We are excited to share the themes for the upcoming Book Club selections for the beginning of 2017, when we explore some selections from ancient Roman works. Look out for further announcements with details of the texts, and the related forum threads, nearer the time! Tuesday January 31: Ovid Metamorphoses Tuesday February 28: Virgil Aeneid Tuesday March 28: Seneca, tragedy There will also be CHS Open House discussions to tie… Read more
We are excited to share the themes for the upcoming Book Club selections for the beginning of 2017, when we explore some selections from ancient Roman works. Look out for further announcements with details of the texts, and the related forum threads, nearer the time! Tuesday January 31: Ovid Metamorphoses Tuesday February 28: Virgil Aeneid Tuesday March 28: Seneca, tragedy There will also be CHS Open House discussions to… 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
Now is an opportunity to get involved with the latest season of community-based projects. Please note that times are currently in EDT, and from November 6 are in EST. The clocks change on different dates in different countries! Attic Greek There are currently three study groups, all following Hansen & Quinn Greek: An Intensive Course, with the guidance of the videos recorded by Leonard Muellner and Belisi… 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
Safdar Mandviwala, a member of the Hour 25 community, had the opportunity to travel to Greece along with the Harvard Alumni Association’s travel-study program led by Gregory Nagy. In a recent Hour 25 posting, Safdar Mandviwala shares insights about their time in Athens and Marathon, which was also the last leg of the travel-study program. It was at the farewell dinner that night… Read more
We are pleased to welcome back Maria G. Xanthou, University of Leeds, for a CHS Dialogue on Pindar on Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Visit Hour 25 for the live stream webcast, focus passages to prepare for this conversation, and a discussion with community members on the topic. Maria G. Xanthou (PhD Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)… Read more
We are pleased to welcome back Maria G. Xanthou, University of Leeds, for a CHS Dialogue on Pindar on Wednesday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Visit Hour 25 for the live stream webcast, focus passages to prepare for this conversation, and a discussion with community members on the topic. Maria G. Xanthou (PhD Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) has taught Classical… 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
