Greek Literature 9 volumes, edited by Gregory Nagy and published in print 2001 by Routledge. What follows here is the series introduction and the nine introductions, one for each volume, published 2000 by the Center for Hellenic Studies in electronic form Introduction to the Series This nine-volume set is a collection of writings by experts in ancient… Read more
The 2016 International Symposium, bringing together students and professors from Universities in Greece, America, Canada and Cyprus, was completed this summer. Learn more here! Read more
The 2016 International Symposium, bringing together students and professors from Universities in Greece, America, Canada and Cyprus, was completed this summer. Learn more here! Read more
In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, then metonymy can be seen as a connecting of something familiar with something else that is already familiar. Applying this formulation, Nagy offers close readings of over one hundred examples of metonymy as it comes to life in the verbal and the visual arts… Read more
Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now, by Gregory Nagy The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now, by Gregory Nagy on the CHS website. The work will soon be available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If… Read more
Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now, by Gregory Nagy The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the online publication of Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now, by Gregory Nagy on the CHS website. The work will soon be available for purchase in print through Harvard University Press. In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor… Read more
We are happy to share the following publications that will soon be available through Harvard University Press. Gregory Nagy Masterpieces of Metonymy In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of something unfamilar for something familiar, then metonymy can be seen as a connecting of something familiar with something… Read more
The International Olympic Academy (IOA), in cooperation with Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS DC and GR), organized the Fourth Annual International Symposium on “Sports, Society and Culture” in Ancient Olympia, on July 6-9, 2015. Like all previous years, the Symposium hosted scholars from around… Read more
The International Olympic Academy (IOA), in cooperation with Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS DC and GR), organized the Fourth Annual International Symposium on “Sports, Society and Culture” in Ancient Olympia, on July 6-9, 2015. Like all previous years, the Symposium hosted scholars from around the… Read more
The Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European “book.” It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb A but, by a stroke of luck, did not burn completely. Considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth century, the papyrus was found accidentally in 1962 during a public works project in an uninhabited place about 10 km from Thessaloniki, and it is now preserved in… Read more
