Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām, by M. Rahim Shayegan The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the forthcoming online publication of Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran: From Gaumāta to Wahnām, by M. Rahim Shayegan on the CHS website. The work… Read more
Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates”(1787), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “The Last Words of Socrates in the Place Where He Died” on H24H Dialogues. In that post he explores the meaning of sacrificing a rooster to Asklepios. We are happy… Read more
The Hour 25 community is pleased to welcome Laura Slatkin for a CHS Open House discussion to be held on Thursday, March 26 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The conversation will center on tragic visualizing in the Iliad. To watch the event live, simply tune in to this blog post at… Read more
July 7-16, 2015 Application Deadline: May 1, 2015 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce undergraduates to important sources of information for the study of classics and develop their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Workshop participants will… Read more
July 7-16, 2015 Application Deadline: May 1, 2015 The Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC offers a workshop to introduce undergraduates to important sources of information for the study of classics and develop their ability to access, evaluate, and manage resources in a variety of formats. Workshop participants will… Read more
“I was really struck by the fact that we still know very little about the people who were involved in the trafficking of all these ancient objects that today adorn museums in Europe and the US. They all have amazing personal stories.” –Yannis Galanakis The CHS Team is happy to share some… Read more
In his new book, Plato’s Wandering Path: Literary Form and the Republic, Professor David Schur of Brooklyn College delivers insights 15 years in the making. Focusing on The Republic, Schur argues that the philosopher’s digressive style takes the reader on a deliberate “journey of perpetual approach” toward the sublime. In Plato’s literary structure… Read more
March 16-20, 2015 This week, Gregory McBrayer, Assistant Professor of Government at Morehead State University will be staying at CHS and using the library. Prof. McBrayer studies Classical Greek Political Thought and its reception in the Islamic and Arabic world. He has published a translation, with Mary Nichols, of Plato’s Euthydemus, and… Read more
March 16-20, 2015 This week, Gregory McBrayer, Assistant Professor of Government at Morehead State University will be staying at CHS and using the library. Prof. McBrayer studies Classical Greek Political Thought and its reception in the Islamic and Arabic world. He has published a translation, with Mary Nichols, of Plato’s Euthydemus, and he… Read more
Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s “A Role of the Dice for Ajax” on H24H Dialogues, which explores how ”Ajax dooms himself to an eternity of angry frustration over losing a chance to become the best of the Achaeans.” We are happy to share a curated selection of resources designed to… Read more
