The Center for Hellenic Studies
There is no Book Club reading or meeting for December, because of the holiday season, but here is a preview of what is coming up in the first part of 2023. Looking forward to further interesting discussions, comparing ideas and reactions, in the Forum and via Zoom—they are always enriching voyages of discovery!
We are excited to welcome Jared Simard of New York University for an Online Open House entitled “Rockefeller Center and the Image of a Titan.” The event will take place on Friday, December 2, at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Diogenes Laertius wrote in Greek in the third century CE. The piece of writing that has survived is his Lives…
Study of Diogenes Laertius’ Lives of the Eminent Philosophers gives us tantalizing snippets of information about women of whom we…
Diogenes Laertius’s main intention was to write biographies of male philosophers, but his writings also reveal, sometimes unintentionally, women’s roles…
