We are pleased to announce the online publication of The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic, by Leonard Muellner, for free on the CHS website. Muellner’s goal is to restore the Greek word for the anger of Achilles, mênis, to its social, mythical, and poetic contexts. His point of departure is the anthropology of emotions. He believes that notions of anger vary between cultures and that the… Read more
We are pleased to announce the online publication of The Anger of Achilles: Mênis in Greek Epic, by Leonard Muellner, for free on the CHS website. Muellner’s goal is to restore the Greek word for the anger of Achilles, mênis, to its social, mythical, and poetic contexts. His point of departure is the anthropology of emotions. He believes that notions of anger vary between cultures and that the particular… Read more
We are pleased to announce the online publication of A Californian Hymn to Homer, edited by Timothy Pepper, for free on the CHS website. The book is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. Much as an ancient hymnist carries a familiar subject into new directions of song, the contributors to A Californian Hymn to Homer draw upon Homeric scholarship as inspiration for pursuing new ways… Read more
We are pleased to announce the online publication of A Californian Hymn to Homer, edited by Timothy Pepper, for free on the CHS website. The book is also available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. Much as an ancient hymnist carries a familiar subject into new directions of song, the contributors to A Californian Hymn to Homer draw upon Homeric scholarship as inspiration for pursuing new ways of… Read more
Two of Professor Nagy’s most recent articles have become available under the online publication Short Writings Volume IV, the fourth volume in a series of online anthologies, all available online for free at the CHS website. “Herodotus and the Logioi of the Persians” This essay discusses the term logioi, as this is encountered in all the Herodotean contexts. Nagy argues that logioi is a term referring… Read more
We are very pleased to announce the online publication of Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin on the CHS website. Kinyras, in Greco-Roman sources, is the central culture-hero of early Cyprus: legendary king, metallurge, Agamemnon’s (faithless) ally, Aphrodite’s priest, father of Myrrha and Adonis, rival of Apollo, ancestor of the Paphian priest-kings (and much more). Kinyras increased in depth and complexity with the demonstration in 1968… Read more
We are very pleased to announce the online publication of Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin on the CHS website. Kinyras, in Greco-Roman sources, is the central culture-hero of early Cyprus: legendary king, metallurge, Agamemnon’s (faithless) ally, Aphrodite’s priest, father of Myrrha and Adonis, rival of Apollo, ancestor of the Paphian priest-kings (and much more). Kinyras increased in depth and complexity with the demonstration in 1968 that… Read more
We are very pleased to announce that Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin is available for purchase in print from Harvard University Press, and will be available online shortly on the CHS website. Kinyras, in Greco-Roman sources, is the central culture-hero of early Cyprus: legendary king, metallurge, Agamemnon’s (faithless) ally, Aphrodite’s priest, father of Myrrha and Adonis, rival of Apollo, ancestor of the… Read more
We are very pleased to announce that Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin is available for purchase in print from Harvard University Press, and will be available online shortly on the CHS website. Kinyras, in Greco-Roman sources, is the central culture-hero of early Cyprus: legendary king, metallurge, Agamemnon’s (faithless) ally, Aphrodite’s priest, father of Myrrha and Adonis, rival of Apollo, ancestor of the Paphian priest-kings… Read more
We are very pleased to share the recent additions to our online publications from the Hellenic Studies Series. Joel Kalvesmaki, The Theology of Arithmetic: Number Symbolism in Platonism and Early Christianity In the second century, Valentinians and other gnosticizing Christians used numerical structures and symbols to describe God, interpret the Bible, and frame the universe. In this study of the controversy that resulted, Joel Kalvesmaki shows how earlier neo-Pythagorean and… Read more
