numbers of the printed version are indicated within braces (“{” and “}”). For example, “{69|70}”… Read more
When Greek was an African Language Stanley Burstein Introduction I would like to thank the department of Classics and Eta Sigma Phi for the invitation to deliver the third annual Snowden Lecture and making possible my visit to Howard University and especially for the opportunity to honor Frank. It seems that I have known Frank for my whole career. I first met him through his books at the beginning of… Read more
‘The Bitter Chain of Slavery’: Reflections on Slavery in Ancient Rome Keith Bradley Towards the middle of the fifth century AD the Christian presbyter and moralist Salvian of Marseilles composed a highly polemical tract, On the Governance of God, in which he explained to the decadent Romans around him how it was that the destructive presence in their midst of barbarian invaders was the result not of God’s neglect of… Read more
To refer to this please cite it in this way : Rudolph Hock, Frank M. Snowden, Jr. Lectures, Howard University, Introduction, https://chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/frank_m._snowden_jr./. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. November, 2005 The Frank M. Snowden, Jr. Annual Lecture Series at Howard University, Washington, D.C. On November 21, 2003 Professor Snowden was honored at the White House as a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. The words with which he was… Read more
The Web of Penelope ἡ δὲ δόλον τόνδ’ ἄλλον ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μερμήριξε· στησαμένη μέγαν ἱστὸν ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ὕφαινε, λεπτὸν καὶ περίμετρον· … ἔνθα καὶ ἠματίη μὲν ὑφαίνεσκεν μέγαν ἱστόν, νύκτας δ’ ἀλλύεσκεν, ἐπὴν δαΐδας παραθεῖτο. This was her latest masterpiece of guile: she set up a great loom in the royal halls and she began to weave, and the weaving finespun, the yarns… Read more
Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social institutions between the eighth and the fifth centuries B.C. Included in the volume are thirteen of Nagy’s major essays—all extensively revised for book publication—on various aspects of the Hellenization of… Read more
