Join Professor Gregory Nagy and a group of students, HeroesX participants, and alumni, March 10–19, on the Harvard Alumni Association – Center for Hellenic Studies Spring Break Trip 2017, an immersive, 10-day exploration of Greece! Travel back in time to ancient Greece, starting in the charming seaport town of Nafplio, home to Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies. Then proceed through the Peloponnese to Delphi… Read more
In this episode, Gregory Nagy and Keith Stone explore the following questions and more: * Does Socrates really believe what he says about a daimonion as some kind of an inner voice that communicates with him? *How is the “theorizing” of Socrates as he engages in dialogue with his followers in the Phaedo relevant to the theōriā or sacred voyage of the Athenian ship of state from Athens… Read more
In this episode, Gregory Nagy and Keith Stone explore the following questions and more: * Does Socrates really believe what he says about a daimonion as some kind of an inner voice that communicates with him? *How is the “theorizing” of Socrates as he engages in dialogue with his followers in the Phaedo relevant to the theōriā or sacred voyage of the Athenian ship of state from Athens to Delos… Read more
In his book Homeric Questions, Gregory Nagy explains his choice of title as follows: The title of this work is marked by the word Questions, in the plural. It takes the place of the expected singular, along with a definite article, associated with that familiar phrase, “the Homeric Question.” Today there is no agreement about what the Homeric Question might be. Perhaps the most succinct of many possible formulations… Read more
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The CHS team wishes to express its sincerest congratulations to Danielle Allen, a current senior fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, for being named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty honor. Renowned political philosopher, director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, professor of government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and professor of education at the Graduate School of Education, Danielle Allen sets an example of exceptional… Read more
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From November 14- December 12, Dr. Deborah Beck will be staying at the CHS and using the library as a visiting fellow. Dr. Beck is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. While at the CHS, she will be working on a piece of a larger study on how formulas help to tell the stories of the Iliad and the… Read more
From November 14- December 12, Dr. Deborah Beck will be staying at the CHS and using the library as a visiting fellow. Dr. Beck is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. While at the CHS, she will be working on a piece of a larger study on how formulas help to tell the stories of the Iliad and the… Read more
