The Center for Hellenic Studies

Gregory Nagy
Publications

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

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Now Available Online | Copies and Models in Horace Odes 4.1 and 4.2, by Gregory Nagy

An online version of “Copies and Models in Horace Odes 4.1 and 4.2,” an essay published over 20 years ago in Classical World 87, is now available at the CHS website. In the 2015 edition, Gregory Nagy has added translations of the Latin and Greek and has provided additional observations. Nagy focuses his research on the key word mimesis, explaining how Horace highlights conceptions of mimesis through his poetry:… Read more

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Now Available Online | Copies and Models in Horace Odes 4.1 and 4.2, by Gregory Nagy

An online version of “Copies and Models in Horace Odes 4.1 and 4.2,” an essay published over 20 years ago in Classical World 87, is now available at the CHS website. In the 2015 edition, Gregory Nagy has added translations of the Latin and Greek and has provided additional observations. Nagy focuses his research on the key word mimesis, explaining how Horace highlights conceptions of mimesis through his… Read more

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Classical Inquiries | Diachronic Sappho: some prolegomena

Detail from Attic krater attributed to the Brygos painter, 480-470 BCE. Line drawing by Valerie Woelfel. “A diachronic as well as synchronic approach to the songmaking of Sappho” by Gregory Nagy In his posting Diachronic Sappho: some prolegomena, Gregory Nagy argues that the art of Sappho’s songmaking can be viewed as an evolving medium through time. He offers his views in support of this argument. Read more

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Classical Inquiries | Diachronic Sappho: some prolegomena

Detail from Attic krater attributed to the Brygos painter, 480-470 BCE. Line drawing by Valerie Woelfel. “A diachronic as well as synchronic approach to the songmaking of Sappho” by Gregory Nagy In his posting Diachronic Sappho: some prolegomena, Gregory Nagy argues that the art of Sappho’s songmaking can be viewed as an evolving medium through time. He offers his views in support of this argument. Read more

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Classical Inquiries | Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art

Mosaic showing theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy, from the Baths of Decius on the Aventine Hill, Rome, 2nd century CE. [image by antmoose, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons  In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy argues that “the capacity of ancient Greek poetry to imitate, in a playful way, language in all its forms, both artful and artless” is what ultimately shaped all verbal arts,… Read more

CHS Learning Module

Classical Inquiries | Homo ludens in the world of ancient Greek verbal art

Mosaic showing theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy, from the Baths of Decius on the Aventine Hill, Rome, 2nd century CE. [image by antmoose, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons In his recent Classical Inquiries posting, Gregory Nagy argues that “the capacity of ancient Greek poetry to imitate, in a playful way, language in all its forms, both artful and artless” is what ultimately shaped all verbal arts, including… Read more

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Now Available Online | Masterpieces of Metonymy: From Ancient Greek Times to Now

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