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Classical Inquiries | Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art
Mosaic showing theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy, from the Baths of Decius on the Aventine Hill, Rome, 2nd century CE. [image by antmoose, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy argues that “the capacity of ancient Greek poetry to imitate, in a playful way, language in all its forms, both artful and artless” is what ultimately shaped all verbal arts,… Read more
Classical Inquiries | Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art
Mosaic showing theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy, from the Baths of Decius on the Aventine Hill, Rome, 2nd century CE. [image by antmoose, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy argues that “the capacity of ancient Greek poetry to imitate, in a playful way, language in all its forms, both artful and artless” is what ultimately shaped all verbal arts, including… Read more
CHS Open House | From Homer to Virgil, with Gregory Nagy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffbEkD_JsbQ… Read more
NOTICE: CHS server maintenance, Nov 23, 5:00 p.m.–Nov 24, 12:00 a.m.
To allow for server maintenance, the CHS website will be offline from 5:00pm, Monday, November 23rd, to 12:00am, Tuesday, November 24th. We appreciate your patience. Read more
Sunoikisis | Faculty Development and Internships at CHS
Course Planning and Faculty Development Dates: June 10-20, 2016 Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. to develop the upcoming fall semester courses. They hold two 4-day planning seminars, one for the Greek course and another for the Latin course, in order to develop the course syllabi. The 2016 courses will emphasize team-teaching. All participants will receive a stipend. The… Read more
Sunoikisis | Faculty Development and Internships at CHS
Course Planning and Faculty Development Dates: June 10-20, 2016 Every June the Sunoikisis faculty gather at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, D.C. to develop the upcoming fall semester courses. They hold two 4-day planning seminars, one for the Greek course and another for the Latin course, in order to develop the course syllabi. The 2016 courses will emphasize team-teaching. All participants will receive a stipend. The application… Read more
CHS Open House: ‘From Homer to Virgil’, with Gregory Nagy
“The poetry of Virgil, I take it as a given, rivals that of Homer. Historically, Virgil the Classic even displaced Homer the Classic in the Latin culture of the Roman empire (though not in the Greek) – already in the age of Virgil. But the question is: what is it exactly about the poetry of Virgil that made it rival the poetry of Homer in the first… Read more
Now Available Online | The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics
The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis on the CHS website. The work is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. Oral intertextuality is an innate feature of the web of myth, whose interrelated fabrics allow the audience of epic… Read more
Now Available Online | The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics
The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of The Oral Palimpsest: Exploring Intertextuality in the Homeric Epics, by Christos Tsagalis on the CHS website. The work is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. Oral intertextuality is an innate feature of the web of myth, whose interrelated fabrics allow the audience of epic song… Read more