CHS 2020 Spring Fellows | Matthew Simonton
CHS 2019-2020 Fellow Matthew Simonton shares a preview of his work and research as part of his fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Read more
Archive
CHS Dialogues with Gregory Nagy | Cry Me A Hero: On Lament & Sentimentality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-BWm4IWb0I… Read more
CHS Kosmos Society Open House | Wives of Returning Veterans in Athenian Drama, with Erika Weiberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMYL2TAGhmM… Read more
Homer’s Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are the only early Greek heroic epics to have survived the transition to writing, even though extant evidence indicates that they emerged from a thriving oral culture. Among the missing are the songs of Boeotian Thebes. Homer’s Thebes examines moments in the Iliad and Odyssey where Theban characters and thematic engagements come to the fore. Rather than sifting through these appearances to reconstruct lost poems, Elton… Read more
CHS Dialogues with Gregory Nagy | What’s Right & What’s Wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYP8y_I2gfY… Read more
CHS 2020 Spring Fellows | Peter O’Connell
CHS 2019-2020 Fellow Peter O’Connell shares a preview of his work and research as part of his fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Read more
CHS 2020 Spring Fellows | Riccardo Ginevra
CHS 2019-2020 Fellow Riccardo Ginevra shares a preview of his work and research as part of his fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Read more
CHS Kosmos Society Open House | Homer’s Thebes, with Joel Christensen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcyHFn2kqyQ… Read more
Dialogues with Gregory Nagy | Odyssey: The (in)Completeness of the End
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUuy3XbMW_s… Read more
CHS 2020 Spring Fellows | Scarlett Kingsley
CHS 2019-2020 Fellow Scarlett Kingsley shares a preview of her work and research as part of her fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC. Read more