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CHS Open House | Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, with John C. Franklin

John C. Franklin of the University of Vermont will join the CHS Community for an Open House discussion on “Kinyras: The Divine Lyre.” The event takes place on Thursday, September 15 at 11 a.m. EDT. To prepare for this event, you might like to read the Introduction “Kinyras and Kinnaru” of Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, Hellenic Studies Series 70. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, on the CHS website, here. Read more

CHS Open House | Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, with John C. Franklin

John C. Franklin of the University of Vermont will join the CHS Community for an Open House discussion on “Kinyras: The Divine Lyre.” The event takes place on Thursday, September 15 at 11 a.m. EDT. To prepare for this event, you might like to read the Introduction “Kinyras and Kinnaru” of Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, Hellenic Studies Series 70. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, on the CHS website, here. Watch… Read more

CHS Visiting Scholar | Jan Haywood, University of Leicester

  This week, Dr. Jan Haywood will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Dr. Haywood is a Teaching Fellow in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, having completed a PhD on Herodotean intertextuality in 2013. Currently, Dr. Haywood is working on a revised version of his thesis for publication with Cambridge University Press, as well as a co-authored volume on the reception… Read more

CHS Visiting Scholar | Jan Haywood, University of Leicester

  This week, Dr. Jan Haywood will be staying at the CHS and using the library. Dr. Haywood is a Teaching Fellow in Ancient History at the University of Leicester, having completed a PhD on Herodotean intertextuality in 2013. Currently, Dr. Haywood is working on a revised version of his thesis for publication with Cambridge University Press, as well as a co-authored volume on the reception of Homer’s Iliad with… Read more

Rowman and Littlefield | Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Les choeurs de jeunes filles en Grèce archaïque, by Claude Calame, was originally published in 1977. Over the succeeding years, it gradually became recognized as a major breakthrough in the study of ancient Greek society and literature. It awakened the world of Classical scholarship to something of central importance in the cultural life of ancient Greece. This is… Read more

Rowman and Littlefield | Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Les choeurs de jeunes filles en Grèce archaïque, by Claude Calame, was originally published in 1977. Over the succeeding years, it gradually became recognized as a major breakthrough in the study of ancient Greek society and literature. It awakened the world of Classical scholarship to something of central importance in the cultural life of ancient Greece. This is… Read more

Gregory Nagy revisiting the Song 44 of Sappho

Recently, Gregory Nagy joined the CHS community for a discussion on the songmaking of Sappho. The conversation focused on Song 44 of Sappho, which has been significant to Nagy’s research over the past forty-two years. Watch below as Nagy fields questions from our community members and discusses his affinity to this fascinating song of Sappho. For more from professor Nagy on Song 44 of Sappho, as well as on Homeric… Read more