Donum natalicium

Anthroponymica Mycenaea: e-ti-me-de-i (dat.) /hEnti-mēdēs/ ‘(the one) who accomplished his plans’, Homeric ἐξήνυσε βουλάς

back José L. García Ramón (Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC) 1. The Pylian man’s name e-ti-me-de-i (dat.) occurs in PY Fn 324.1 (S324, Ciii), a tablet of contributions of barley (HORD, with indication of the quantities) beside a series of names.* Some of them, all in dative, are surely Greek, [1] among others a-ka-ma-jo .4 /Akmaiōi/ or /Alkmaiōi/ (:… Read more

Cretan Lie and Historical Truth: Examining Odysseus’ Raid on Egypt in its Late Bronze Age Context

back Jeffrey P. Emanuel [1] Abstract Though Odysseus’ ainos in Odyssey xiv 199–359 is presented as a fictional tale within Homer’s larger myth, some elements have striking analogs in historical reality. This paper examines the “Cretan Lie” within its fictive Late Bronze–Early Iron Age context for the purpose of identifying and evaluating those elements that parallel historical reality, with a particular focus on three… Read more

Tribute to Our Bátyánk

back Blaise, Michael, and Joseph Nagy Older brothers are usually cast as inconsequential foils or second-tier villains in the world of folktales. They fail where the youngest brother succeeds, and in their resentment of the latter’s success they may even go so far as to try to prevent that brother from reaching his “happily ever after.” The relationship between brothers in the realm of epic, on the other hand,… Read more

My Daddy

back Antonia Nagy I have always admired Gregory Nagy the man. He is undeniably a remarkable person. Brilliant, friendly, funny, caring, and of course, passionate. He is an easy man to respect. But I am his daughter, so I have also always been critical of him as a father. But that is not my fault! I was raised by intellectuals who value the process of deductive reasoning. How could… Read more

Four URLs, Limitless Apps: Separation of Concerns in the Homer Multitext Architecture

back D.N. Smith, C.W. Blackwell Abstract This paper summarizes both the underlying scholarly model and the implementation as network services of the scholarly repository of the Homer Multitext project (HMT). We fully expose the rich data repository of the HMT in four network services, keyed by citation of objects using URN notation. Introduction While Gregory Nagy’s prolific publication record will be familiar to all readers of this Festschrift, we… Read more

Les déesses au métier : Isis et Perséphone tisserandes

back Françoise Labrique – Ioanna Papadopoulou 1. Perséphone arrhéphore Les pages qui suivent parlent du tissage, des dieux, de Grèce et d’Egypte. Nous avons choisi cette thématique pour rendre hommage à la réflexion de Gregory Nagy, qui s’intéresse tout particulièrement au tissage, mais qui est aussi comparatiste. Façon de rendre aussi hommage à un beau travail qui se réfère à l’Egypte, quand il associe la symbolique de la fondation… Read more

Greek, Latin and a Global Dialogue among Civilizations

back Gregory Crane “Its bigger than all of us” – Gregory Nagy (on many occasions) Abstract Greek and Latin are foundational languages in the cultural heritage of humanity as a whole. Students of these languages have an opportunity—and arguably a primary obligation—to make sources in Greek and Latin advance a broader dialogue among civilizations. Such a shift in focus demands a shift in the intellectual culture of Greek and… Read more

À propos de l’image du chien “carnassier” en Grèce et de la théorie de l’animal “impur”

back Stella Georgoudi École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris Au début du chant XXII de l’Iliade, lorsque le terrible Achille, plein de fureur, impitoyable, se plante devant les portes de Troie, en menaçant la cité et ses habitants, Priam supplie son fils Hector de rentrer dans la ville et de ne pas s’obstiner à se battre avec ce rapide et violent guerrier. Dans sa longue supplication, le vieux… Read more