Open House | Homer’s Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical...
We were excited to welcome Joel Christensen for an Online Open House. The title of the discussion is “Homer’s Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts,” based on his research and...
View ArticleBook Club | April 2020: Barker/Christensen Homer’s Thebes
"The city of Thebes has always been of interest to scholars working within mythographical and literary traditions, precisely because its presence looms large in our corpus of extant textual and...
View ArticleMarriage | Part 1: Music
In this post we are going to examine some aspects of marriage, and its music which come traditionally with singing and dancing. In today’s marriages music, singing and dancing play an essential role in...
View ArticleOpen House | The Narrative Form of the Odyssey, with Kevin McGrath
We were excited to welcome Kevin McGrath for an Open House entitled "The Narrative Form of the Odyssey." The event took place on Friday, August 14 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. You can download...
View ArticleOpen House | Teaching and Learning the Greek Classics in Prison, with Laura...
We were excited to welcome back Laura Slatkin for an Open House entitled “Teaching and Learning the Greek Classics in Prison." The event took place on Friday, January 22 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was...
View ArticleBook Club | October 2021: Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot
"What was Agamemnon like as a character for Homer and his audience? More fundamentally, how should we approach the topic of characterization itself, following the discoveries of Milman Parry, Albert...
View ArticleHeirs of the Muses
we all pronounce music to be one of the pleasantest things, whether instrumental or instrumental and vocal music together at least Musaeus says, ‘Song is man’s sweetest joy,’ and that is why people...
View ArticleTrees and wood | Part 1: Homer and Hesiod
Having come across across references to trees and to wooden construction in the Iliad and Odyssey, my curiosity was piqued, and I decided to gather a few examples where wood and trees were mentioned,...
View ArticleInterview | Teaching and learning Greek, with Joel Christensen
We are pleased to share this video interview with Joel Christensen, of Brandeis University, in which he talks about his experiences in teaching ancient Greek and Classics.
View ArticleSceptered Kings
A few weeks ago I watched the coronation of a king. At one point I noticed the king holding in his hands not one but two scepters. The mental image of Agamemnon holding his scepter involuntarily jumped...
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