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. Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
Join Gregory Nagy, Douglas Frame, and Leonard Muellner as they read the Odyssey, Book 1, Lines 98–112. You can find the text via Perseus here. Read more
Join Gregory Nagy, Douglas Frame, and Leonard Muellner as they read the Odyssey, Book 1, Lines 93–98. You can find the text via Perseus here. Read more
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… Read more
