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Gregory Nagy
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Experience Harvard’s “Ancient Greek Hero” MOOC!

New iteration of the popular online project now open for registration Registration is now open for the latest session of “The Ancient Greek Hero,” a groundbreaking open, online project from HarvardX that uses Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) technology to introduce participants to the literature and heroes of ancient Greece. The project is directed by Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | A sampling of comments on Iliad Scroll 5

In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy focuses on Iliad Scroll 5 and shares a sampling of selected comments with his readers. Nagy’s commentary will be incorporated into a larger, forthcoming project: A Homer commentary in progress. I.05.103 tagging: best of the Achaeans; aristeiā ‘epic high point’; plot of the Iliad; narrative arc This verse shows that the hero Diomedes has a chance to qualify as ‘the best of the Achaeans’, aristos… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | A sampling of comments on Iliad Scroll 5

In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy focuses on Iliad Scroll 5 and shares a sampling of selected comments with his readers. Nagy’s commentary will be incorporated into a larger, forthcoming project: A Homer commentary in progress. I.05.103 tagging: best of the Achaeans; aristeiā ‘epic high point’; plot of the Iliad; narrative arc This verse shows that the hero Diomedes has a chance to qualify as ‘the best of the Achaeans’, aristos Akhaiōn. BA 30. Read more

Publications

Rowman and Littlefield | Recapturing Sophocles’ Antigone

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Recapturing Sophocles’ Antigone, by Larry Joe Bennett and William Blake Tyrrell, approaches the Antigone of Sophocles by concentrating on the historical context of audience reception. From this point of view, they force a reassessment of the basic question: what is this play about? According to Bennett and Tyrrell, the Antigone is not about burying a corpse,… Read more

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Rowman and Littlefield | Recapturing Sophocles' Antigone

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Recapturing Sophocles’ Antigone, by Larry Joe Bennett and William Blake Tyrrell, approaches the Antigone of Sophocles by concentrating on the historical context of audience reception. From this point of view, they force a reassessment of the basic question: what is this play about? According to Bennett and Tyrrell, the Antigone is not about burying a corpse,… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | A sampling of comments on Iliad Scroll 4

In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy focuses on Iliad Scroll 4 and shares a sampling of selected comments with his readers. Nagy’s commentary will be incorporated into a larger, forthcoming project: A Homer commentary in progress. I.04.227 tagging: therapōn ‘attendant, ritual substitute’; Eurymedon; Sthenelos; Patroklos; chariot driver/fighter In this first Iliadic attestation of therapōn in the singular, we see at first only the surface meaning, ‘attendant’. But… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | A sampling of comments on Iliad Scroll 4

In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy focuses on Iliad Scroll 4 and shares a sampling of selected comments with his readers. Nagy’s commentary will be incorporated into a larger, forthcoming project: A Homer commentary in progress. I.04.227 tagging: therapōn ‘attendant, ritual substitute’; Eurymedon; Sthenelos; Patroklos; chariot driver/fighter In this first Iliadic attestation of therapōn in the singular, we see at first only the surface meaning, ‘attendant’. But there… Read more

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Rowman and Littlefield | Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk

Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches Foreword by Gregory Nagy, General Editor Nine Essays on Homer, edited by Miriam Carlisle and Olga Levaniouk, is a volume that evolved out of a 1997 Homer Seminar in Harvard University’s Classics Department. That year, the seminar was conducted jointly by Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule and myself, and it was attended regularly by Charles Segal (traces of whose helpful advice are evident… Read more