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Rowman and Littlefield | Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk, is a volume that evolved out of a 1997 Homer Seminar in Harvard University’s Classics Department. That year, the seminar was conducted jointly by Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule and myself, and it was attended regularly by Charles Segal (traces of whose helpful advice are evident… Read more

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Rotstein on the Parian Marble & Davies on the Aethiopis

New to the Hellenic Studies Series We are very pleased to share the most recent additions to our Hellenic Studies Series, available in print through Harvard University Press. Andrea Rotstein, Literary History in the Parian Marble Inscribed some time after 264 BCE, the Parian Marble offers a chronological list of events with an exceptional emphasis on literary matters. Literary History in the Parian Marble explores the… Read more

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Rotstein on the Parian Marble & Davies on the Aethiopis

New to the Hellenic Studies Series We are very pleased to share the most recent additions to our Hellenic Studies Series, available in print through Harvard University Press. Andrea Rotstein, Literary History in the Parian Marble Inscribed some time after 264 BCE, the Parian Marble offers a chronological list of events with an exceptional emphasis on literary matters. Literary History in the Parian Marble explores the literary and… Read more

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Upcoming Sunoikisis Planning Seminar

The Center for Hellenic Studies is excited for the upcoming Sunoikisis Course Planning and Faculty Development Seminar. Seventeen professors from across the country and around the world will be attending the Greek and Latin Sunoikisis planning seminars, both in person and electronically, from June 10th to June 20th. This year’s Greek seminar is focusing on Hellenistic Literature with Ivana and Andrej Petrovic from Durham University serving… Read more

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Rowman and Littlefield | The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition­, by Margaret Alexiou

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition­, by Margaret Alexiou, was originally published in 1974 by Cambridge University Press. For over a quarter of a century, this pathfinding book has been consistently consulted and cited as the most authoritative work on the tradition of singing laments in the prehistory and history of… Read more

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Rowman and Littlefield | The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition­, by Margaret Alexiou

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition­, by Margaret Alexiou, was originally published in 1974 by Cambridge University Press. For over a quarter of a century, this pathfinding book has been consistently consulted and cited as the most authoritative work on the tradition of singing laments in the prehistory and history of… Read more