Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
back Robin Olson This is an image of an original water color painting (11.5 inches x 14 inches) rendering a still life representation of the recipe. Read more
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… Read more
back Zoie Lafis This is an image of an oil on canvas painting (11.5 inches x 14 inches) rendering reflections of the story of Procne and Philomena (1998). Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
