Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb. Read more
“First was the Golden Age. Then rectitude spontaneous in the heart prevailed, and faith. Avengers were not seen, for laws unframed were all unknown and needless. Punishment and fear of penalties existed not. No harsh decrees were fixed on brazen plates. No suppliant multitude the countenance of Justice feared, averting, for they dwelt without a judge in peace.” Read more
“First was the Golden Age. Then rectitude spontaneous in the heart prevailed, and faith. Avengers were not seen, for laws unframed were all unknown and needless. Punishment and fear of penalties existed not. No harsh decrees were fixed on brazen plates. No suppliant multitude the countenance of Justice feared, averting, for they dwelt without a judge in peace.” Read more
Dr. Joseph Nagy will join the CHS community for an Open House discussion on ‘A Hero Named Heather and Other Peculiarities in the Early Medieval Irish Saga The Cattle-Raid of Fraech’ on Thursday December 8, at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the discussion live on the Hour 25 website or the YouTube channel, where you can also post questions during the event. Joseph… Read more
Dan-El Padilla Peralta of Princeton University will join the CHS Community for an Open House discussion on Waste in Antiquity on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. EST. Watch the live event and/or join in the conversation on the Hour 25 website or the CHS YouTube channel. You may like to read the following focus passages in the Sourcebook to get ready for the event. Read more
Stamatia Dova of the Hellenic College Holy Cross will join the CHS Community for an Open House discussion on Odysseus and the Poetics of katabásis, on October 13 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Watch the live event and/or join in the conversation on the Hour 25 website or the CHS YouTube channel! Homer Odyssey 11.472–473 The psūkhē of the fleet descendant of Aiakos knew me and spoke piteously, saying, ‘Resourceful Odysseus, noble son of Laertes and… Read more
Recently, Gregory Nagy joined the CHS community for a discussion on the songmaking of Sappho. The conversation focused on Song 44 of Sappho, which has been significant to Nagy’s research over the past forty-two years. Watch below as Nagy fields questions from our community members and discusses his affinity to this fascinating song of Sappho. For more from professor Nagy on Song 44 of Sappho, as well as on Homeric… Read more
Save the date! Don’t miss these live webcasts with visiting scholars on a wide variety of topics! Wednesday, August 10: Maria Xanthou, on Pindar (University of Leeds) Thursday September 15: John C. Franklin, on Kinyras: The Divine Lyre (University of Vermont) Thursday, September 29: Deborah Beck, topic to be determined (University of Texas at Austin) Thursday, October 13: Stomata Dova, topic to be determined (Hellenic College) Stay tuned for further announcements!… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Susan T. Edmunds for our next Open House discussion, which will be about weaving. The event will be streamed live on Thursday March 24, at 11 a.m. EDT, and will be recorded. Her article, Picturing Homeric Weaving, is available at the CHS website. For the live stream event, other resources related to this event and for a discussion with community… Read more
We are pleased to welcome Alexander Hollmann (University of Washington) for our next Open House discussion, which will be about Herodotus. The event will be streamed live on Thursday March 10, at 11 a.m. EST, and will be recorded. His book, The Master of Signs: Signs and the Interpretation of Signs in Herodotus’ Histories, is available at the CHS website. You can watch this discussion live in the… Read more
