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Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic: Acknowledgments & Intro

top anchor To refer to this please cite it in this way : Douglas Frame, The Myth of Return in Early Greek Epic, Acknowledgements and Introduction, https://chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/. Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC. September, 2005 Acknowledgments Two people have had a particularly large influence on this book. Gregory Nagy, with his insight into Greek epic tradition, inspired my efforts from the start, and Amy Sabatini, with… Read more

Curated Books

Hostages in Republican Rome

“Is a study of hostageship in the Roman Republic worth the considerable effort? The answer must be an unequivocal yes; the institution is an important part of Rome’s political history. The exaction of hostages occurs in all periods and in all geographical regions of the empire; it is synonymous with Roman victory and Roman expansion. Indeed, the very importance of the practice is responsible for the fragmentary nature of the… Read more

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Introduction to Online Publications

Introduction to Online Publications To browse a full list of our online books, essays, and source texts, click here. Note to users of this site: Access the different chapters or components of a book on this site by selecting from the menu that appears on the left-hand side of page. The selections of books and essays presented here are in the Unicode font standard. In order to read the Greek letters and… Read more

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IRIS

As part of its mission of bringing together a variety of research interests centered on Hellenic civilization, the Center for Hellenic Studies has provided the following resources to be shared locally with our campus community. In accordance with licensing regulations, some links have been restricted to Center networks or to users with?Harvard Identification?and Pin Numbers. Classics REsources Bryn Mawr Classical Review Duke Papyrus Archive Dyabola… Read more

Gallery

CHS Gallery In this section, the Center for Hellenic Studies features photographs from its various activities and events as well as artistic contributions from the CHS community. CHS Events Annual May Party CHS celebrated its annual end-of-year party on May 17, 2005.  This year’s Persian-themed party was held under a tent on the lawn behind the Director’s house with Persian food and musicians.   This sketch of the Persian musicians… Read more

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CHS Project Portfolio

  The following link accesses a site designed to outline and track current CHS initiatives (restricted): Center for Hellenic Studies Projects Portfolio Announcements CHS Projects Portfolio is up and running. Its wiki formatting allows all users to edit content; given this capability, and the ever-expanding nature of CHS Projects, we encourage users to update content for projects with which they are affiliated. … Read more

Greeks on Greekness Colloquium

Greeks on Greekness Colloquium  INTRODUCTION TO THE COLLOQUIUM ABSTRACTS BY DAVID KONSTAN back to Past Conferences main page The abstracts that follow summarize the papers distributed and discussed at the colloquium, “Greeks on Greekness: The Construction and Uses of the Greek Past among Greeks under the Roman Empire,” held at the Center for Hellenic Studies on 25-28 August 2001. The eleven participants who presented the papers were joined… Read more

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Theocritus Colloquium

Theocritus Colloquium The Theocritus Colloquium was held at the Center for Hellenic Studies in May 2003. This joint colloquium of graduate students and professors of the Classics departments at Harvard and Yale focused on Theocritus and the city of Syracuse as a context of a major part of Theocritus’ poetry. Papers by the following authors are available: Ayelet Lushkov, Yale, “Watching Daphnis: Frustration of Viewing in Idylls 1… Read more

Greek Priests from Homer to Julian

Greek Priests from Homer to Julian Conference Greek Priests from Homer to Julian Organized by Professor Beate Dignas, the University of Michigan and Professor Kai Trampedach, the University of Konstanz back to Past Conferences main page From the conference program: The intent of the symposium is to bring together scholars of Greek history and religion in order to present their work and discuss the social… Read more

Women & Property in Ancient Near Eastern & Mediterranean Societies

Women and Property in Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Societies August, 2003 back to Past Conferences main page Introduction, by conference organizers and editors, Deborah Lyons and Raymond Westbrook Scholars in the two disciplines of Classics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies have recently focused a great deal of attention on the economic roles of women in the societies that they each study. In societies that are generally labeled “patriarchal,”… Read more