PUBLICATIONS
Hesiod, Works and Days
Translated by Gregory Nagy 1Muses of Pieria, you who make glory [kleos] with your songs, 2come and tell of Zeus, making a song about your father,… Read more
Hesiod, Theogony
1–115: Translated by Gregory Nagy 116–1022: Translated by J. Banks Adapted by Gregory Nagy Invocation Let me begin to sing of the Muses of Helikon, who abide on the great and holy Mount Helikon. Around the deep-blue spring, with dainty feet, they dance, and around the altar of… Read more
Epic Cycle
The Epic Cycle Translated by Gregory Nagy Revised by Eugenia Lao Proclus’ Summary of the Cypria, attributed to Stasinus of Cyprus {p.102} 13 Zeus, together with Themis, plans the Trojan 14 War. For Eris, while attending a feast of the gods … Read more
Homeric Odyssey
Translated by Samuel Butler Revised by Soo-Young Kim, Kelly McCray, Gregory Nagy, and Timothy Power [Go to Rhapsody 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,… Read more
Homeric Iliad
Translated by Samuel Butler Revised by Soo-Young Kim, Kelly McCray, Gregory Nagy, and Timothy Power [Go to Rhapsody 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,… Read more
Pindar’s Homer: The Lyric Possession of an Epic Past
Nagy challenges the widely held view that the development of lyric poetry in Greece represents the rise of individual innovation over collective tradition. Arguing that Greek lyric represents a tradition in its own right, Nagy shows how the form of Greek epic is in fact a differentiation of forms found… Read more