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Connections: Dice Games, Ajax, and an Epic Loss

Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “A Role of the Dice for Ajax” on H24H Dialogues, which explores how ”Ajax dooms himself to an eternity of angry frustration over losing a chance to become the best of the Achaeans.”  We are happy to share a curated selection of resources designed to help readers explore this topic in greater depth and make new connections. Iconography Cited by Nagy in “A Role… Read more

CHS Greece Event: Sophia Rhizopoulou, “Colors of flowering plants: from nature in Greece to depiction in painting and nanotechnology”

CHS Greece Event Please join us on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in Ligourio for the following lecture: “Colors of flowering plants: from nature in Greece to depiction in painting and nanotechnology” Lecturer: Sophia Rhizopoulou, Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Respondent: Dimitris Gkikas, Biologist, Physicist, PhD Candidate in Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Τhe talk will be delivered… Read more

An "Enriching" Undergraduate Research Workshop

The Sunoikisis consortium has presented an undergraduate symposium nearly every year since 2003. On Saturday, March 7, the Center for Hellenic Studies continued the tradition by hosting the 2015 Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event featured the work of five undergraduates: “Three of a Perfect Pair: The Fractured Feminine in Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazusae” Mason Johnson, Rhodes College “Nostalgia Inverted: The Golden Age Motif in Strepsiades’ Pre-Dramatic History”… Read more

An “Enriching” Undergraduate Research Workshop

The Sunoikisis consortium has presented an undergraduate symposium nearly every year since 2003. On Saturday, March 7, the Center for Hellenic Studies continued the tradition by hosting the 2015 Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium. The event featured the work of five undergraduates: “Three of a Perfect Pair: The Fractured Feminine in Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazusae” Mason Johnson, Rhodes College “Nostalgia Inverted: The Golden Age Motif in Strepsiades’ Pre-Dramatic History”… Read more

Event – "Beyond the Body: A Brief History of the Marathon, Ancient and Modern"

The Mayor of Nafplion and President of the Organizing Committee, Dimitris Kostouros, on the occasion of the 2nd Marathon Run at Nafplion, is pleased to invite you on Saturday, March 15, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. GMT to a lecture by Charles Stocking and Demosthenes Tampakos: “Beyond the Body: A Brief History of the Marathon, Ancient and Modern” *The first part of the lecture will be delivered in English, with simultaneous… Read more

Event – “Beyond the Body: A Brief History of the Marathon, Ancient and Modern”

The Mayor of Nafplion and President of the Organizing Committee, Dimitris Kostouros, on the occasion of the 2nd Marathon Run at Nafplion, is pleased to invite you on Saturday, March 15, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. GMT to a lecture by Charles Stocking and Demosthenes Tampakos: “Beyond the Body: A Brief History of the Marathon, Ancient and Modern” *The first part of the lecture will be delivered in English, with simultaneous… Read more

CHS Open House with Seemee Ali: Eros and Cosmos: Approaching the Golden Cloud of Iliad 14

The Hour 25 community is pleased to welcome Seemee Ali (Carthage College) for a CHS Open House discussion to be held on Thursday March 12 at 11a.m. EDT. The conversation, entitled ‘Eros and Cosmos: Approaching the Golden Cloud of Iliad 14′ will focus on the great seduction scene. To watch the event live, simply tune in to this blog post at the appropriate time (please note that daylight saving… Read more