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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

Now Available Online – The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers

The CHS is pleased to announce that Tarik Wareh’s The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers is now available online on the CHS website. The Theory and Practice of Life is a study of the literary culture within which the works, schools, and careers of Plato, Aristotle, and contemporary Greek intellectuals took shape. It focuses on the important role played by their rival Isocrates and the rhetorical education offered in… Read more

Now Available Online – Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars

Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars, by William Custis West, III The CHS is pleased to announce the online publication of  Greek Public Monuments of the Persian Wars, by William Custis West, III. This text attempts to document the public monuments of the Persian Wars that were erected by the Greeks of the 5th century and to support this knowledge by evidence that will take the form of cataloguing. “The Greeks… Read more

Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret's Apologetics against the Greeks in Context

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret’s Apologetics against the Greeks in Context by Yannis Papadogiannakis. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. This book—the first full-length study of the “last and most beautiful” apology against paganism, Theodoret’s Therapeutic for Hellenic Maladies—combines close readings of the text with detailed analysis of Theodoret’s arguments against… Read more

Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret’s Apologetics against the Greeks in Context

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Christianity and Hellenism in the Fifth-Century Greek East: Theodoret’s Apologetics against the Greeks in Context by Yannis Papadogiannakis. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. This book—the first full-length study of the “last and most beautiful” apology against paganism, Theodoret’s Therapeutic for Hellenic Maladies—combines close readings of the text with detailed analysis of Theodoret’s arguments against Greek… Read more

Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon's Education of Cyrus

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus by Norman B. Sandridge, available now through Harvard University Press. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. Xenophon is generally thought to have done his best theorizing on leadership through his portrayal of Cyrus the Great, the first king… Read more

Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus by Norman B. Sandridge, available now through Harvard University Press. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. Xenophon is generally thought to have done his best theorizing on leadership through his portrayal of Cyrus the Great, the first king of… Read more

Online Publication of The Power of Thetis by Laura Slatkin

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce that the online edition of Laura Slatkin’s The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays is now available on the CHS website (chs.harvard.edu). This influential and widely admired book explores the superficially minor role of Thetis in the Iliad. Slatkin uncovers alternative traditions about the power of Thetis and shows how an awareness of those myths brings a far greater… Read more