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Available Online l The Social Dynamics of Dedication in the Delian Inventories of the Third Century: Audience, Function and Temporality by Christy Constantakopoulou

The Center For Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of spring fellow Christy Constantakopoulou’s paper, “The Social Dynamics of Dedication in the Delian Inventories of the Third Century: Audience, Function and Temporality,” 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 My project explores the social dynamics of… Read more

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CHS Fellowship Application Now Open

The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS), a research institution devoted to the study of all aspects of ancient Hellenic civilization, offers the following fellowship opportunities for the 2016-17 academic year. Researchers may apply for both programs using the same online application form. CHS Fellowships in Hellenic Studies Deadline: October 15, 2015 Fellows are appointed for a term of up to seventeen weeks in the fall (Wednesday, September… Read more

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CIC Seminar 2015 l Song Culture of Athenian Drama

The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to express their thanks and appreciation to all those who participated in this summer’s Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) seminar. This year’s participants worked their way through 18 dramas written by Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles, as well as excerpts from Sappho, Herodotus, Bacchylides, and the Partheneion as… Read more

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Internships in the USA | An Essay by Giuliana Savini, a CHS Intern

Since early June, I have been enjoying the enriching experience of a summer internship at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, DC. On a daily basis I engage with visiting scholars, research fellows, staff members, and other undergraduates, and I quickly became familiar with two questions: 1) Why Classics? and 2) What are your post-grad plans? The answers to both of these unfolded almost serendipitously as… Read more

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Internships in the USA | An Essay by Giuliana Savini, a CHS Intern

Since early June, I have been enjoying the enriching experience of a summer internship at the Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in Washington, DC. On a daily basis I engage with visiting scholars, research fellows, staff members, and other undergraduates, and I quickly became familiar with two questions: 1) Why Classics? and 2) What are your post-grad plans? The answers to both of these unfolded almost serendipitously as… Read more

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Coming Soon from the Hellenic Studies Series | Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin

Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Kinyras: The Divine Lyre, by John Curtis Franklin as the latest installment of the Hellenic Studies Series, available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. 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… Read more

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Forthcoming from Gregory Nagy | Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now

Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now, by Gregory Nagy The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now, by Gregory Nagy through Harvard University Press. In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamiliar for something familiar, then metonymy can be seen as a connecting… Read more

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Brill launches major new dictionary of Ancient Greek online

Leiden (NL) / Boston (MA) – 27 July 2015 The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek Online is now available. Brill, the international scholarly publisher, has launched a cutting-edge new dictionary for the study of Ancient Greek on its online dictionaries platform. Franco Montanari’s Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is the most modern and complete dictionary for the study of Ancient Greek currently on the market. Based on the… Read more