Hellenic Studies Series

Forthcoming | The Tears of Achilles, by Hélène Monsacré

Achilles—warrior and hero—by the protocols of Western culture, should never cry. And yet Homeric epic is full of his tears and those of his companions at Troy. This path-blazing study by Hélène Monsacré shows how later ideals of stoically inexpressive manhood run contrary to the poetic vision presented in the Iliad and Odyssey. Read more

Forthcoming | The Tears of Achilles, by Hélène Monsacré

Achilles—warrior and hero—by the protocols of Western culture, should never cry. And yet Homeric epic is full of his tears and those of his companions at Troy. This path-blazing study by Hélène Monsacré shows how later ideals of stoically inexpressive manhood run contrary to the poetic vision presented in the Iliad and Odyssey. Read more

Now Available Online | Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception

The CHS team is pleased to announce the online publication of Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception, by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis for free on the CHS website. For a print version of this edition, please visit the Harvard University Press website. “The need to broaden our investigation is urgent. Sappho must be revisited from several different perspectives. One is her surviving textual corpus… Read more

Now Available Online | Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception

The CHS team is pleased to announce the online publication of Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception, by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis for free on the CHS website. For a print version of this edition, please visit the Harvard University Press website. “The need to broaden our investigation is urgent. Sappho must be revisited from several different perspectives. One is her surviving textual corpus and… Read more

Celebrating New Publications and Old Friends in New Orleans

The 146th annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the APA) wrapped up on Sunday, January 11 in New Orleans. Center Director Gregory Nagy and Director of IT and Publications Leonard Muellner attended. CHS team members Temple Wright, Lanah Koelle, Jill Robbins, Allie Marbry, Claudia Filos, and Robin Olson were also on hand, representing… Read more

New CHS Publication – Plato’s Four Muses: The Phaedrus and the Poetics of Philosophy

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Plato’s Four Muses: The Phaedrus and the Poetics of Philosophy by Andrea Capra through Harvard University Press. Plato’s Four Muses reconstructs Plato’s authorial self-portrait through a fresh reading of the Phaedrus, with an Introduction and Conclusion that contextualize the construction more broadly. The Phaedrus, it is argued, is Plato’s most self-referential dialogue, and Plato’s reference to four Muses in Phaedrus 259c–d is read as a hint… Read more