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CHS Greece Event: "Oedipus and Narcissus as Fundamental Personalities of Psychoanalysis," Nikolaos Tzavaras

Please join us on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 7 p.m., in Nafplion for the following lecture: “Oedipus and Narcissus as Fundamental Personalities of Psychoanalysis” Lecturer: Professor Nikolaos Tzavaras, Neurologist – Psychiatrist, Teaching Analyst, Member of the International, Greek and German Psychoanalytical Society, Medical School, Democritean University of Thrace Respondent:… Read more

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Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Philosophy at the CHS

Publications and Resources New in the Hellenic Studies Series Tarik Wareh The Theory and Practice of Life: Isocrates and the Philosophers (print via HUP) The Theory and Practice of Life is a study of the literary culture within which the works, schools, and… Read more

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Athens Dialogues at Harvard University–Saturday, November 3, 2012

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS: ANCIENT PERSPECTIVES AND MODERN CHALLENGES HARVARD UNIVERSITY – BOSTON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 Convener Professor Mark Schiefsky Professor and Chair, Department of the Classics Harvard University THEME Technology is sometimes viewed as a force that… Read more

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Albert Lord Centennial (1912-2012)

A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CHS As one of Albert Lord’s former students, it gives me great pleasure to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth on Sept. 15, 1912. As a pioneering scholar in the study of oral traditions, Lord had a profound impact on our understanding of… Read more

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CHS Resources: Visualizing and Localizing Homer

Featured Publications and Resources @CHS New in the Hellenic Studies Series Christos Tsagalis From Listeners to Viewers: Space in the Iliad This book offers a systematic and comprehensive presentation of the different types and functions of space in the earliest work of Greek literature. Read more

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CHS-Greece Hosts the Oxford Society of Greece: A Literary Event (Sept. 29, 2012)

On Saturday, September 29th, 2012 the Oxford Society of Greece will be holding, for a second consecutive year, a series of readings by Oxford graduates who are also practicing poets and creative prose-writers in Greek, English or both. As last year, the event will be hosted by Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS-GR) in Nafplion (The Iatrou Building, Philellinon Square & Othonos, 1). Read more

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Online Resources for Homeric Studies at CHS

The Center for Hellenic Studies offers students and scholars of Homer a particularly deep selection of publications and resources--all freely available online. Read more

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Homer Multitext Tutorial: Using the Image Citation Tool to “Quote” from an Image of the Venetus A

Students and researchers can use the HMT Image Citation Tool to "quote" from high resolution images of the Venetus A. This tutorial attempts to provide very practical, step-by-step guidance to help new users create and use quotations from these valuable images. Read more

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: CHS website maintenance, Sept 12, 8 a.m.–10 a.m.

On Wednesday, September 12 the CHS website will be unavailable from approximately 8 a.m.-10 a.m. due to regularly scheduled maintenance. Other CHS content may also be unavailable during that time including: some Athens Dialogues websites kleos@CHS Homer Multitext Blog Fellows Research Bulletin some image… Read more

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Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus

The Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce the publication of Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being Honored: The Foundations of Leadership in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus by Norman B. Sandridge, available now through Harvard University Press. You can preview this work by downloading the introduction here. Xenophon is generally… Read more