The entirety of “Incipit,” the first scene of NERON KAISAR, a poetic opera by John Peel, with libretto in Greek, Latin and English by M. D. Usher (see www.neron-kaisar-the-opera.org), will be performed in Oxford (UK) at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Hall, St. Hilda’s College, in… Read more
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 2015-16 academic year. Researchers may apply for both programs using the same online application form (https://wp.chs.harvard.edu/chs-forms/fellowship-application/). CHS Fellowships in Hellenic Studies… Read more
Hercules and Corona Borealis as depicted in Urania’s Mirror, by Sidney Hall, c. 1825 (Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) According to many multiforms of the Ariadne myth, Dionysus places Ariadne’s garland in the sky as immortal compensation and memory for the heroine. Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.176-182 (trans. C. Filos)… Read more
CIC 2014: The Odyssey in the Modern College Classroom 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. It was a treat to watch as professors worked… Read more
CIC 2014: The Odyssey in the Modern College Classroom 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. It was a treat to watch as professors worked… Read more
The Sleeping Ariadne in Naxos by John Vanderlyn (Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) In a recent post we shared a description of Ariadne as offered by Philostratus the Elder: But look at Ariadne, or rather her sleep. Her breasts are bare to her navel, her neck is… Read more
Opera, like ancient Greek lyric and epic, is a highly visual art capable of mesmerizing audiences with spectacles of joy, shocking humor, and the depths of grief. The current Glimmerglass production of Ariadne in Naxos sets the Ariadne myth in modern times. Below are renderings of Bacchus and Ariadne by designer Erik Teague for… Read more
CHS Director Gregory Nagy has long been interested in comparative work on ancient Greek poetry and the modern mediums of film and opera. For many years now, Nagy has been using the 1951 film adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s opera The Tales of Hoffmann to introduce new readers to concepts related to ancient Greek… Read more
The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to feature the following books and articles, all of which are freely available on the CHS website. Casey Dué and Mary Ebbott Iliad 10 and the Poetics of Ambush: A Multitext Edition with Essays and Commentary Iliad 10 has… Read more
June 19-July 3, 2014 Over the next few weeks, teams of undergraduate researchers and faculty mentors will convene at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC for the 2014 Homer Multitext summer seminar. The seminar will provide an introduction to fundamental ideas about the oral composition and transmission… Read more
