"Horses, then, share with humans, especially heroic humans, an ontological position unique among living things: they may descend from the gods and maintain some divine capacity derived from them." Read more
"Horses, then, share with humans, especially heroic humans, an ontological position unique among living things: they may descend from the gods and maintain some divine capacity derived from them." Read more
Ryan Platte of Northwestern University will join the CHS community for an Online Open House discussion on Equine Poetics. The event will be streamed live on Thursday, March 30, at 12:30 p.m. EDT, and will be recorded. You can find out more about his forthcoming book, part of… Read more
Ryan Platte of Northwestern University will join the CHS community for an Online Open House discussion on Equine Poetics. The event will be streamed live on Thursday, March 30, at 12:30 p.m. EDT, and will be recorded. You can find out more about his forthcoming book, part of the Hellenic… Read more
Platte in Equine Poetics develops a methodology rooted in oral verse mechanics to understand contest-based mythical parallels that have defied easy historical explanations—in Greece and beyond. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, Equine Poetics sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art. Read more
Platte in Equine Poetics develops a methodology rooted in oral verse mechanics to understand contest-based mythical parallels that have defied easy historical explanations—in Greece and beyond. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, Equine Poetics sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art. Read more
