In this week’s featured CHS Essentials video, Greg Nagy talks about the body of poetry. The word ‘body’ is very important in its use, in that it conveys something that is not just systematic but is also alive; just like oral poetry. Oral poetry comes alive in performance. How does the word ‘kuklos’ or cycle in modern English connect to oral poetics? Watch our featured video to find out: Professor Nagy… Read more
"What happens if the occasion for performing a given genre of song becomes obsolete?" Gregory Nagy considers this question in his recent article on Classical Inquiries: "Genre, Occasion, and Choral Mimesis Revisited—with special reference to the 'newest Sappho'.” (2015.10.1) Drawing on the songs of Sappho and the modern lyrics of Lesley Gore, Nagy argues that genre can compensate for, and even absolutize, the occasion of performance. For Nagy, the occasion of choral performance is the mimesis of emotions by way of song and dance. "The emotions themselves are not the occasion." Read more
We are pleased to welcome back Prof. Olga Levaniouk of the University of Washington to CHS Open House to discuss “The dreams of Barchin and Penelope” with a comparative approach on October 8 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The webcast can be viewed below or you can submit your question via Q&A on the Google+ event page. To prepare for this conversation, participants might… Read more
The Center For Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of spring fellow Sebastiana Nervegna’s paper, “The Actors’ Repertoire, Fifth-Century Comedy and Early Tragic Revivals,” which was presented at the 2015 Fellows Research Symposium. See the abstract below. To read the full article, visit the Center for Hellenic Studies Research Bulletin. Abstract This contribution deals with the theatrical afterlife of Euripides’ Telephus, Aeschylus’ Edonians and… Read more
We are very happy to share our featured CHS Essentials video with Greg Nagy where he is arguing whether or not ancient Greek heroes have the possibility of living with kleos (ancient Greek word for glory and fame) and also gain nostos (ancient Greek word for homecoming; return to light and life). Can heroes beat the odds? Greg Nagy goes on to explore the meaning of the ancient Greek word moira, which… Read more
We are happy to share the following publications that will soon be available through Harvard University Press. Gregory Nagy Masterpieces of Metonymy In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, then metonymy can be seen as a connecting of something familiar with something… Read more
The Fulbright Foundation in Greece | Scholarship opportunity for educators The Fulbright Foundation in Greece will award up to three grants (depending on available funding) to Greek secondary school educators to attend the 2016 Study of the United States Institutes. The Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) is a five-week academic program designed for secondary school educators involved in the teaching of English, as well as professionals in curriculum… Read more
The CHS is pleased to share the online publication of The meaning of Homeric εὔχομαι through its formulas, by Leonard Muellner on the CHS website. The 1976 landmark study based on his dissertation is open to all and free of charge, as well as a number of other publications. Eukhomai had been glossed traditionally as “pray, long for, wish for; vow, promise; boast, brag, vaunt; profess,… Read more
The Center For Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of spring fellow Stéphanie Paul’s paper, “Local Pantheons in Motion: Synoecism and Patron Deities in Hellenistic Rhodes,” which was presented at the 2015 Fellows Research Symposium. See the abstract below. To read the full article, visit the Center for Hellenic Studies Research Bulletin. Abstract This paper addresses some of the limitations of the concept of… Read more
The CHS team is happy to share the news of the International Conference on “The Genres of Archaic and Classical Greek Poetry: Theories and Models”, September 24 through 27. The conference, hosted by the Classics Department at Berkeley, will open with a keynote address by Professor Gregory Nagy, on Thursday, September 24 at 7 p.m. Professor Nagy’s talk is entitled “Genre, Occasion, and Choral Mimesis Revisited.” The conference is open to… Read more
