An eye-catching feature of the CHS booth at the SCS book fair was a display of artist Glynnis Fawkes’ Classics-themed comic books. Throughout her career, Glynnis has woven together traditional art school training, an academic background in the Classics, and a love of cartooning that was as much inspired by Greek vase painting as by the New Yorker. Glynnis Fawkes Comics on Display After an undergraduate degree… Read more
An eye-catching feature of the CHS booth at the SCS book fair was a display of artist Glynnis Fawkes’ Classics-themed comic books. Throughout her career, Glynnis has woven together traditional art school training, an academic background in the Classics, and a love of cartooning that was as much inspired by Greek vase painting as by the New Yorker. Glynnis Fawkes Comics on Display After an undergraduate degree from the… Read more
Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought, by Ann Bergren The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Weaving Truth: Essays on Language and the Female in Greek Thought, by Ann Bergren on the CHS website. “What if truth were a woman?” asked Nietzsche. In ancient Greek thought, truth in language has a special relation to the female by virtue… Read more
Amphoteroglossia: A Poetics of the Twelfth-Century Medieval Greek Novel, by Panagiotis Roilos The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Amphoteroglossia: A Poetics of the Twelfth-Century Medieval Greek Novel, by Panagiotis Roilos on the CHS website. This work offers the first systematic and interdisciplinary study of the poetics of the twelfth-century medieval Greek novel. This book investigates the complex ways in which rhetorical theory… Read more
Three members of the CHS team attended the annual meeting of the ClassicsLibrarians Forum during the SCS gathering last week: Programs Coordinator and Library Assistant Lanah Koele, Librarian for Acquisitions, Reference, and Visitor Relations Temple Wright, and Leonard Muellner, Director of IT and Publications. The group discussed possible strategies and procedures to facilitate and expand open unrestricted access to electronic Greek and Latin texts. A new working group will explore… Read more
From Listeners to Viewers: Space in the Iliad, by Christos Tsagalis The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of From Listeners to Viewers: Space in the Iliad, by Christos Tsagalis on the CHS website. What do we mean by “space” in the Iliad? The aim of this book is to offer a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the different types and functions of space in the earliest work of Greek… Read more
Examine the human condition by studying the ancient Greek hero Registration is now open for “The Ancient Greek Hero,” a distance learning course taught by Gregory Nagy and Kevin McGrath at Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education. Over 10,000 Harvard students have taken this class over the years. “The Ancient Greek Hero” invites learners to experience, in English translation, some of the most beautiful works of ancient Greek literature and song-making: the Homeric Iliad and… Read more
Examine the human condition by studying the ancient Greek hero Registration is now open for “The Ancient Greek Hero,” a distance learning course taught by Gregory Nagy and Kevin McGrath at Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education. Over 10,000 Harvard students have taken this class over the years. “The Ancient Greek Hero” invites learners to experience, in English translation, some of the most beautiful works of ancient Greek literature and song-making: the Homeric Iliad and… Read more
The Hour 25 Community is pleased to welcome Professor Joel Christensen (University of Texas, San Antonio) who returns for the first 2015 CHS Open House discussion on Thursday January 15 at 11:00am EST, to discuss the children of Odysseus, and multiformity in myth. To prepare for the discussion, participants might like to follow these links to posts in Sententiae Antiquae: Odysseus’ Children: Fourteen and Counting! The Sons of… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space, edited by Sahar Bazzaz, Yota Batsaki and Dimiter Angelov, on the CHS website. Imperial Geographies in Byzantine and Ottoman Space opens new and insightful vistas on the nexus between empire and geography. The volume redirects attention from the Atlantic to the space of the eastern Mediterranean shaped by two empires… Read more
