Publications and Resources New in the Hellenic Studies Series M. Rahim Shayegan Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām (print via HUP) Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran focuses on the content of one of the most important inscriptions of the Ancient Near East: the Bisotun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I (6th century BCE),… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 7 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Oedipus and Narcissus as Fundamental Personalities of Psychoanalysis” Lecturer: Professor Nikolaos Tzavaras, Neurologist – Psychiatrist, Teaching Analyst, Member of the International, Greek and German Psychoanalytical Society, Medical School, Democritean University of Thrace Respondent: Dr. Stelios Krasanakis, Psychiatrist, Dramatherapist, Theater Director, Chairman of the “AION” Dramatherapeutical Institute, Director of the “Theseus” Rehabilitation Center… Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 7 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Oedipus and Narcissus as Fundamental Personalities of Psychoanalysis” Lecturer: Professor Nikolaos Tzavaras, Neurologist – Psychiatrist, Teaching Analyst, Member of the International, Greek and German Psychoanalytical Society, Medical School, Democritean University of Thrace Respondent: Dr. Stelios Krasanakis, Psychiatrist, Dramatherapist, Theater Director, Chairman of the “AION” Dramatherapeutical Institute, Director of the “Theseus” Rehabilitation Center… Read more
The Theory and Practice of Life is a study of the literary culture within which the works, schools, and careers of Plato, Aristotle, and contemporary Greek intellectuals took shape. It focuses on the important role played by their rival Isocrates and the rhetorical education offered in his school. Tarik Wareh shows that when Aristotle illustrates his ethical theory by reference to the practical arts, this is no simple appeal to a homespun commonsense… Read more
Publications and Resources New in the Hellenic Studies Series Tarik Wareh The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers (print via HUP) The Theory and Practice of Life is a study of the literary culture within which the works, schools, and careers of Plato, Aristotle, and contemporary Greek intellectuals took shape. It focuses on the important role played by their rival… Read more
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS: ANCIENT PERSPECTIVES AND MODERN CHALLENGES HARVARD UNIVERSITY – BOSTON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 Convener Professor Mark Schiefsky Professor and Chair, Department of the Classics Harvard University THEME Technology is sometimes viewed as a force that diminishes the creative possibilities of human life at the same time as it enhances material prosperity. This meeting will explore… Read more
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CHS As one of Albert Lord’s former students, it gives me great pleasure to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth on Sept. 15, 1912. As a pioneering scholar in the study of oral traditions, Lord had a profound impact on our understanding of oral epic traditions, including the tradition represented by the Iliad and Odyssey. His book The Singer of Tales introduced thousands of readers to the richness… Read more
Featured Publications and Resources @CHS New in the Hellenic Studies Series Christos Tsagalis From Listeners to Viewers: Space in the Iliad This book offers a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the different types and functions of space in the earliest work of Greek literature. Adopting a twofold division between simple and embedded story space, Tsagalis shows how character drawing and authority are deeply influenced… Read more
Xenophon is generally thought to have done his best theorizing on leadership through his portrayal of Cyrus the Great, the first king of the Persian Empire. In this book, Norman Sandridge argues that Xenophon actually reduces his Theory of Leadership to a set of fundamental traits, namely, the love of humanity, the love of learning, and the love of being honored. These so-called fundamental traits are the product of several rich contexts… Read more
On Saturday, September 29th, 2012 the Oxford Society of Greece will be holding, for a second consecutive year, a series of readings by Oxford graduates who are also practicing poets and creative prose-writers in Greek, English or both. As last year, the event will be hosted by Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS-GR) in Nafplion (The Iatrou Building, Philellinon Square & Othonos, 1). Read more
