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
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
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
Mindful of hidden and absent signifiers, classicist Douglas Frame brings new light to Nestor, nostos, and the Homeric question. We are especially pleased to share the following conversation with CHS author and classicist Douglas Frame about his innovative approach to Homer, the non-traditional path of his career, and his influential publications. CHS: You’ve authored two important books on Homer that are closely related but separated by… Read more
Mindful of hidden and absent signifiers, classicist Douglas Frame brings new light to Nestor, nostos, and the Homeric question. We are especially pleased to share the following conversation with CHS author and classicist Douglas Frame about his innovative approach to Homer, the non-traditional path of his career, and his influential publications. CHS: You’ve authored two important books on Homer that are closely related but separated by almost… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret’s Apologetics against the Greeks in Context by Yannis Papadogiannakis. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. 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… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret’s Apologetics against the Greeks in Context by Yannis Papadogiannakis. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. 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… Read more
We are pleased to announce that Anuv Ratan (Harvard University, ’14) is the winner of the 2012 Heroes Essay Contest for his paper titled “Anger in the Iliad : Mēnis, Kholos, and Social Order.” Anuv’s work was chosen from among many beautiful essays written for Gregory Nagy’s Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization course, which is currently being offered through Harvard and Harvard Extension. The winner was… Read more
We are pleased to announce that Anuv Ratan (Harvard University, ’14) is the winner of the 2012 Heroes Essay Contest for his paper titled “Anger in the Iliad : Mēnis, Kholos, and Social Order.” Anuv’s work was chosen from among many beautiful essays written for Gregory Nagy’s Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization course, which is currently being offered through Harvard and Harvard Extension. The winner was chosen… 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
