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Call for Abstracts | Ex Ionia Scientia ‒ ‘Knowledge’ in Archaic Greece
International Conference in Athens, Greece 12 ‒ 14 December 2016 The origins of western science and philosophy are customarily traced to 6th century B.C.E. Ionia, to Thales of Miletos and the school he founded, whose famous pupils included not only the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, but also Pythagoras of… Read more
Call for Abstracts | Ex Ionia Scientia ‒ ‘Knowledge’ in Archaic Greece
International Conference in Athens, Greece 12 ‒ 14 December 2016 The origins of western science and philosophy are customarily traced to 6th century B.C.E. Ionia, to Thales of Miletos and the school he founded, whose famous pupils included not only the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, but also Pythagoras of Samos, Bias… Read more
An open dialogue with the Derveni Papyrus
The Derveni Papyrus | Greece’s oldest known literary text The Derveni Papyrus, dated between 340 and 320 B.C., is considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth century. Uncovered in 1962 in a tomb in an uninhabited area about 10 km north of Thessaloniki, the papyrus had been intended for the funeral… Read more
Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now
In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, then metonymy can be seen as a connecting of something familiar with something else that is already familiar. Applying this formulation, Nagy offers close readings of over one hundred examples of metonymy as it comes to life in the verbal and the visual arts… Read more
Apply Now for the Information Fluency Workshop!
Information Fluency Workshop | July 12-21, 2016 Application deadline: May 1, 2016 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce undergraduates to important sources of information for the study of classics and develop their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Through work as individuals and as a team, the participants develop research guides for use by other undergraduates in a… Read more