CHS dialogues with Gregory Nagy | The Iliad and its Muse, or Muses
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Online Open House | Persian epic and the embedding of a song of lament, with Olga M. Davidson
We are pleased to welcome back Olga M. Davidson, Boston University, for a discussion on ‘Persian epic and the embedding of a song of lament’. The event will take place on Thursday, September 19 at 11 a.m. EDT, and will be recorded. Read more
Online Open House | Persian epic and the embedding of a song of lament, with Olga M. Davidson
We are pleased to welcome back Olga M. Davidson, Boston University, for a discussion on ‘Persian epic and the embedding of a song of lament’. The event will take place on Thursday, September 19 at 11 a.m. EDT, and will be recorded. Read more
Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot: Reading Characterization in Homer
Agamemnon led a ten-year-long struggle at Troy only to return home and die a pathetic death at his wife’s hands. Yet while Agamemnon’s story exerts an outsize influence—rivaled by few epic personalities—on the poetic narratives of the Iliad and Odyssey, scholars have not adequately considered his full portrait. What was Agamemnon like as a character for Homer and his audience? More fundamentally, how should we approach the topic of characterization… Read more
EPIC | Illustrations by Gareth Hinds
13 September 2019, 6:00 pm ET
Artist Talk Friday, September 13, 20196:00pm-7:00pm About the Exhibition This exhibition features watercolor illustrations from Gareth Hinds’s graphic novel adaptations of the epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey. Hinds uses traditional and digital media to create vivid depictions of the action and emotion in each epic. His dynamic color palettes and careful details differentiate the numerous gods and heroes. This exhibition presents his work in pencil, digital pencil, and… Read more
HAA-CHS January 2020 Trip to Greece
Join Keith Stone and an intergenerational group of alums, current students, CHS fellows, and HeroesX participants January 10–19, 2020, on a Harvard Alumni Association – Center for Hellenic Studies travel-study tour of Greece! Read more
The nomination period for the SCS Forum Prize is open!
This prize recognizes outstanding contributions to public engagement made by non-academic works about the ancient Greek and Roman world. Read more
Online Open House | Recall Strategies in the Iliad, with Lynn Kozak
For the first Online Open House discussion of Fall 2019, we are delighted to welcome Lynn Kozak, McGill University, to discuss ‘Recall Strategies in the Iliad‘. The event will take place on Thursday, September 12, at 11 a.m. EDT and will be recorded. Read more
Online Open House | Recall Strategies in the Iliad, with Lynn Kozak
For the first Online Open House discussion of Fall 2019, we are delighted to welcome Lynn Kozak, McGill University, to discuss ‘Recall Strategies in the Iliad‘. The event will take place on Thursday, September 12, at 11 a.m. EDT and will be recorded. Read more