The Kosmos Society team is pleased to share news of the first annual nomination period for the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) Forum Prize. This prize recognizes outstanding contributions to public engagement made by non-academic works about the ancient Greek and Roman world. Read more
With the Olympic Games coming up, this month's Core Vocab word is āthlos (aethlos) [ἆθλος/ἄεθλος] ‘contest, ordeal; competition’; and āthlētēs [ἀθλητής], 'athlete'. In HeroesX Gregory Nagy talks about the Labors of Hēraklēs and the founding of the Olympic Games: "Hēraklēs not only founded this major festival: he also competed in every athletic event on the prototypical occasion of the first Olympics. On that occasion, he won first prize in every… Read more
