Dear Colleagues and Friends, Below, we share with you an announcement from Harvard’s Dean of Arts and Humanities, Professor Robin Kelsey, concerning the transition in directorship of the Center for Hellenic Studies: From: Arts and Humanities Division Subject: CHS Director Announcement Date: July 13, 2021 Dear Colleagues of the Center… Read more
There is no lack of definitions of the terms ‘culture’ and ‘civilisation’ especially as employed by social anthropologists, ethnographers, historians, and political scientists. [1] ‘What is civilisation? ’, asked art historian Kenneth Clark in the opening chapter of his book Civilisation, A personal view,… Read more
Translated by Ioanna Papadopoulou [This article was originally published in French as “L’adjectif grec ἄσμενος : étymologie et histoire du mot,” in Hommage à Jacqueline de Romilly. L’empreinte de son oeuvre , eds. Marc Fumaroli, Jacques Jouanna, Monique Trédé, and Michel Zink. Actes de colloque (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles… Read more
Sommaire. — 1. L’étymologie du mot ἑορτή « fête » : état de la question. — 2. Attestation du mot en linéaire B de Cnossos : e-wo-ta-de /ἐϝορτᾱ́ν-δε/ « vers le lieu de la fête », à rapprocher de a-ka-wi-ja-de /Ἀχαίϝιyά-δε/ « vers le lieu de célébration de la fête des Achéens ». Emploi des latifs… Read more
Gregory Nagy Translated into Persian by Farnoosh Shamsian [[This article was first published in Encyclopedia of Rhetoric (ed. T. O. Sloane; Oxford 2001) 532-538. It is currently available in English here: https://chs.harvard.edu/curated-article/gregory-nagy-orality-and-literacy/.]] شفاهیّت و کتبیّت گرگوری ناژ برگردان فارسی: فرنوش شمسیان مفهوم شفاهیّت [1]… Read more
The Greek Epic Cycle and its Reception In the Arts, Literature, Vase-Painting, Theatre, Film, and Video Games (in Antiquity, as well as in the Contemporary World) Time: 8:00am–3:30pm EDT Kyklos is a program devoted to new and developing scholarship concerning the Greek Epic Cycle. Its primary purpose is to foster… Read more
Written by Ryan Harte The Center for Hellenic Studies would like to extend their greatest thanks and appreciation to all of those who participated in the last meeting of the Comparatism Seminar. We would also like to thank Lisa Raphals for her talk: “Considering Comparables: Psyche Reconsidered.” In contrast to… Read more
Those who have been fortunate to be Gloria’s students or colleagues carry the distinctive imprint of her scholarship in their consciousnesses. This imprint includes specific details of her brilliant studies, so often proving invaluable in our research; but also the style of thinking, the perception of the world, which can… Read more
RESUMEN Este trabajo explora la tradición clásica en la poesía de los autores cubanos Luis R. Nogueras (1944-1985), Delfín Prats (1945), José Triana (1931-2018) y Magali Alabau (1945). Tras la introducción, se presenta un breve marco teórico donde se señalan los presupuestos de la disciplina que dan lugar al planteamiento utilizado… Read more
We are pleased to introduce our four Digital Humanities interns who will be joining the Open Greek and Latin Project- Volunteer Program as trainers during the Summer 2021 session. As part of this project, they will manage the work of volunteers from all over the world in… Read more
