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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

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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

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Η Φιλοσοφία Στην Εκπαίδευση V: Φιλοσοφία και Τέχνη

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ             4oς Πανελλαδικός Μαθητικός Διαγωνισμός Φιλοσοφικού Δοκιμίου  ΔΙΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ 13/14 Μαρτίου 2015 Η ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ V: ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΗ  ΤΕΛΕΤΗ ΒΡΑΒΕΥΣΗΣ 14 Μαρτίου 2015 Αιθουσα Τελετών του Πανεπιστημίου Κτήριο Διοίκησης ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ, 13 Μαρτίου 2015 Κεντρική Βιβλιοθήκη Παν/μίου Πατρών 15.30 – 18.00: παράλληλες συνεδρίες Υφολογικές έννοιες και υφολογική… Read more

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CHS Open House: ‘Heroism, Charisma, and Legitimate Rule: a Dialogue with Max Weber’, with Nicolas Prevelakis

The Hour 25 community is pleased to welcome Nicolas Prevelakis (Harvard University) for a CHS Open House discussion on ‘Heroism, Charisma, and Legitimate Rule: a Dialogue with Max Weber’, to be held on Thursday, February 26 at 11:00 a.m. EST. We would also like to share the news that Nicolas Prevelakis was recently selected as the “Newsmaker of the Month” by the Greek embassy in Washington… Read more

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Connections for Further Study: Hippolytus, telos, and Bridal Songs

Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s latest commentary about God-Hero Antagonism in the in the Hippolytus of Euripides on the H24H Dialogues website. Below are some resources for additional study inspired by that post. Original texts: Hippolytus of Euripides in Greek on Perseus Phaedra of Seneca in Latin on Perseus Word Study: Results of search for Διὸς θυγάτηρ on Perseus Results of search for … Read more

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Feasting on the Enemy: Horror in the Theban Epics

We were delighted to catch up with CHS author Malcolm Davies at the SCS conference last month, where we had a fascinating chat with him about his new book, Theban Epics. The book is truly a remarkable piece of scholarly detective work, as Malcolm extracts an extraordinary amount of material and meaning from the few fragments that remain of the poems about the Theban… Read more

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Now Available Online – Homeric Conversation

Homeric Conversation, by Deborah Beck The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Homeric Conversation, by Deborah Beck on the CHS website. Homeric Conversation is the first full-length study of conversation in the Homeric poems. Deborah Beck argues that conversation should be considered a traditional Homeric type scene, alongside recognized types such as arrival, sacrifice, battle, and hospitality. Drawing on both linguistics and previous work on… Read more

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Join Fair Use Week 2015!

Fair Use Week | February 23-27 Fair Use Week is an annual week-long event celebrating the important doctrines of fair use in the US. This event was first established at Harvard by Kyle Courtney, the Office for Scholarly Communication’s (OSC’s) Program Manager and Copyright Advisor. Now, it is sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and is celebrated nationally. “Fair use and fair dealing are essential limitations and exceptions… Read more

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Now Available Online – Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures

Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures, edited by Nino Luraghi and Susan E. Alcock The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Helots and The Masters in Laconia and Messenia: Histories, Ideologies, Structures, eds. Nino Luraghi and Susan E. Alcock, on the CHS website. The name “Helots” evokes one of the most famous peculiarities of ancient Sparta, the system… Read more