The Art of Reading is the first—long overdue—collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection demonstrates, Bollack felt at home thinking in depth about two things that seem starkly different to most other thinkers. Read more
The Art of Reading is the first—long overdue—collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection demonstrates, Bollack felt at home thinking in depth about two things that seem starkly different to most other thinkers. Read more
Keith A. Stone celebrated the publication of his new book Singing Moses’s Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses through The ILEX Foundation in cooperation with CHS in October, 2016. How does performing affect those who perform? Starting from observation of the intergenerational tradition of performing the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1–43), Keith Stone explores ways in which the Song contributes to Deuteronomy’s educational program through the dynamics of… Read more
Keith A. Stone celebrated the publication of his new book Singing Moses’s Song: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Deuteronomy’s Song of Moses through The ILEX Foundation in cooperation with CHS in October, 2016. How does performing affect those who perform? Starting from observation of the intergenerational tradition of performing the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1–43), Keith Stone explores ways in which the Song contributes to Deuteronomy’s educational program through the dynamics of… Read more
The Aethiopis: Neo-Neoanalysis Reanalyzed, by Malcolm Davies, is now available to read online on the CHS website. From the Book Description It may seem odd to devote an entire book, however short, to a lost epic of which hardly any fragments (as normally defined) survive. The existence of a late prose summary of the epic’s contents hardly dispels that oddness. One (rather long) word may supply justification: Neoanalysis. Read more
The Aethiopis: Neo-Neoanalysis Reanalyzed, by Malcolm Davies, is now available to read online on the CHS website. From the Book Description It may seem odd to devote an entire book, however short, to a lost epic of which hardly any fragments (as normally defined) survive. The existence of a late prose summary of the epic’s contents hardly dispels that oddness. One (rather long) word may supply justification: Neoanalysis. This… Read more
Volume 4, Issue 2 Volume 4, Issue 2 of the CHS Research Bulletin contains the work of nine fellows who conducted research at the Center for Hellenic Studies during the 2016 spring term. This issue includes video from their presentations at the biannual Research Symposium on April 30, 2016. “Democracy and Civic Participation in Greek Cities under Roman Imperial Rule: Political Practice and Culture in the Post-Classical Period”… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Greek Heroes in and out of Hades, by Stamatia Dova, is a breakthrough in literary and cultural research on the ancient Greek world. Her brilliant analysis of Odyssey 11.465-540 radiates outward into a systematic reading of a wide range of seemingly unrelated passages, which all “add up” beautifully in the end, giving us a cohesive picture of heroic character… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Greek Heroes in and out of Hades, by Stamatia Dova, is a breakthrough in literary and cultural research on the ancient Greek world. Her brilliant analysis of Odyssey 11.465-540 radiates outward into a systematic reading of a wide range of seemingly unrelated passages, which all “add up” beautifully in the end, giving us a cohesive picture of heroic character… Read more
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Nothing Is as It Seems: The Tragedy of the Implicit in Euripides’ Hippolytus, by Hanna M. Roisman, is an insightful re-examination of a Classical masterpiece from the standpoint of drama as drama. In her reading of Euripides, the author of this book engages her own experience as a lifelong theater-goer and as a perceptive reader… Read more
