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CHS Dialogues | Oedipus, the downfall of Heroes, and Night of the Iguana

In this episode, Gregory Nagy and Claudia Filos respond to comments and questions from the community about: The hero as a cult hero and as a tragic hero Oedipus as a savior Myth, ritual and miasma Oedipus as a turannos Hippolytus and Phaedra   This dialogue also includes discussion about the following movie clips: The opening scene from The Night of the Iguana, directed by John Huston (1964).  … Read more

Exhibits

From the Depths of the Salt Sea

This exhibit imagines encounters with the Nereids, the daughters of Nereus, who were divine inhabitants of the sea as described in Iliad 18.35-69. These Nereids appear as anthropomorphic figures seemingly at home in the water but obscured for the viewer above the surface by the distorting reflections and refractions of their natural medium. Read more

Publications

Volume 4, Issue 2 of the CHS Research Bulletin now available!

Volume 4, Issue 2 Volume 4, Issue 2 of the CHS Research Bulletin contains the work of nine fellows who conducted research at the Center for Hellenic Studies during the 2016 spring term. This issue includes video from their presentations at the biannual Research Symposium on April 30, 2016. “Democracy and Civic Participation in Greek Cities under Roman Imperial Rule: Political Practice and Culture in the Post-Classical Period”… Read more