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Apply Now for 2015-16 Fellowships

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 Deadline: October 15, 2014 Fellows are appointed for a term of up to eighteen weeks in the fall (Monday,… Read more

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The Garland of Ariadne

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) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) Desertae et multa querenti amplexus et opem Liber tulit; utque… Read more

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CIC Seminar | Making Connections Across Disciplines Through the Odyssey

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 together to better understand the Odyssey and discover new ways to teach it to college students across the country. Read more

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CIC Seminar | Making Connections Across Disciplines Through the Odyssey

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 together to better understand the Odyssey and discover new ways to teach it to college students across the country. This… Read more

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Ariadne Asleep and Frenzied

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 back and her soft throat, and her armpit, the right one, is all visible. Her left hand lies upon her… Read more

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The Verbal and Visual Art of Ariadne

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 this beautiful production.  Costume renderings by Erik Teague for The Glimmerglass Festival’s 2014 production of… Read more

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Opera, Open Source Annotation, and Ariadne in Naxos

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 heroes. In fact, Nagy has developed detailed, almost frame-by-frame commentary on this cinematic masterpiece. This work led Nagy and the Center… Read more

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Featured Themes at CHS: Epic, Collaboration, and Multigenerational Research, June 2014

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 historically been the epic’s most doubted book and the book least likely to be judged “Homeric.” In the course of… Read more

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Homer Multitext Seminar, 2014

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 of the epics, and basic training in editing digital texts. The seminar will focus on manuscripts of the Iliad with scholia that… Read more

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The Ephebes’ Journey Workshop, 2014

Becoming a Citizen and Leader in Ancient Greece and Modern America August 1-2, 2014 This two-day workshop will introduce those with an interest in civic participation and leadership to aspects of democracy, one of the ancient world’s most lasting legacies. We will focus on the type of democracy, which the Athenians developed and practiced during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. No prior knowledge of the… Read more