We had the chance to sit down with CHS author Malcolm Davies to talk about his new book, The Aethiopis: Neo-Neoanalysis Reanalyzed, available in print through Harvard University Press and forthcoming online from the Hellenic Studies Series. Enjoy! Q. What was your overall goal in writing this book, and how does it fit into your own research? For me the most interesting aspect is how the… Read more
We had the chance to sit down with CHS author Malcolm Davies to talk about his new book, The Aethiopis: Neo-Neoanalysis Reanalyzed, available in print through Harvard University Press and forthcoming online from the Hellenic Studies Series. Enjoy! Q. What was your overall goal in writing this book, and how does it fit into your own research? For me the most interesting aspect is how the topic exemplifies… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis, by Casey Dué, 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… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis, by Casey Dué, 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… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Megathemes: War-Homilia-Homecoming, by Dimitris N. Maronitis, is an integrated collection of papers written by one of the Greek-speaking world’s most influential experts in Homeric poetry. The international impact of Maronitis’ work, which combines German-style philology with a Greek-style literary sensibility, can be most fully realized in the present English-language version. This book exemplifies the vitality of… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Homeric Megathemes: War-Homilia-Homecoming, by Dimitris N. Maronitis, is an integrated collection of papers written by one of the Greek-speaking world’s most influential experts in Homeric poetry. The international impact of Maronitis’ work, which combines German-style philology with a Greek-style literary sensibility, can be most fully realized in the present English-language version. This book exemplifies the vitality of… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Recapturing Sophocles’ Antigone, by Larry Joe Bennett and William Blake Tyrrell, approaches the Antigone of Sophocles by concentrating on the historical context of audience reception. From this point of view, they force a reassessment of the basic question: what is this play about? According to Bennett and Tyrrell, the Antigone is not about burying a corpse,… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Recapturing Sophocles’ Antigone, by Larry Joe Bennett and William Blake Tyrrell, approaches the Antigone of Sophocles by concentrating on the historical context of audience reception. From this point of view, they force a reassessment of the basic question: what is this play about? According to Bennett and Tyrrell, the Antigone is not about burying a corpse,… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor In The Blinded Eye, Gregory Crane explores the complex relationships between the medium and content of Thucydides’ History, seeking to trace the evolution of prose history as a genre conditioned by the emerging technology of alphabetic writing. It was Thucydides, Crane argues, who did most to define not only this genre but also the actual concept… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor In The Blinded Eye, Gregory Crane explores the complex relationships between the medium and content of Thucydides’ History, seeking to trace the evolution of prose history as a genre conditioned by the emerging technology of alphabetic writing. It was Thucydides, Crane argues, who did most to define not only this genre but also the actual concept… Read more
