I was reading Gregory Nagy's translation of the Sappho Brothers poem (“But you are always saying, in a chattering way, that Kharaxos will come in a ship full of goods”), and it made me think of Works and Days, in which Hesiod seems to have a similar concern about his brother Perses (“my father and yours, you inept Perses, used to sail around in ships, lacking a genuine livelihood.”) I… Read more
We were pleased to welcome back Professor Olga Levaniouk of University of Washington to CHS Open House to discuss "The dreams of Barchin and Penelope" with a comparative approach. The webcast was recorded. To prepare for this conversation, participants might like to read Olga Levaniouk's Eve of the Festival Chapter 13, 'The Dream.' Read more
Our next Book Club selections explore the Cretan Lies of Odysseus. Our readings are: Odyssey 13, 14, and 19, with particular focus on these passages: Athena 13.250–370 Eumaios 14.185–530 Penelope 19.163–348 Olga Levaniouk: Eve of the Festival, Chapter 1 'Beginning of the Dialogue: Setting up the Third Cretan Lie' Classical Inquiries post by Gregory Nagy: A Cretan Odyssey, Part I Read more
Many community members have been reading Gregory Nagy’s latest commentary about God-Hero Antagonism in the in the Hippolytus of Euripides on the Classical Inquiries website. Below are some resources for additional study inspired by that post. Original texts Hippolytus of Euripides in Greek on… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Professor Olga Levaniouk (U. of Washington) for a CHS Open House Discussion on “Penelope & Weaving.” Our discussion was informed by the descriptions of Penelope’s weaving in Scrolls 2, 19, and 24—especially the focus passages below. Focus Passages Odyssey ii 85–128… Read more
