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CHS Greece Event: “Theory and Practice in the Study of Myths: The Case of Polyphemus the Cyclops”

Please join us on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 7 p.m., in Kranidi for the following lecture: “Theory and Practice in the Study of Myths: The Case of Polyphemus the Cyclops” Lecturer: Ioannis Petropoulos, Professor of Ancient Greek Literature, Department of Greek Philology, Democritean University of Thrace, Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies (Greece), Harvard University Respondent: Efimia Karakantza, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Department of Philology, University of Patras… Read more

Hellenic Studies Series

Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia

Paideia and Cult explores the role of Christian education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. It analyzes the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia as a curriculum designed to train those seeking initiation into the Christian mysteries. Although Theodore gave considerable attention to teaching creedal theology, he sought to go beyond simply communicating information. His catechetical preaching set the teaching of Christian ideas within the context of religious community… Read more

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Online Resources for Participants in CB22X: The Ancient Greek Hero

We are pleased to share the following links to scholarship, organizations, and resources that might be of interest to participants The Ancient Greek Hero, the free, open enrollment course taught by Harvard Professor Gregory Nagy and being offered through HarvardX. This list will develop over time, so please check back from time to time for the latest updates. Homer “Discovery Procedures and Principles for Homeric Research” by Leonard Muellner —… Read more

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CHS Publications–Disconnection: Desire, Love, and Endings

Featured Publication Casey Dué Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis This work centers on the figure of Briseis in the Iliad—who may seem at first sight to be marginal to the plot of that epic but who turns out to be essential to it—and even to the character-definition of the central hero of the Iliad, Achilles himself. Moreover, Briseis turns out to be a central character in… Read more

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Homeric Durability: Telling Time in the Iliad, by Lorenzo F. Garcia–New in the Hellenic Studies Series

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Homeric Durability: Telling Time in the Iliad by Lorenzo F. Garcia, Jr. The Iliad defines its poetic goal as preserving the kleos aphthiton, “fame unwithered,” (IX.413) of its hero, Achilles. But how are we to understand the status of the “unwithered” in the Iliad? In Homeric Durability, Lorenzo F. Garcia, Jr., investigates the concept of time and temporality in Homeric epic by studying the semantics of “durability”… Read more

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Ο Αρχαίος Έλληνας Ήρωας με διδάσκοντα τον Gregory Nagy του Πανεπιστημίου Harvard προσφέρεται τώρα ως ανοικτό διαδικτυακό μάθημα στο edX

Παλαιότεροι καθηγητές και φοιτητές του δημοφιλούς μαθήματος του Harvard θα βοηθούν τους διαδικτυακούς σπουδαστές να εμπλακούν ενεργά με αρχαία ποίηση, τραγούδια και λογοτεχνία. Εικόνα 1. "Boston Hydria". Αττική μελανόμορφη υδρία: ο Αχιλλέας σέρνει το σώμα του Έκτορα. Αποδίδεται στο Antiope Group. Μουσείο Καλών Τεχνών, Βοστώνη, 63,473. Σχέδιο Valerie Woelfel. Από τον Μάρτιο του 2013, Ο Αρχαίος Έλληνας Ήρωας (The Ancient Greek Hero), μάθημα διδασκόμενο από τον Gregory… Read more

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Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia–New in the Hellenic Studies Series

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Paideia and Cult: Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia by Daniel L. Schwartz. Paideia and Cult explores the role of Christian education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. It analyzes the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia as a curriculum designed to train those seeking initiation into the Christian mysteries. Although Theodore… Read more

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CHS Greece Event: “Financial-Economic Crises, Myth and Reality: What do we learn from history?” with Ioanna-Sappho Pepelassi

Please join us on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 7 p.m., in Argos for the following lecture: “Financial-Economic Crises, Myth and Reality: What do we learn from history?” Lecturer: Ioanna-Sappho Pepelassi, Associate Professor of Economic History, Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business Respondent: Dr. Stathis Koutrouvidis, Economic Historian… Read more

Hellenic Studies Series

Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret’s Apologetics against the Greeks in Context

This book—the first full-length study of the “last and most beautiful” apology against paganism, Theodoret’s Therapeutic for Hellenic Maladies—combines close readings of the text with detailed analysis of Theodoret’s arguments against Greek religion, philosophy, and culture and the ways in which that Greek influence interacts with other diverse ideas, practices, and developments in the fifth-century Roman empire. The book’s larger underlying themes—the continuing debate between Christianity and Hellenism, and the relationship… Read more

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CHS Greece Event: "The Identity of Greek Dance in the 21st Century – Myth and Reality," Katia Savrami

Please join us on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 7 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “The Identity of Greek Dance in the 21st Century – Myth and Reality,” Lecturer: Katia Savrami, Choreologist, Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Dance, Department of Theater Studies, University of Patras Respondent: Haris Mandafounis, Choreographer, Dance Instructor… Read more