Gallery | Trojan Women
The themes depicted in the myth of the fall of Troy inspired ancient Greek tragedies, such as the Trojan Women of Euripides, and writers and dramatists of later periods. The subject has also been depicted in the visual arts. This gallery presents a selection of these artworks, including paintings, and ancient Greek vases. Read more…
Introducing Euripides Trojan Women
We are pleased to share in the Text Library a revised version of E.P. Coleridge’s translation of Euripides’ Trojan Women that tracks Core Vocab words from The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours in the same way as the associated Sourcebook. This was brought about by a community-driven collaborative “heroization” project. Read more…
Book Club | November 2019: Euripides Trojan Women
“The maidens I brought up to see chosen for some marriage high, for strangers have I reared them, and seen them snatched away. Nevermore can I hope to be seen by them, nor shall my eyes behold them ever in the days to come. And last, to crown my misery, I shall be brought to Hellas, a slave in my old age.” Read more…
Online Open House | Re-inventing Old Craftsmanship, with Rachele Pierini
We were excited to welcome Rachele Pierini, University of Bologna, for an Online Open House. The topic of the discussion was “Re-inventing Old Craftsmanship: Mycenaean Furniture and Today’s Design.” Watch the video here. Read more…
Scylax
“There is a river, Indus, second of all rivers in the production of crocodiles. Darius, desiring to know where this Indus empties into the sea, sent ships manned by Scylax, a man of Caryanda, and others whose word he trusted”
So Herodotus introduces this voyage of exploration undertaken on behalf of the Persian empire. Read more…
Online Open House | A Land Called Crete, with Andrew Koh
We are excited to welcome Andrew Koh, of the MIT Center for Materials Research and the Harvard Semitic Museum, for a Center for Hellenic Studies Online Open House discussion entitled ‘A Land Called Crete: From Harriet Boyd Hawes to the Cretan Collections Project’. The event was streamed live on Thursday, October 24 at 11 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. Read more…
